Cathleen Balid
Cathleen Balid is a Filipina writer from New York. The founder and Co-Editor-in-Chief of HaluHalo Journal, an international journal highlighting Southeast Asian youth, her work has been recognized by the Adroit Prize for Prose, New York Times, Columbia College Chicago, Ringling College, Roanoke Review, Surging Tide Magazine, and others. Outside of writing, she is passionate about prison reform, representation in literature, and alpacas.
Experience
Editorial
HaluHalo Journal. Founder and Co-Editor-in-Chief.
Young Writers for Democratic Action. Managing Editor.
U.S District Court for the Southern District of New York. Judicial Intern.
The Justice Institute @ the U.S District Court for the Southern District of New York. Student Mentor.
Culinary Origami Journal. Executive Prose and Poetry Editor.
The Dawn Review. Prose and Poetry Editor.
Incandescent Review Summer Studio. Prose Mentor.Workshops
Fiction Techniques. Adroit Journal Summer Mentorship Program under Colleen Mayo.
Writing Love. Iowa Young Writers' Studio Residential Program under Nitya Rayapati.
Imagination & Fiction: Between Magical and the Real. Ellipsis Summer Writing Workshop under Zeynep Özakat.Features and Interviews
Feature by AAPSU.
HaluHalo Journal Interview with Erin Entrada Kelly, Michelle Quach, and Vanessa Len.
Honors
Adroit Prize for Prose. Finalist.
Roanoke Review High School Fiction & Poetry Contest. 1st Place in Fiction.
Columbia College Chicago Young Authors Competition. 2nd Place in Fiction.
Ringling College of Art & Design Storytellers of Tomorrow Contest. 2nd Place in Literary Fiction.
New York Times Summer Reading Contest. Runner-up and 2x Honorable Mention.
Polyphony Lit Fall Contest. Finalist.
Best Small Fictions. Surging Tide Magazine. Nominee.
The Alliance for Young Writers and Artists. 6x Gold Key, 4x Silver Key, and 3x Honorable Mention.
Selected Publications
"Every Autumn" in Columbia College Chicago.
"Sweet Corn" forthcoming in COUNTERCLOCK Journal.
"Riv(ul)et" in Surging Tide Magazine, nominated for Best Small Fictions.
"Nanang" in the Roanoke Review and Kalopsia Literary Journal.
"Collector of Words" forthcoming in the Heritage Journal (print).