Caroliena Cabada is a Ph.D. student in English at UNL, with a focus in Creative Writing. Her writing has been published in online and print magazines and anthologies, and has been selected for Best Small Fictions 2021. Prior to attending UNL, she earned her B.A. in Chemistry from New York University, worked for science communication and advocacy nonprofits in New York City, and earned her M.F.A. in Creative Writing and Environment from Iowa State University, where she was the 2018-2019 Pearl Hogrefe Fellow in Creative Writing. When not writing, reading, or teaching, you can find her procrasti-baking vegan cupcakes and playing Stardew Valley. 

Biographies & Bibliographies

• Caroliena Cabada (website)

• “Remember Professional Ethics” (essay .... and important one for everyone to read!) 

• SWIMMING LESSONS (short story

  • Three Poems by Caroliena Cabada – ONE ART: a journal of poetry 

    1. Small House

    2. Today, my anger was a falling knife

    3. Self-Portrait With Aphantasia

    4. ALOCASIA – a journal of queer plant-based writing 

    5. Wild Onion

  • The Spotlong Review 

    1. If I Wanted 

    2. Aubade Still Waking

    3. Unnatural Instinct (also published in RogueAgent) 

  • Hawaii Pacific Review 

    1. Manner 

   Selection of Online Readings