Cat Abenstein

Cat Abenstein (she/her) is a neuroqueer white settler from oskana kâ-asastêki in Treaty 4. (Regina, SK) Cat’s a spoken word artist, writer, and arts administrator where she is witness to the community, reclamation, and power found through stories. Since 2012, she’s taken her work to local, provincial, and national stages and has organized, hosted, and facilitated dozens of spoken word events for multiple organizations. Cat is a multiple-time poetry slam winner and has published poetry, creative nonfiction, and horror fiction. Her poetry has been shortlisted for the 2025 Foster Poetry Prize and published by Contemporary Verse 2. Cat is a lyricist and rapper for the experimental hip hop group, None Shall Sleep Tonight and a member of several writing groups. When she’s not consuming books, she’s dreaming about the ways words weave us all together. She lives with her wife and two cats in a house older than all of their ages combined. You can learn more about her at https://www.catabenstein.com/