Writing to Give Back
Katherine Mercurio Gotthardt, M.Ed., seeks to support community initiatives and non-profits and elevate the status of writers while promoting writing as an art. From her D.C. metro home, she pens poems, articles, flash fiction and books published independently and traditionally. Read more about this prolific author and her work.

Support Community Giving
Sponsor book printing and shipping and inspiring workshops for disadvantaged, underserved and at-risk youth. Non-profit Give Back Prince William has partnered with Katherine to bring poetry and creative writing to local schools and organizations.
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Promoting writing and mental health awareness, Katherine was part of a panel discussion on social media, writing and mental health.
Haymarket/Gainesville Lifestyle Magazine has featured Katherine in their March 2022 issue.
Katherine has been recognized as a PW Perspective 2021 DMV Best Business award winner in the category of author.
Five of Katherine's short poems will appear in North of Oxford literary journal, summer 2022.

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April 2022 San Francisco Bay Press has published a collection of Katherine's select previously published and award-winning poems. Pre-order Thirty Years of Cardinals Calling now! Proceeds benefit book donations for disadvantaged youth through non-profit Give Back Prince William.
May 2022 Katherine will be conducting no-cost readings and facilitating poetry workshops for disadvantaged students in local schools. For more information on this project, email Katherine.
June 2022 With support from Octo, Katherine will provide no-cost poetry writing workshops for HOPE Project DC. Email Katherine for more information.