Jason Katz is a writer, editor, publisher, and multimedia content creator born and raised in Miami, FL. He currently resides in Berkeley, California. 

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He is the founding editor of Islandia Journal, an award-winning regional periodical of myth, folklore, history, ecology, art, and writing. 

 

He works as a contributing editor for Burnaway Magazine. 

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Jason was awarded a 2023 Individual Artist Grant by Miami-Dade County. 

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Jason contributed two chapters to Florida!, a guidebook published by A24 Films. He has an essay forthcoming in Wild Life, a book published by Atlas Obscura. His writing has appeared in Miami New Times, Bitter Southerner, Ploughshares, Saw Palm, Miami Rail, Miami Magazine, and the Seminole Tribune.

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He has taught both HS English and college writing.