list of publications
In addition to the below, I publish mini and midi puzzles approximately three times per month at The New Yorker, and midis weekly at Crossword Club.
Independent puzzles I've made for my blog can be found at https://kateschmate.fun/.
charity packs, tournaments, and books
"When Harry Met Sally" and "'80s Freestyle," Grids Just Wanna Have Fun: Awesome 80s Crosswords (Ed. Francis Heaney), published by Union Square & Co., 3/26/24
"Solidarity Not Charity" (with Kate Hawkins), These Puzzles Fund Abortion 4, 3/15/24
"Spikes, Spikes, Baby," New Grids on the Block: Hella '90s Crosswords (Ed. Francis Heaney), published by Union Square & Co., 11/14/23
"Opening Crawl" (with John Lieb), Boswords Summer Tournament, 7/23/23
Championship Puzzle (with Chandi Deitmer), Boswords Fall 2022 Themeless League, 11/28/22
"The Five Boroughs" Metapuzzle (The Bronx), Lollapuzzoola 2022, 8/27/22
"Intolerable!" (acrostic), with Chris Piuma, These Puzzles Fund Abortion Too
"Chew On This," Boswords Winter Wondersolve Tournament, 2/6/22
These Puzzles Fund Abortion - Bonus Puzzle 7 (themed), with Rachel Fabi, 9/6/21
These Puzzles Fund Abortion - Bonus Puzzle 3 (themeless), with Brian Thomas, 9/3/21
newspapers, media outlets, and puzzle publications
Freestyle, Apple News+, 8/22/24
Sunday Crossword, Crossword Club, 8/18/24
Saturday Stumper, Newsday, 6/15/24
Freestyle, Apple News+, 5/23/24
"Happy Eclipse," Apple News+, 4/8/24
Saturday Stumper, Newsday, 4/6/24
"AVCX Classic Themeless #75," AVCX Classic, 3/20/24
"Con Test Crossword" (with Brian Thomas), Los Angeles Times Sunday, 3/10/24
"We Will Remember," Puzzmo, 1/15/24
"Road Wins," Defector, 12/25/23
Freestyle, Apple News+, 12/16/23
"Pay in Singles," Apple News+, 12/8/23
"Take a Hike!," The Washington Post Sunday Crossword, 11/19/23
"Story of My Life," The New Yorker, 11/17/23 (and print edition dated 11/27/23)
Themeless #43, The Modern, 10/8/23
Freestyle, Apple News+, 9/9/23
"Matchy Matchy," Apple News+, 8/20/23
Freestyle, Apple News+, 8/13/23
Freestyle, Apple News+, 8/2/23
"Decay Chain" (with Brian Thomas), AVCX, 7/5/23
"Self-Destructive Behavior" (with Mike Lieberman), The New Yorker, 6/16/23
Themeless #44 (with Carly They Themsen), the Inkubator, 6/15/23
"Mind Blown (Freestyle)," USA Today, 5/27/23
The Los Angeles Times Crossword, 5/20/23
"Odd One Out" (with Hoang-Kim Vu and Adam Wagner), The New Yorker, 3/3/23
"We're Getting There!," USA Today, 2/25/23
"Let's Play," Spyscape, 1/21/23
"Network Error" (with Rich Proulx), AVCX, 1/11/23
The Los Angeles Times Crossword (with Juliana Tringali-Golden), 12/24/22
The Los Angeles Times Crossword (with Brooke Husic), 11/19/22
"Coarse Catalog" (with Will Nediger), The Wall Street Journal, 11/16/22
"Alt Accounts," Lil AVCX, 11/14/22
Universal Freestyle (with Hoang-Kim Vu), 10/29/22
"Can We Solve It? Yes We Can!" (themeless with Rafael Musa), AVCX+, 10/14/22
"Firelight" (with Nancy Serrano-Wu), The Inkubator, 10/6/22
Puns and Anagrams puzzle (with Mike Lieberman), New York Times, 10/2/22
"Down Under," Spyscape, 9/24/22
"Inner Circle," USA Today, 9/13/22
"Creature Chorus," with Rena Cohen, USA Today, 8/22/22
The Los Angeles Times Crossword, 7/30/22
"Adorable (themeless)," AVCX+, 7/22/22
"Breakfast Scramble," Universal Crossword, 5/23/22
"Breakfast Sides," USA Today, 5/13/22
"Infinite Jest" (themeless), AVCX+ (part of the AVCXpansion Puzzle Pack sent to Kickstarter backers), 3/30/22
Themeless #29 for the Inkubator, 3/17/22
"Cracker Boxes," with Erica Hsiung-Wojcik, USA Today, 3/17/22
"End Notes," USA Today, 3/4/22
"Opposite Day," AVCX, 2/23/22
"Drop a Line," USA Today, 12/20/21
"When Worlds Collide," with Hoang-Kim Vu, USA Today, 12/14/21
"To Be ...", with Hoang-Kim Vu, USA Today, 9/13/21