She is also the author of three chapbooks, For No Good Reason, All or Nothing, and This Sweet Order (White Violet Press/Kelsay Books), co-editor of Passages (The Greenwood Centre for Living History, 2010[2]), and editor of North Dakota poet Timothy Murphy's "Last Poems" (North Dakota State University Press, 2021).

She taught French, English, and Music for the Commission scolaire des Trois-Lacs in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges region of Quebec.

Chandler is the recipient of the 2016 Richard Wilbur Award for her book The Frangible Hour, University of Evansville Press.

Three of Chandler's poems, "Full Snow Moon," "Superbia," and "The Lost Villages: Inundation Day," were chosen by George Elliott Clarke, Poet Laureate of Canada, for inclusion in the National Poetry Registry, Library of Parliament.

Catherine Chandler's poetry blog, The Wonderful Boat, which includes reviews, a list of awards and nominations, sample poems, podcasts and SoundCloud audio recordings, is online at cathychandler.blogspot.com.