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DON’T WRITE ALONE

At Catapult, we believe there’s a better—or at least less lonely—way to write. Here you’ll find writing resources, advice, job and fellowship opportunities, prompts and craft talk, and more.

Conversations

Don’t Write Alone | Columns

“I thought my way through the puzzle of the poem”: A Conversation with Niki Herd

Jessica Wilbanks discusses the craft choices Niki Herd made while writing her poem “Bird.”

Jessica Wilbanks

Nov 22, 2021

Don’t Write Alone | Interviews

“The writing process was a bit chaotic”: Robert J. Dau Prize Winner Amy Haejung

Learn about Amy Haejung’s short story “Maria,” which was selected for ‘Best Debut Short Stories 2021.’

Nov 24, 2021

Don’t Write Alone | Interviews

“It’s astonishing how similar everyone’s editorial problems are”: A Conversation with Allison K Williams

In this conversation with the author of ‘Seven Drafts,’ Andrea A. Firth chats with Allison K Williams about praise, feedback, editing concepts, and more.

Andrea A. Firth

Dec 01, 2021

Writing the Senses

Cover Photo: In this photograph, a woman's head is covered in gauzy fabric. The only thing in focus is her hand, which pushes against the fabric, illuminated by a soft backlight.

Writing the Senses: Touch

Cover Photo: In this photograph, we are looking at a table filled with many kinds of soft cheeses. there is a mirror in the background that reflects the cheeses back at the viewer and the room is paneled in dark wood. Clear sunlight seems to be coming into the left side of the picture

Writing the Senses: Taste

Cover Photo: This photograph is a close up of a person's face. Their eyes are closed and they are holding their nose up to a small bunch of lavender. The colors in the picture are bright and vibrant and the person's red shirt stands out in the background of the photo.

Writing the Senses: Smell

Where We Write

Cover Photo: Photograph courtesy of the author

Don’t Write Alone | Where We Write

Where Manjula Martin Writes

The room is my Narnia wardrobe, my Woolfian fantasy writ real, a masc womb of creative independence. I call the room The Lair because who wouldn’t.

Sep 15, 2021

Cover Photo: A dining table on which sit a laptop, a notebook, magazines (Condé Nast Traveler and The New Yorker), a book (The Best American Travel Writing 2021), and a glass of wine (grüner veltliner)

Don’t Write Alone | Where We Write

Where Matt Ortile Writes

I try to be agnostic about where I write; I never have an excuse to not.

Oct 18, 2021

Cover Photo: A photograph of a grey couch with a western blanket draped over the back. In the background is a ladder shelf and a poster of Freud's map of the unconscious. To the right of the frame is a large potted cactus.

Don’t Write Alone | Where We Write

Where Tajja Isen Writes

I like to think that writing where I live has allowed me to let more of life into my writing.

Oct 25, 2021

Catapult | Creative Writing | Criticism | Reference

Meander, Spiral, Explode: Design and Pattern in Narrative by Jane Alison

Catapult | nonfiction

Before and After the Book Deal by Courtney Maum

Catapult | anthology

A Map Is Only One Story: Twenty Writers on Immigration, Family, and the Meaning of Home

Catapult | nonfiction

Craft in the Real World by Matthew Salesses

Catapult | fiction

Best Debut Short Stories 2021: The PEN America Dau Prize edited by Yuka Igarashi and Sarah Lyn Rogers