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Cover Photo: This picture looks across a clear lake at the edge of an island. You can see scattered houses, though they are very tiny. Most of them look like they are white with reddish roofs. Behind them, brown hills rise up. We see a sliver of ocean behind.

Excerpt from ‘Return to Sirana’

This novel excerpt was written by Kristin Vukovic in Lynn Steger Strong’s 12-Month Novel Generator

Kristin Vukovic

Jun 02, 2021

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Cover Photo: This photograph shows a pigeon and a sparrow both pecking at crumbs on a sidewalk. Lines of shadow from a fence or a gate are cast over them as they peck.

Excerpt from ‘The Sparrow Choir’

This novel excerpt was written by J M Hannaford in Lynn Steger Strong’s 12-Month Novel Generator

J M Hannaford

Jun 02, 2021

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Cover Photo: This picture looks up at the belly of a plane as it takes off. The sky is pale purple and yellow and red and these gentle sunrise colors are reflected on the plane.

Excerpt from ‘Girl Interpreter’

This novel excerpt was written by Cherry Lou Sy in Lynn Steger Strong’s 12-Month Novel Generator

Cherry Lou Sy

Jun 02, 2021

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Excerpt from ‘Urban Guerrillas’

This novel excerpt was written by Annabelle Larsen in Lynn Steger Strong’s 12-Month Novel Generator

Annabelle Larsen

Jun 02, 2021

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Cover Photo: This black and white photograph shows a dark shadowy figure tossing their hair against grimy, poster-strewn, and heavily graffitied walls.

Excerpt from ‘The Unfated’

This novel excerpt was written by Alex Zafiris in Lynn Steger Strong’s 12-Month Novel Generator

Alex Zafiris

Jun 02, 2021

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Cover Photo: This photograph shows gray storm clouds rushing over bright green scrub brush and bushes. We see low dark mountains in the background, but the clouds are almost consuming them.

Excerpt from ‘Red’

This novel excerpt was written by Claudia Cravens in Lynn Steger Strong’s 12-Month Novel Generator

Claudia Cravens

Jun 02, 2021

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Cover Photo: This image is a still taken from Britney Spears's music video for the song "Everytime." She is looking over her shoulder against a white background.

Excerpt from “On Britney”

This essay was written by Elle Brooks in Chloe Caldwell’s 12-Month Essay Generator

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Apr 07, 2021

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Cover Photo: This photograph shows two female roller derby skaters racing around the track. The woman in front wears red and the woman trying to catch her wears blue, including blue spotted face paint. The background is blurred, but in the front left we see a referee

Excerpt: “On Being ‘Sick in the Head’”

This essay excerpt was written by Haley Hamilton in Chloe Caldwell’s 12-Month Essay Collection Generator

Haley Hamilton

Apr 07, 2021

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Cover Photo: This photograph shows the lead singer of Bikini Kill, Kathleen Hanna, strumming her guitar and singing into a microphone on an outside stage.

Fighting for Kathleen

This essay was written by Elizabeth Teets in Chloe Caldwell’s 12-Month Essay Collection Generator

Elizabeth Teets

Apr 07, 2021

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Cover Photo: This image shows rows of binary digits. In the center, some of the ones and zeros have been highlighted to make a red heart.

Emotional Support Fantasy

This essay was written by Amanda McNeil in Chloe Caldwell’s 12-Month Essay Collection Generator

Amanda McNeil

Apr 07, 2021

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Cover Photo: This black and white image is a still taken from the 2001 movie, PEARL HARBOR. In it, we see one wounded soldier being propped up by his friend, while a nurse yells and points off into the distance.

First 9/11

This essay was written by Stephanie Dinkmeyer in Chloe Caldwell’s 12-Month Essay Collection Generator

Stephanie Dinkmeyer

Apr 07, 2021

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Cover Photo: This photograph shows a blood moon rising above highways, a bridge, and some telephone wires. The trees and grass are green, the sky is a deep purple, and the moon is bright red,

Excerpt from “Imperfect Orbit”

This excerpted essay was written by Caroline Shannon Karasik in Chloe Caldwell’s 12-Month Essay Collection Generator

Caroline Shannon Karasik

Apr 07, 2021

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Cover Photo: This photograph shows a gray, fluffy kitten sitting on an off-white bedspread. The kitten is cleaning their leg and a cantaloupe sits next to them. The kitten and the cantaloupe are about the same size.

Google Searches from a New Queer (While a Woman Sleeps Next to Me)

This excerpted essay was written by Allyson Darling in Chloe Caldwell’s 12-Month Essay Collection Generator

Allyson Darling

Apr 07, 2021

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Cover Photo: This image is a photograph of the author. She wears a bright-red jumpsuit, hoop earrings, and her hair in loose ponytails. She sits cross-legged on the floor against a bright red background.

The Skinny, in Numbers

This essay was written by Courtney Kocak in Chloe Caldwell's 12-Month Essay Collection Generator

Courtney Kocak

Apr 07, 2021

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Cover Photo: This photograph shows a baby raccoon sitting on the grass. It's paw reaches forward like it wants to touch the photographer.

Excerpt from “Penny the Nanny”

This essay excerpt was written by Raena Zupan in Chloe Caldwell’s 12-Month Essay Collection Generator

Raena Zupan

Apr 07, 2021

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Cover Photo: This photograph shows a landmass, green and mossy, at the edge of a pale blue body of water. In the background, the blue sky is streaked with white clouds.

Excerpt from “Foreign Lovers”

This is an excerpt from an essay written by Diana Ostrom in Chloe Caldwell’s 12-Month Essay Collection Generator

Diana Ostrom

Apr 07, 2021

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Seeking Writing Program Operations Intern for Winter 2021!

Catapult is looking for a full-time, paid operations intern to come work with our classes team for six months in early 2021

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Nov 20, 2020

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Cover Photo: In this print, we see two laptops with two sets of hands open at either end of the turquoise background. In between their screen, there's many small, colored lines, like we are seeing information shared in between them.

Apply for Catapult’s Winter 2021 Digital Publishing Fellowship!

We’re looking for a full-time, paid editorial and research fellow to come work with our classes and magazine teams.

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Nov 19, 2020

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Cover Photo: A white envelope sits in the middld of a bright yellow background.

Decoding Rejection Letters from Literary Agents

Agents get rejected by editors, writers get rejected by agents, and we’re all trying to figure out “when they said [x], what did they really mean?”

Jacqui Lipton

Sep 15, 2020

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Cover Photo: graphic created by Stella Cabot Wilson for Catapult

Managing Your Own Author Brand Online

This article is part of a new monthly column, "Legally Speaking." This installment discusses any legal issues you should consider when creating your own author brand online.

Jacqui Lipton

Jul 23, 2020

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