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

Cover Photo: This header image is a headshot of Ana-Maurine Lara, the cover of the anthology 'Teaching Black' and a headshot of drea brown
Don’t Write Alone | Interviews
For Editors Ana-Maurine Lara and drea brown, ‘Teaching Black’ Is a Love Letter
Ruth Joffre interviews Ana-Maurine Lara and drea brown about their anthology ‘Teaching Black,’ the process of putting the book together, and what it means to be in conversation with authors included in its pages.
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Ruth Joffre
Jan 10, 2023
Cover Photo: This header image is a headshot of Kurt Baumeister next to the cover of his novel, 'Pax Americana.'
Don’t Write Alone | Interviews
Kurt Baumeister On the Synergy of Being an Editor, Critic, and Novelist
Christine Sneed interviews Kurt Baumeister about his role as acquisitions editor for 7.13 Books and the history of his authorial, editorial, and critical work.
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Christine Sneed
Jan 24, 2023
Cover Photo: On the left is an image of the cover of STRANGE LOOPS, which depicts an illustration of a woman's naked back as she lies down. On the right is a headshot of the author, Liz Harmer.
Don’t Write Alone | Interviews
Liz Harmer Is Working Out Thorny Moral Questions
Jean March Ah-Sen interviews Liz Harmer about her new novel ‘Strange Loops,’ crises of faith, and the mysteries of existence.
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Jean Marc Ah-Sen
Jan 31, 2023

Resources for Fiction Writers

Try a Catapult Class
Catapult online classes: Tara Campbell, 12-Week Speculative Fiction Intensive: Revising Reality, Fiction, Intensive
Online  |  Fiction  |  Intensive
12-Week Speculative Fiction Intensive: Revising Reality
Tara Campbell
Photo of Rachel Vorona Cote with the cover of "Too Much"
Online  |  Nonfiction  |  Seminar
6-Week Nonfiction Seminar: Writing for Public Discourse
Rachel Vorona Cote
Catapult online classes: Jenessa Abrams, 6-Week Online Nonfiction Workshop: Book Reviewing Through a Social & Political Lens, Nonfiction, Workshop
Online  |  Nonfiction  |  Workshop
6-Week Online Nonfiction Workshop: Book Reviewing Through a Social & Political Lens
Jenessa Abrams
Photo of Lillian-Yvonne Bertram with the covers of "How Narrow My Escapes" and "Travesty Generator"
Online  |  Open-Genre  |  Independent Study
Independent Study: Preparing Your MFA Application
Lillian-Yvonne Bertram
Photo of Courtney Maum with the cover of "Before and After the Book Deal"
Online  |  Publishing  |  Independent Study
Independent Study: The Book Deal Toolkit
Courtney Maum
Catapult online classes: Rachel Kincaid, 3-Week Nonfiction Seminar: Theory & Practices of Exploratory Writing, Nonfiction, Seminar
Online  |  Nonfiction  |  Seminar
3-Week Nonfiction Seminar: Theory & Practices of Exploratory Writing
Rachel Kincaid
Catapult online classes: Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda, 4-Week Translation Workshop: Intro to Japanese Literary Translation, Translation, Fiction, Reading Group
Online  |  Translation, Fiction  |  Reading Group
4-Week Translation Workshop: Intro to Japanese Literary Translation
Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda
Photo of Cinelle Barnes with the covers of "Monsoon Mansion" and "Malaya"
Online  |  Fiction, Nonfiction  |  Independent Study
Independent Study: Outlines & Visual Aids to Generate or Revise Prose
Cinelle Barnes


Recently Published

Cover Photo: This header image has a background illustration of many stacks of books. In the foreground, there are headshots of each of seven the participant's in polaroid-like frames.

Interning In the Publishing Industry

Alyssa Lo
Cover Photo: The background of this image is an illustration of stacked books. In front are Polaroid pictures of each member of the Catapult production department.

What Is Book Production?

The Editors
Cover Photo: This photograph shows a mussed but clean-looking hotel bed snuggled against a large, partially-curtained window with blue skies peeking through it.

During Hectic Times, Hotels Offered Me a Safe, Quiet Place to Write

Jessica Machado

Writing Prompts

Cover Photo: This black and white photograph looks upward at a statue of two angels entangled in a delicate embrace.
Don’t Write Alone | Free Write
The Uses of Tenderness
In this exercise from instructor Ariana Brown, try crafting a poem that honors the truth of what it means to be in deep relation with others, in the hope of recovering tenderness.
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Ariana Brown
Jan 11, 2023
Cover Photo: In this color photograph, a person stares into their reflection in a window with a look of defiance.
Don’t Write Alone | Free Write
On Writing Into Your Fears and Anxieties
We as people, especially those of us with anxiety disorders, spend a great deal of time playing the “what if” game. We are, in a way, already playing with fiction. Why not channel our imaginations and extend our “what ifs” to the page?
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Marisa Crane
Jan 18, 2023
Cover Photo: This photograph shows a line of hikers climbing up a ridge as the sky begins to darken in color, as if the sun has just set.
Don’t Write Alone | Free Write
Reimagining Language and Our Own Stories
How can we write about language in a way that feels meaningful? Try out this prompt from instructor Jenna Tang to use language as a lens through which to tell stories.
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Jenna Tang
Jan 25, 2023

Resources for Poets

Catapult Books
Catapult  |  short stories
Best Debut Short Stories 2022 edited by Yuka Igarashi and Sarah Lyn Rogers
Catapult
Body Work by Melissa Febos
Catapult  |  nonfiction
Craft in the Real World by Matthew Salesses
Catapult  |  Creative Writing  |  Criticism  |  Reference
Meander, Spiral, Explode: Design and Pattern in Narrative by Jane Alison
Catapult  |  anthology
A Map Is Only One Story: Twenty Writers on Immigration, Family, and the Meaning of Home
Catapult  |  nonfiction
Before and After the Book Deal by Courtney Maum