Catapult | Don't Write Alone

Cover Photo: An image of the author's book cover, the author in a boat, and the author in the in a forested area

A Musical Key to Earth’s Wild Music

Here are five animals, each with the music it makes or inspires, and each with a bit of its story, selected from Earth’s Wild Music.

Kathleen Dean Moore

Apr 20, 2021

Don’t Write Alone | Notes On Craft

Cover Photo: In this still from Missy Elliott's music video for "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)," we see Missy Elliott posing in front of a strange silver spiral--like an entrance to a wormhole. Missy is wearing a hat and sunglasses, reminiscent of a biking helmet and racing goggles, and a large puffy black jacket. She wears dark lipstick and her mouth is open, as if mid-lyric

Writing Is Time Travel

My writing gives the validation my younger self will need to believe in me, for me, during the years between now and when I won’t know how.

Minda Honey

Apr 19, 2021

Don’t Write Alone | Writing Life

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Updated Weekly: 2021 Submission and Freelancing Opportunities

Here’s a full list of submission and freelancing opportunities we’ve shared in 2021, updated weekly. Bookmark this list to stay up to date on new postings!

Stella Cabot Wilson

Apr 16, 2021

Don’t Write Alone | Opportunities

Cover Photo: In the middle of a butter-yellow background, we see an open red envelope. A page of paper is coming out of the envelope, and the words read "Weekly Submission Roundup."

Upcoming Submission Opportunities: April 16, 2021

We post submission roundups once a week. Here’s our list of literary magazines and freelance opportunities for April 16, 2021.

Nicole Dieker

Apr 16, 2021

Don’t Write Alone | Opportunities

Cover Photo: The background of this header is illustrated to look like cork board. At the center of the header, there is a blue sticky note with two pieces of clear pink tape. The writing on the sticky note reads "Weekly Job Roundup"

Job Opportunities for Writers: April 16, 2021

We post roundups of writing and literary jobs once a week. Here’s our list for April 16, 2021.

Nicole Dieker

Apr 16, 2021

Don’t Write Alone | Opportunities

Cover Photo: a writing desk with a pale wooden top and white legs with an iMac, some rocks and crystals and other objects, and two lamps atop it; before it sits a gray padded swivel chair, a window to the right, with pictures pinned to the white wall

Where Ingrid Rojas Contreras Writes

The three Polaroids that hang by my desk are from different parts of the story, but it helps to have them nearby.

Ingrid Rojas Contreras

Apr 15, 2021

Don’t Write Alone | Where We Write

Cover Photo: Book cover by Grand Central Publishing/Photograph by Lou F. Bank

Actions Must Have Consequences: An Interview with A. E. Osworth, Author of ‘We Are Watching Eliza Bright’

“I take real issue with the idea of ‘in real life’ versus on the internet. That’s not a distinction that exists. It’s not honest.”

Calvin Kasulke

Apr 14, 2021

Don’t Write Alone | Interviews

Cover Photo: Book cover by Catapult/Photograph by Travis Tanay

How to Sit in Companionable Silence: An Interview with Lynn Casteel Harper, Author of ‘On Vanishing’

“We can begin to identify other ways to conceive of dementia apart from terror. The stigma isn’t simply inherent—so it doesn’t have to remain this way.”

Bailey Cook Dailey

Apr 13, 2021

Don’t Write Alone | Interviews

Cover Photo: In this illustrated gif, we see painted hands holding up a playing card, as if presenting a magic trick. The card is pink; we're looking at the back of it and it shows the happy/sad theater masks. The tears on the sad face and the eyes on the happy face match the blue nail polish on the hand. Stars twinkle in the background.

Help! My Jealousy Over Other Writers’ Success is Destroying Me

In our first Tarot + Craft column, Sarah Elaine Smith gives advice to a bitter writer

Sarah Elaine Smith

Apr 12, 2021

Don’t Write Alone | Columns

How Science Journalist Ed Yong Helps Readers Make Sense of the World

“If you do it well, science writing trains you to grapple with uncertainty, to embrace nuance, to run toward complexity, to try hard to make sense of the world.”

Nicole Chung

Apr 09, 2021

Don’t Write Alone | Interviews

Cover Photo: In this cheerful graphic, we see piles of colorful, haphazard books organized in a pattern against a blue background. The question, "If you could design your own syllabus for an English course (think college-level English 101 or a high school English class) without restrictions, what are five books you'd choose to include?" is in the middle of the graphic.

Writing Question of the Month: Which Books Would You Choose for Your English Course?

If you could design your own syllabus for an English course without restrictions, what are five books you’d choose to include?

Stella Cabot Wilson

Apr 08, 2021

Don’t Write Alone | Columns

Cover Photo: This painting show a woman peering through a gold peep hole. We see only her forehead, her eyes, and a small part of her nose.

My Ten Students Finished Their Ten Books—in the Middle of the Pandemic

We don't talk about witnessing when we talk about writing, but I witnessed my students finish their essay collections in a year-long program.

Chloe Caldwell

Apr 07, 2021

Don’t Write Alone | Notes From Class

Cover Photo: This photograph is a close up of a piece of white notebook paper. In handwriting, we see the phrase: "Am I good enough?" Enough is underlined for emphasis.

Self-Doubt and the Submission Process

In the first installment of this three-part column, Eva Recinos explores how we can get out of our own heads and into a space where we can submit work