Catapult Alumni

Catapult Alumni | Visual
Your Life is a Priceless Treasure – Stop Broadcasting It Like a Cheap Soap

Instagram seems to have become a continuation of our lives. People from all over the world seem to post their identities into this network. Right now it seems that this social network started to dictate everyone the ways they should exist and most of them blindly follow the trends. People should study how to value […]

Oct 26, 2017
Catapult Alumni | Nonfiction
University of California, Los Angeles 1940s

University of California, Los Angeles. The Westwood campus. My guess, the 1940s. UCLA came into existence as the State Normal School in 1881. Its original location is where the Los Angeles Central Library sits facing Fifth Street across from the tallest building in Los Angeles, the US Bank Building. The State Normal School was a […]

Sep 6, 2017
Catapult Alumni
From Fame to Success

I am never going to be a famous writer, so what’s the point?

Apr 11, 2017
Catapult Alumni
Minor Moves

 Micah slips out of Grigor’s apartment in the middle of the night. The air is cool and damp. The world is quiet and still except for a few cars in the street, and a few lights on in the building behind him. The walk to his building isn’t long, and he’s feeling rested and well […]

Mar 11, 2017
Catapult Alumni
Catapult Student Highlights! January edition

Exciting new updates from some of the Catapult Writing Program’s students!

Jan 11, 2017
Catapult Alumni
Celebrating Our Students & Looking Ahead to 2017

Our community is stronger than ever, and for that, we are very grateful.

Dec 15, 2016
Catapult Alumni
Student Spotlight: 20 Questions with Quentin Greif

Twenty questions for a devoted member of Catapult’s classes community.

Nov 15, 2016
Catapult Alumni | Fiction
July 37th, November

Today I lost my mind.

Nov 2, 2016
Catapult Alumni
Catapult Student Highlights! October edition

Catapult students have books forthcoming from Little, Brown; Merit Press; and Graving Grain.

Oct 4, 2016
Catapult Alumni
Student Spotlight: Swati Khurana

“I feel compelled to write stories in which I could see myself, as not only a South Asian woman, but also as someone whose preoccupations appear on the page.”

Aug 11, 2016