Don’t Write Alone
Dur e Aziz Amna Is Adding Something Different to the Canon
Akanksha Singh interviews Dur e Aziz Amna about her novel ‘American Fever,’ the burdens of representation, and performing for the dominant culture.
Did I Get My Memoir Wrong?
I was confident in my narrative and wrote a memoir about it. But turns out the facts were questionable.
Reconfigure Your Memories
We build memories from these narratives. Classes instructor Jenessa Abrams wants you to try changing your story with this two-part writing prompt.
How to Write About Your Ex
I encourage everyone to write about their ex. Release them. Release yourself. Feel the peace.
Writing a Cover Letter for a Job in the Publishing Industry
For Application Week, Catapult staffers share some of their old cover letters in hopes of providing insight into applying for positions in the writing world.
How Do You Become a Writer?
For our Application Week series, Jared Klegar tells us about pursuing a writing path while in college—and how to be an aspiring writer is to be caught up in a maelstrom of contradictory advice.
What I Wish I Knew As a Younger Writer
For our Application Week series, Sari Botton on writing for trade publications and what advice she wished she had received.
A Person of Color’s Guide to Navigating Writing Residencies
For our Application Week series, Hannah Bae writes about applying to and attending writing residencies as a person of color—along with tips from about ten other writers who identify as BIPOC.
How to Apply for Grants and Residencies
As part of our Application Week series, Jasmine Dreame Wagner writes about putting together your strongest proposal to get funding for your work-in-progress.
Pursue Your Writing Project with a Grant or Fellowship
Are you a writer looking to apply for a grant? Here are a few opportunities you might be interested in that we are sharing for our Application Week series.
