I’m Katherine Plumhoff.
I write short fiction and essays. Read my work here.
In 2025, I was an Emerging Fellow with SmokeLong Quarterly. In 2024, my story “The Bread of Life” was selected for Best Small Fictions, my story “In a voice too low to wake anyone” was nominated for Best of the Net, my essay “3 p.m. in Requena” was nominated for Best American Food and Travel Writing, and my stories “The Lesser-Known Corollary to the Second Law of Thermodynamics” and “Go To Hell” were nominated for the Pushcart Prize.
Ow But Wow is my limited newsletter series on big feelings. Each email includes a short essay, 5 recommendations, and a 3-question interview with an artist I love. Have you signed up yet? Go and come back; I’ll wait.
I was a 2021 Fellow in Creative Nonfiction at the Foundation House Artist Residency during which I produced Dark Times, a 42-page zine about finding, losing, and rebuilding community.
In a past life, I reported for outlets like Slate, Bustle, and the WSJ.
Now, I work as a strategic project manager across operations, marketing, and product, partnering directly with founders and executives to articulate and execute their goals.
I live in Spain.
I’m on the management committee of the European Writers Salon, a community project built by writers, for writers. Our annual 3-day salon was in Brussels in 2025 and will be in Madrid Sept 25-27, 2026. Sign up and come see me!
Book recommendations or project ideas? Please get in touch.