I’m Katherine Plumhoff.

I write short fiction, creative nonfiction, and reported pieces. Read my work here.

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, and my stories “The Lesser-Known Corollary to the Second Law of Thermodynamics” and “Go To Hell” were nominated for the Pushcart Prize.

My fiction appears in literary journals like X-R-A-Y, The Forge, Flash Frog, and Heavy Feather Review.

My essays have been published in Off Assignment and Litro Magazine.

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.

I’ve reported for a variety of outlets, including the Wall Street Journal, Slate, Bustle, FastCompany, and Teen Vogue.

I work as a strategic project manager across operations, marketing, and product. Clients include a Japanese food hall, a non-alcoholic wine company, a youth empowerment nonprofit, and your favorite meditation app.

I live in Spain.

I read a lot.

I’m one of the organizers of European Writers Salon, an annual traveling salon. We’ll be in Brussels in 2025. Sign up!

Book recommendations, story tips, or project ideas? Please get in touch.