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Best Debut Short Stories 2024

Cover illustration for Best Debut Short Stories 2024, designed by Creative Director Nicole Caputo.

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Mind and Life

An illustration for Mind and Life Institute's "Insights" series. It accompanies an essay entitled "Mindfulness, Indigenous Wisdom, and Community Well-being," by Jeffrey Proulx with Chase Bryer and Jacob Cousin, about an approach to healing rooted in local culture and relationship-building

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Futuro Media Group

Illustration of “Policy” section. Part of a series of illustrations for “Solidarity Works,” a commission for Futuro Media Group. This is a report by the Kellogg Foundation’s Solidarity Council on Racial Equity, outlining the group’s vision, policy and practice in advancing racial justice.

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Futuro Media Group

Cover image, part of a series of illustrations for “Solidarity Works,” a commission for Futuro Media Group. This is a report by the Kellogg Foundation’s Solidarity Council on Racial Equity, outlining the group’s vision, policy and practice in building a racially just society.

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Futuro Media Group

Illustration of “Vision” section. Part of a series of illustrations for “Solidarity Works,” a commission for Futuro Media Group. This is a report by the Kellogg Foundation’s Solidarity Council on Racial Equity, outlining the group’s vision, policy and practice in advancing racial justice.

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Futuro Media Group

Illustration of “Practice” section. Part of a series of illustrations for “Solidarity Works,” a commission for Futuro Media Group. This is a report by the Kellogg Foundation’s Solidarity Council on Racial Equity, outlining the group’s vision, policy and practice in advancing racial justice.

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Catapult

An illustration exploring themes of food and friendship for Catapult.co, accompanying “I Love You by Remembering What You Hate: A Recipe for Herby Salad,” by Nina Coomes.

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Catapult

“Our Prevenir wristwatch alarms went off, the sound like a flock of robotic seagulls. One pill, every fifteen minutes, for twelve hours of each day.” An illustration for Catapult.co, accompanying “Alarm,” a short story by Celia Laskey.

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Catapult

An illustration for Catapult magazine, celebrating the launch of “I Give Up,” a series where writers explore things they’ve let go of—from jobs, to ambitions, relationships, patterns, objects, expectations. Art direction by Tajja Isen.

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TIME

An illustration for TIME, accompanying “The Messed-Up Reason I Couldn't Date a Fellow Fat Person,” by Evette Dionne. Art direction by Chrissy Dunleavy.

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Catapult

Illustration for Catapult magazine, accompanying “For My Friends, in Reply to a Question,” a poem by Safia Elhillo. Art direction by Nicole Chung.

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Catapult

Illustration for Catapult magazine, accompanying an essay on the craft of writing by Pyae Moe Thet War, entitled “I Couldn’t Stop Updating My Memoir.” The essay explores the complexities of the memoir-writing process, and the tension between the desire to curate versus the desire to reflect the up-to-the-moment present—and breakups, in particular.

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Body Language

Cover illustration for Body Language, designed by Nicole Caputo.

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Catapult

Illustration for Catapult magazine, accompanying “Mickey,” a poem by Sam Ross.

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Smithsonian

An illustration for Smithsonian magazine, accompanying an article by Amy Crawford on how a historian located Liberia’s elusive founding document. Art direction by Tiffany Ates.

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Catapult

An illustration for Catapult.co, accompanying “City Wolf,” a short story by Abigail Oswald.

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Catapult

Illustration for Catapult magazine, accompanying “Hyung,” a short story by Joseph Han.

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Convene

Cover and interior illustrations for Convene magazine, with art direction by Ben Levine.

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Washington Post

An illustration for The Washington Post, accompanying an article by Michelle Singletary. Art direction by Audrey Valbuena.

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Poetry Foundation

Illustration for Poetry Foundation, to accompany and promote their traveling library workshop programs. Brief requested art celebrating themes of conversation, diversity, engaging with other communities especially non-poets.

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Poetry Foundation

Illustration for Poetry Foundation, to accompany and promote their in-house library workshop programs. Brief requested art celebrating themes of conversation, dialogue, and collective wisdom.

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Poetry Foundation

Illustration for Poetry Foundation, to accompany and promote their in-house library workshop programs. Brief requested art celebrating themes of conversation, dialogue, and collective wisdom, set in their library.

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Catapult

An illustration for Catapult.co, accompanying “Give A Little,” by Vanessa A. Bee. It is a story about a young girl, her discomfort with her mother’s new boyfriend, and the effect she/ they have on each other.

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WeTransfer

Illustration for the April 2023 installment of WePresent, WeTransfer’s monthly newsletter, exploring the theme of folklore. Art Direction by Alia Wilhelm.

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Stanford University

An illustration for Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, for the inside cover of their Fall 2021 magazine. Art direction by Laura Thorne at Point Five.

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Catapult

An illustration for Catapult.co, accompanying “What Nourishes Your Writing Ecosystem?” by Jamie Figueroa. The essay is about understanding what kind of ecosystem will support and sustain the flourishing of our lives, both on and off the page.

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Breathe

Cover and interior illustration for Breathe magazine, accompanying “Accentuate the Positive,” an article by Caroline Pattenden.

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Heritage University

An illustration for Wings, Heritage University’s alumni magazine.

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Catapult

An illustration for Catapult.co, accompanying “Become of Me,” by Veronica Roth. The art depicts the android mother’s dreams of meeting her child and passing down her love and wisdom.

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Catapult

An illustration for Catapult.co, accompanying “Writing Family Ensembles in Memoir,” an article by Cinelle Barnes.

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Poetry Foundation

Illustration for Poetry Foundation, to accompany and promote their educational programs for writers. As the program themes change monthly, brief requested art that would be broad and flexible enough to accompany changing topics.

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Catapult

An illustration for Catapult.co, accompanying “Clarity,” by Swati Sudarsan.

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Breathe

Illustration for Breathe magazine, accompanying “Wealth of Experience,” an article by Janine Sterland. The article explores eschewing traditional displays of extravagance in favor of less materialistic desires—such as friendship, love, comfort, health, good food.

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Catapult

An illustration for Catapult.co, accompanying “Hiking Through the Colonial History of America’s National Parks,” by Torsa Ghosal.

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Catapult

An illustration for Catapult.co, accompanying “and though the odds say improbable,” a poem by Destiny Birdsong.

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Catapult

An illustration for Catapult.co, accompanying “On Running Shirtless While Trans,” by Vivian Lam.

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Catapult

An illustration for Catapult.co, accompanying “The Last of the Boys,” by Chido Muchemwa: “That’s the problem with photographs, isn’t it? They remind you who is missing.”

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Poetry Foundation

Illustration for Poetry Foundation, to accompany and promote their youth educational programs. Brief requested that the art be geared to teens, so I focused on bright colors, energetic shapes and dynamic lines, for a more youthful vibe.

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Catapult

An illustration for Catapult.co, accompanying “Camp Games,” by Alysandra Dutton. The story centers on teenagers playing the game “Werewolves” (aka “Mafia”), and touches on themes of power and mob mentality, with a bit of humor.

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Best Debut Short Stories 2024

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Mind and Life

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TIME

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Body Language

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Smithsonian

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Convene

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Washington Post

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Poetry Foundation

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Stanford University

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Heritage University

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