Narrative Magazine
Katherine Gaffney is a Graduate Teaching Assistant at The University of Southern Mississippi since January 2021, with extensive experience in editing and instructional roles. Gaffney has served as an Editor for the Neurolinguistics Research Group at the University of Groningen since May 2012, providing feedback on papers submitted for publication, and previously worked as an Intern collecting data for an Aphasia diagnostic test. Gaffney has held various positions, including Assistant Editor at Narrative Magazine and Communications Specialist at AOCS, alongside roles as a Graduate Student Instructor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Associate Commerce Editor at Bustle Digital Group. Gaffney's academic background includes an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and dual Bachelor’s degrees in English Language and Literature and Psychology from the University of Florida.
Narrative Magazine
Narrative, a San Francisco–based 501(c)3 non-profit, is dedicated to advancing the literary arts in the digital age by supporting the finest writing talent and encouraging readership across generations, in schools, and around the globe. As a leading digital publisher of first-rank fiction, poetry, essays, and art, each year Narrative publishes hundreds of well-known and emerging writers. The Narrative Prize, awarded annually, has helped launch the careers of authors Min Jin Lee, Maud Newton, Natalie Diaz, Ocean Vuong, Anthony Marra, Javier Zamora, and Morgan Talty, among others. The Narrative for Schools programs is used in more than 36 countries and throughout the U.S. and supports teachers and students around the world who are too often hampered by limited resources by providing a curated library of literature, lesson plans, video tutorials; as well as the annual Narrative High School Writing Contest seeks to inspire a new generation of readers and writers. Narrative was founded on the conviction that there should be no socioeconomic barriers to accessing great literature. Our global audience includes teachers, students and readers of all ages, including more than 320,000 dedicated subscribers. Our ever-expanding, modern library of thousands of stories, poems, and essays is always open and always free.