The prize-winning author of VALLEYSPEAK (Zone 3, 2017) and owner of Yes You Writing Workshops, Cait Weiss Orcutt's work has appeared in Boston ReviewBustChautauquaFIELDPrairie Schooner, and The Academy of American Poets.

She holds an MFA from the Ohio State University and a PhD from the University of Houston and is the recipient of an Inprint C. Glenn Cambor/MD Anderson Foundation Fellowship.

Now based in Columbus, Cait leads multi-genre writing workshops focused on increasing one's creative confidence, generating new work, developing ongoing projects, and connecting to a larger arts community.