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First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing

Mitzi Rapkin
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4.6 / 5148 ratings
<p>First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing is a weekly show featuring in-depth interviews with fiction, non-fiction, essay, and poetry writers. First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing highlights the voices of writers as they discuss their work, their craft, and the literary arts. This weekly show hosted by Mitzi Rapkin is a celebration of creative writing and the individuals who are dedicated to bringing their carefully chosen words to print as well as the impact writers have on the world we live in.</p>
Top 49.3% by pitch volume (Rank #24626 of 50,000)Data updated Feb 10, 2026

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Several times per week
Episodes
558
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Category
Books
Number of listeners
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Audience: 8K–20K / month
Canonical: https://podpitch.com/podcasts/first-draft-a-dialogue-on-writing
Cadence: Active weekly
Reply rate: Under 2%

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George Saunders

Mon Feb 02 2026

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George Saunders is the author of twelve books, including Lincoln in the Bardo, which won the 2017 Man Booker Prize for best work of fiction in English, and was a finalist for the Golden Man Booker, in which one Booker winner was selected to represent each decade, from the fifty years since the Prize’s inception. His stories have appeared regularly in The New Yorker since 1992. The short story collection Tenth of December was a finalist for the National Book Award and won the inaugural Folio Prize in 2013 (for the best work of fiction in English) and the Story Prize (best short story collection). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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George Saunders is the author of twelve books, including Lincoln in the Bardo, which won the 2017 Man Booker Prize for best work of fiction in English, and was a finalist for the Golden Man Booker, in which one Booker winner was selected to represent each decade, from the fifty years since the Prize’s inception. His stories have appeared regularly in The New Yorker since 1992. The short story collection Tenth of December was a finalist for the National Book Award and won the inaugural Folio Prize in 2013 (for the best work of fiction in English) and the Story Prize (best short story collection). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Pitches sent
13
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Rank
#24626
Top 49.3% by pitch volume (Rank #24626 of 50,000)
Average rating
4.6
From 148 ratings
Reviews
19
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Publish cadence
Several times per week
Active weekly
Episode count
558
Data updated
Feb 10, 2026
Social followers
1.4K

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United States
Language
English
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Release cadence
Several times per week
Latest episode date
Mon Feb 02 2026

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8K–20K / month
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Under 2%
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Response time band
3–6 days
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Replies received
1–5
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What is First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing about?

<p>First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing is a weekly show featuring in-depth interviews with fiction, non-fiction, essay, and poetry writers. First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing highlights the voices of writers as they discuss their work, their craft, and the literary arts. This weekly show hosted by Mitzi Rapkin is a celebration of creative writing and the individuals who are dedicated to bringing their carefully chosen words to print as well as the impact writers have on the world we live in.</p>

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