The Distillery is a consortium of editors, writers, readers, and artistic ne'er-do-wells who live (and die) for the written word. In our ranks can be found MFA alums, novelists, essayists, poets... and almost certainly the perfect editor for your creative project.

Meaning, sense, and clarity: these are our unifying principles. We have both an absurd eye for detail and a knack for boiling down a project to its essence.

And we love what we do. We work hard, then enjoy a celebratory drink at the end of the day. Sounds good, doesn't it?

Our Business

Not long ago, we noticed that the majority of web-based editing services did not cater to our particular creative inclinations. Either they were geared toward technical and business editing, or working with them seemed oddly corporate and impersonal.

So we decided to start a more specialized editing company. We focus on creative projects. We work with writers. And we believe in collaboration as a means to producing great writing.

Maybe it's weird that we take this all so seriously. Fine. Call us weird. We don't mind.

Founder Bio

Jeremy Hawkins holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of North Carolina Wilmington, where he was the recipient of the Morton Fellowship. He has edited novels, essays, nonfiction books, and poetry collections that have gone on to publishing success. His debut novel, The Last Days of Video, was published by Soft Skull Press (Counterpoint) in 2015. His writing has been published at Electric Lit, Diagram, Independent Ink Magazine, The Molotov Cocktail, and other venues. Recently, his screenplay Fergus was a semifinalist for the 2018 Nicholl Fellowship. He lives in Chapel Hill, NC, and for more reasons than he can list over a single night of drinks, he feels very lucky to be alive and editing for a living.