Hyo Jin Ha is a writer from Seoul. She has an MFA in Fiction from Brown University, where she taught courses in fiction. Her writing has been published in The Los Angeles Review, La Piccioletta Barca, The Rumpus, Tampa Review, and others. She is represented by Alex Reubert at HG Literary and is writing her second novel.
Awards & Grants
Giancarlo DiTrapano Foundation Residency, Fall 2025
Robert Coover Prize in Fiction, 2024
Keith & Rosmarie Waldrop Prize for Innovative Writing, 2024
Frances Mason Harris ‘26 Prize, 2024
Frances Mason Harris ‘26 Prize, 2023
Joukowsky Summer Research Award. Brown University, 2023
The Second Decade Society Meg Walsh Leadership Award. Johns Hopkins, 2021
Roberto R. Arellano Award for Excellence in Writing, 2021
Provost’s Undergraduate Research Award. Johns Hopkins 2020
Education