Hyo Jin Ha is a writer from Seoul. She has an MFA in Fiction from Brown University, where she taught courses in fiction and multi-genre writing. Her writing has been published or is forthcoming at The Los Angeles Review, La Piccioletta Barca, The Rumpus, Tampa Review, and others. She is writing her second novel.
Literary Awards
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
Roberto R. Arellano Award for Excellence in Writing, 2021
Grants
Joukowsky Summer Research Award. Brown University, 2023.
The Second Decade Society Meg Walsh Leadership Award. Johns Hopkins, 2021.
Provost’s Undergraduate Research Award. Johns Hopkins, 2020.
Education
Brown University, MFA in Fiction, Literary Arts
︎Sheridan Certificate of Teaching
︎Instructor of Record for Fiction I and The Uncanny Valley: On Magical Realism
Johns Hopkins University, BA in Writing Seminars and Film & Media Studies
︎Honors in Writing Seminars
︎Honor in Humanities, Comparative Thought & Lit.