Hyo Jin Ha is a writer from Seoul. She holds an MFA from Brown University, where she taught courses in fiction. Her writing has been published in The Rumpus, La Piccioletta Barca, The Los Angeles Review, New Papers, 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, 2021
Roberto R. Arellano Award for Excellence in Writing, 2021

Provost’s Undergraduate Research Award. Johns Hopkins 2020