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Naseem Jamnia

 

literary speculative fiction centering marginalized characters

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  • Home
  • About
    • About
    • Accolades/Appearances
    • Press Kit
  • Writing
    • Gender
    • Science in Society
    • Mental Health & Disability
    • Social Justice
    • Video Games
    • Book & Game Reviews
    • Speculative Fiction
      • The Bruising of Qilwa
  • Writing Resources
  • Hire Me!
    • Editing/Querying
    • Authenticity Reads
    • Speaking/Teaching
  • Contact
  • Accolades

    Writing accomplishments below!

    2022

    Otherwise Award, Otherwise Fellowship: Winner

     

    2021

    CatStone Books, Samuel R. Delany Fellowship: Winner

    Tin House, YA Residency: Finalist

    Good Story Grant: Honorable Mention

     

    2019

    Lambda Literary, Retreat Fellow in Young Adult Fiction

    Author Mentor Match: R6 MG mentor

     

    2018

    Bitch Media, Writing Fellow in Technology

     

    2017

    Ruminate, VanderMey Nonfiction Prize: Finalist ("Inborn Autistic Disturbances of Affective Contact")

     

    2016

    Writer Advice, Scintillating Starts Contest: Semifinalist (Excerpt from Neverland's Children)

    Black Warrior Review, 2016 Contests (Nonfiction): Finalist ("Inborn Autistic Disturbances of Affective Contact")

    Hippocampus Magazine ("Firsts" Special Issue): Shortlist ("First Born")

    Yemassee, 2016 Writing Contests (Nonfiction): Finalist ("Passing: An Elegy in VI Parts")

    Epiphany, Spring Contest (Best Under 30, Nonfiction): Finalist ("Heirlooms") (note: a revision was later published in The Rumpus!)

    Disquiet Literary Prize (Nonfiction): Longlist ("Blame")

    Ruminate, VanderMey Nonfiction Prize: Finalist ("The Day My Grandmother Died")

     

    2015

    Disquiet Literary Prize (Fiction): Semifinalist (Excerpts from Neverland's Children)

    Mental Health America of Illinois (Manifesting Healthy Futures project): Selected

     

    2014

    A Woman's Write (Novel Writing Competition): Honorable mention (Neverland's Children)

  • APPEARANCES

    Whether online, on a conference panel, or on a podcast, here are some of the places I've been or been mentioned!

     

  • The Tuesday Telegrams

    Twice a month, I send out a newsletter called the Tuesday Telegram. Part personal essays and part writing updates, this is the best way to stay in the loop with what I'm up to.

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Photos of Naseem by Jennie Kaplan, 2018, unless otherwise stated

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