



NASEEM JAMNIA
- The Bruising of Qilwa
- …
- The Bruising of Qilwa
centering marginalized voices & EXPERIENCES IN SPECULATIVE FICTION



NASEEM JAMNIA
- The Bruising of Qilwa
- …
- The Bruising of Qilwa
centering marginalized voices & EXPERIENCES IN SPECULATIVE FICTION

sffh is your bag, huh?
it's mine too. let's talk.
YOU ARE A speculative writer who is also a...
(marginalized writer tired of the traditional writing workshop & writing pedagogy)
writer of color
not taken as seriously as white peers, or taken as a Representative(TM) of your people(s)
told your work is too niche or "not relatable"
exhausted by what author Suyi Davies Okungbowa calls the "exposition tax"
not writing about racial or ethnic prejudice, unless it's on your terms
queer and/or trans writer
writing against cishet expectations
tired of arguing against "too many queers" in your work, or answering "yes, they're queer" time & time again
not writing about queer/trans pain, unless it's on your terms
disabled and/or neurodivergent writer
exhausted by having to face abelism & demands for diagnoses in your work
experimenting in your work to honor your disability(ies) & told it's "confusing"
multi-marginalized writer
trying to balance all the oppressive forces of the world at work to write
Hello & Welcome
traditional writing spaces weren't designed for us.
we have to make our own.
Speaking/Presentation
I am happy to do presentations on the following topics:
- Using gender-inclusive language in various fields (including the life sciences)
- The relationship between gender, sex, and biology
- Writing trans and nonbinary characters
- Inclusive, queernormative worldbuilding
- Decolonizing literature syllabi and/or the creative writing workshop
- Representation in MG, YA, and SFF literature
- Querying and Publishing 101 as a marginalized person
Teaching
I have taught across various ages, and am happy to teach a class (or several) on the following topics:
- Revolutionary worldbuilding in speculative fiction
- Cultural storytelling in speculative fiction
- Queernormative worldbuilding
- Drawing upon non-Western structures for speculative fiction
- Longform speculative fiction writing
- Lyric essays
- Gender identity/expression workshops for kids and teens
Rates
My rates vary depending on the organization, type of request, and the intended audience.
If you do not see a particular topic here but would like to hire me regardless, please reach out.
I love doing classroom visits! I'm happy to visit a single class period online (approximately 1 hour) for free.
Photo credit: Jeramie Lu. Reprint of photo is permitted for publicity purposes.
© 2025, Naseem Jamnia
Photos of Naseem by Jennie Kaplan, 2018, and Jeramie Lu, 2022