Shirley Jackson Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 15 (2021) Winner
Isabel J. Kim
イザベル・ジェイ・キム
Isabel J. Kim
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania → New York
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Lawyer, Podcaster
- Active Years
- 2021-
- Memberships
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA)
- Nominations
- Astounding Award for Best New Writer 2023 nomination, Hugo Award for Best Short Story 2025 finalist, Theodore Sturgeon Award 2025 finalist
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Pennsylvania | Creative Writing and Fine Arts | — | — | — | United States |
| University of Pennsylvania Law School | — | Law | — | — | United States |
University of Pennsylvania
Creative Writing and Fine Arts
Country:
United States
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Law
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Shirley Jackson Award | You'll Understand When You're a Mom Someday | Short Story | The Shirley Jackson Awards | winner |
| 2025 | Nebula Award | Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid In the Omelas Hole | Best Short Story | Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association | winner |
Shirley Jackson Award
2021
Work:
You'll Understand When You're a Mom Someday
Category:
Short Story
Organization:
The Shirley Jackson Awards
Result:
winner
Nebula Award
2025
Work:
Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid In the Omelas Hole
Category:
Best Short Story
Organization:
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
BSFA Award
1 appearances
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Edition 56 (2024) Winner
Nebula Award
1 appearances
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Edition 60 (2025) WinnerWork: A Death in Hyperspace
A ship intelligence narrates the investigation into a suspicious death aboard a hyperspace transit. By combining mystery with interactive fiction, the piece draws tension and unease from a sealed environment.
The ship itself becomes the narrator as the case unfolds in a closed space.
interactive fictionmysteryspaceshiplocked roomscience fiction
Works
Major Works
Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid In the Omelas Hole
2024 Speculative fictionYou'll Understand When You're a Mom Someday
2021 Speculative fictionHomecoming is Just Another Word for the Sublimation of the Self
2021 Speculative fictionBibliography
- Homecoming is Just Another Word for the Sublimation of the Self
- You'll Understand When You're a Mom Someday
- AP Practical Literary Theory Suggests This Is a Quest
- Clay
- The Massage Lady at Munjeong Road Bathhouse
- Plausible Realities, Improbable Dreams
- Christopher Mills, Return to Sender
- You, Me, Her, You, Her, I
- Termination Stories for the Cyberpunk Dystopia Protagonist
- Calf Cleaving in the Benthic Black
- The Big Glass Box and the Boys Inside
- The Narrative Implications of Your Untimely Death
- Zeta-Epsilon
- Day Ten Thousand
- The Labyrinth Loop
- You Will Not Live to See M/M Horrors Beyond Your Comprehension
- Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid In the Omelas Hole
- Freediver
- Human Voices
- Wire Mother
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Speculative fiction
Legacy
American speculative fiction writer who has won the Shirley Jackson Award and Nebula Award for Best Short Story. Of Korean descent.
Trivia
- American writer of Korean descent
- Works as a lawyer in New York
- Co-hosts the podcast Wow If True
- Rights to debut novel Sublimation acquired by Universal International Studios