Kristina Ten
Kristina Ten is an American writer and the author of the short story collection Tell Me Yours, I’ll Tell You Mine (2025). Her fiction appears in McSweeney’s, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Lightspeed, Uncanny, Gulf Coast, Passages North, and elsewhere. Her stories have been anthologized in The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy[1], awarded the Stephen Dixon Award for Short Fiction [2], and named finalists for the Shirley Jackson Award [3] and the Locus Award[4]. She was a 2024 Ragdale Foundation writer-in-residence.[5]
Early Life and Education
Ten was born in Moscow[6] and immigrated with her parents to Tucson, Arizona, as a child.[7] She is of mixed Russian and Korean descent.[8]
Ten received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Emerson College and a Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing from the University of Colorado Boulder[9], where she taught undergraduate writing classes[10] and edited the literary journal TIMBER[11]. She played volleyball competitively through college.[12] In 2019, she attended the Clarion West Writers Workshop.[13]
Style and Themes
Ten’s writing combines elements of literary fiction and speculative fiction subgenres including slipstream, horror, folklore, fairy tales, fantasy, and science fiction. Her work is concerned with themes of migration, diaspora, gender, identity, alienation, disobedience, and autonomy.
Awards and Recognition
| Year | Title | Award/Honor | Category | Result | Ref. |
| 2024 | “The Dizzy Room” | Shirley Jackson Award | Short Fiction | Finalist | [3] |
| 2024 | “Approved Methods of Love Divination in the First-Rate City of Dushagorod” | Subjective Chaos Kind of Award | Short Fiction | Winner | [14] |
| 2023 | “ADJECTIVE” | McSweeney’s Stephen Dixon Award | Short Fiction | Winner | [2] |
| 2023 | “Beginnings” | The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy | Selection | [1] | |
| 2023 | “Beginnings” | Locus Award | Short Fiction | Finalist | [4] |
| 2022 | “Beginnings” | We’re Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction | Selection | [16] | |
| 2022 | “Fisherman’s Soup” | WSFA Small Press Award | Short Fiction | Finalist | [17] |
Selected Works
- Ten’s full bibliography includes an extensive list of short stories.[17][18]
- Tell Me Yours, I’ll Tell You Mine. Stillhouse Press. 2025. ISBN 978-1-945233-30-2.
External Links
- Official Website
- Kristina Ten at the International Speculative Fiction Database
- “Stillhouse Press to Publish Tell Me Yours, I’ll Tell You Mine, Debut Short Story Collection from Kristina Ten”
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy: 2023 Table of Contents.” Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 McSweeney’s. 12 December 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 “The 2023 Shirley Jackson Awards for Best Horror Are Here!” Book Riot. 15 July 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 “2023 Locus Awards Top Ten Finalists.” Locus. 28 April 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ↑ Ragdale Foundation. “Kristina Ten.” Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ↑ Ten, Kristina. “The Dreadful and Specific Monster of Starosibirsk.” The Dark. 4 December 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ↑ Ten, Kristina. “Author Spotlight: Kristina Ten.” Lightspeed (Interview). Interviewed by Summer Fletcher. 12 March 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ↑ Ten, Kristina. “Author Spotlight: Kristina Ten.” Nightmare (Interview). Interviewed by Devin Marcus. 8 March 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ↑ “Kristina Ten.” Goodreads. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ↑ University of Colorado Boulder. “English Department Spring 2021 Course Schedule.” 29 October 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ↑ Ten, Kristina. “A Fearless Inventory: A Review of Anurag Andra’s Submarine.” Timber. 2 September 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ↑ Emerson Lions. “2010 Women’s Volleyball Roster.” Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ↑ Sim, Jeremy. “Introducing the Clarion West Class of 2019.” 23 March 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ↑ The Subjective Chaos Kind of Awards. “Current Year.” 10 August 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ “2022 WSFA Small Press Award Winner.” Locus. 3 October 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ↑ Full bibliography: https://www.kristinaten.com/publications.
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