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Writing Coach

Kristina Ten, MFA

MFA, University of Colorado Boulder

Kristina Ten is the author of the story collection Tell Me Yours, I'll Tell You Mine, featured in Electric Literature, Literary Hub, and Book Riot. Her writing appears in The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction, and numerous professional journals. She is the winner of the McSweeney's Stephen Dixon Award, and a Shirley Jackson Award and Locus Award finalist.

She has taught writing across genres at the University of Colorado Boulder and led workshops and author talks at literary centers, colleges, and bookstores. Having served as a workshop mentor, journal editor, residency application reader, and fellowship judge, she is passionate about helping applicants craft authentic, memorable essays that tell the stories only they can tell.

https://kristinaten.com