Vina Jie-Min Prasad (维娜·杰敏·普拉萨德) is a Singaporean writer of science fiction and fantasy. She is a three-time finalist for both the Nebula Award and the Hugo Award, and has also been a finalist for other speculative fiction awards.
Writing career Prasad has been active in speculative fiction since 2016.Prasad, Vina Jie-Min. "Vina Jie-Min Prasad: Writing." She is a graduate of the Clarion West Writers Workshop.Yoachim, Carol M. " Interview: Vina Jie-Min Prasad," in Uncanny Magazine 21, Mar./Apr. 2018.
Recognition Prasad's short stories "Fandom for Robots" and "A Series of Steaks", both published in 2017, were nominated for the Nebula Award, the Hugo AwardSingaporeans J.Y. Yang and Vina Jie-Min Prasad finalists in Hugo Awards for science fiction, Lifestyle News & Top Stories - The Straits Times and the Theodore Sturgeon Award. Her short story "A Guide for Working Breeds" was a finalist for the Nebula Award for Best Short Story of 2020,"SFWA Announces the 56th Annual Nebula Award Finalists". SFWA. Retrieved 2021-03-19. and for the 2021 Hugo Award for Best Short Story.
She was a finalist for the 2018 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer,2018 Hugo and Campbell Awards Finalists – Locus Online and came second.Hugo Awards 2018: Detailed Results
Bibliography Short fiction "Different Ways to Burn" (HEAT: A Southeast Asian Urban Anthology, Apr. 2016) "The Spy Who Loved Wanton Mee" (Queer Southeast Asia: A Literary Journal of Transgressive Art, Oct. 2016) "A Series of Steaks" (Clarkesworld 124, Jan. 2017) "Fandom for Robots" (Uncanny Magazine 18, Sep./Oct. 2017) "Portrait of Skull with Man" (Fireside Fiction 49, Nov. 2017) "Pistol Grip" (Uncanny Magazine 21, Mar./Apr. 2018) "Black Flowers Blossom" (Uncanny Magazine 31, Nov./Dec. 2019) "A Guide for Working Breeds" (Made To Order: Robots and Revolution, Mar. 2020)
Interviews "Interview: Vina Jie-Min Prasad" (Uncanny Magazine 21, Mar./Apr. 2018) (Caroline M. Yoachim)
References
External links Author website. Includes story links. A Series of Steaks online text Fandom for Robots online text Vina Jie-Min Prasad Nebula nominations at SFWA. Includes author photo.