We're honored to work with Stanford University Lecturer & Writer Nina Schloesser Tárano as guest judge this September! Read about Nina and her incredible background here.

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Nina Schloesser Tárano

September 2024 Guest Judge

Stanford University: Creative Writing Lecturer & Writer

Nina Schloesser Tárano was born and grew up in Guatemala City. She received her MFA from Columbia University. Her work has appeared in Fence and The New Inquiry Magazine. She was a Wallace Stegner Fellow in Fiction 2010 - 2012, and has been a lecturer in the Stanford Creative Writing Program since 2012.