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Julie Moon is a writer, translator, and teacher from Seoul. A former Iowa Arts Fellow at the University of Iowa’s Nonfiction Writing Program, she holds an MFA in Nonfiction Writing and Literary Translation from Columbia University. Most recently, she taught as a Lecturer at the University of California, San Diego. Her writing and translations have been published in Public Books, Catapult, EssayDaily, MENT Magazine, Arkansas International, The Rumpus, Brooklyn Rail, The Margins, Black Warrior Review, The Evergreen Review, and more. She is currently at work on her debut memoir, which received the 2025 First Pages Prize in Creative Nonfiction, was a finalist for the 2022 Megaphone Prize for Writers of Color, and a semifinalist in Essay Press's 2021 Book Contest. Julie’s work has been supported by residencies at Yaddo, MacDowell, and Art Omi, and she is the recipient of a Miller Audio Prize in Poetry from The Missouri Review.
Julie is currently seeking representation.