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About Joy Deva

JOY BAGLIO (BAH - lee - oh) is the founder of the literary arts organization Pioneer Valley Writers’ Workshop, based virtually and in Northampton MA. She is a writer of speculative-literary fiction whose stories have appeared widely in journals such as Ploughshares, The Missouri Review, Tin House, The Iowa Review, American Short Fiction, Conjunctions, The Fairy Tale Review, Gulf Coast, and elsewhere, as well as forthcoming in One Story. Two short stories have been optioned for film/TV, and one of her story's placed third in the 2023 Zoetrope All-Story Short Fiction Contest. Joy has received fellowships, scholarships, residencies, and awards from Yaddo, The Elizabeth George Foundation, Ragdale, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, Sewanee Writers' Conference, Vermont Studio Center, Martha's Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing, and The Kerouac Project, where she was the the spring 2023 writer-in-residence living and writing in Jack Kerouac's Orlando bungalow. She holds an MFA from The New School and is a frequent presenter at conferences, most recently the 2024 AWP Conference in Kansas City, as well as Grub Street's 2024 Muse and the Marketplace Conference. She is at work on both a collection of short stories and two novels. Joy also writes a free Substack with an aim of teaching writing and craft, called Alone in a Room. She is represented by Peter Steinberg at United Talent Agency (UTA) and Sean Daily (for film/TV). Find her online at www.JoyBaglio.com and follow her on social media for frequent updates!