about

Jenni Zellner is an editor, writer, and freelance consultant. Previously, she was an acquiring editor at Penguin Random House, where she collaborated with authors, visual artists, and entertainment brands such as Atari, Disney, Dungeons & Dragons, Marvel Studios, The New York Times, and more. She holds an MFA in Fiction from NYU's low-residency MFA program based in Paris, France, as well as a BA in English Literature from Ithaca College. She lives in Brooklyn, where she is currently completing her first novel.

Honors

FELLOWSHIPS & grants

• One Story Writing Circle (2024)

• Speculative Literature Foundation’s Gulliver Travel Grant, Honorable Mention (2019)

• NYU Provost’s Global Research Initiatives Grant (2019)

• Penguin Random House’s Emerging Editor Fellowship (2018)

conferences, festivals & residencies

• One Story Writers Conference | Poet’s House, New York, NY (August 2024)

• International Literature Festival Dublin | Merrion Square Park, Dublin, Ireland (May 2024)

• NYU’s Low-Residency MFA Program | Paris, France (January 2018 — January 2020)