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Vida Cruz-Borja is a Filipina fantasy and science fiction writer, editor, artist, tarot reader, and conrunner. Her short fiction and essays have been published in F&SF, Fantasy, Strange Horizons, PodCastle, Expanded Horizons, and various anthologies.

She won the 2022 IGNYTE Award for Best Creative Nonfiction for “We are the Mountain: A Look at the Inactive Protagonist,” which will be republished in Letters to a Writer of Color in Spring 2023. She is the author of two illustrated fantasy short story collections: Beyond the Line of Trees (2019) and Song of the Mango and Other New Myths (2022).

Her work in her different fields has been nominated, longlisted, and recommended for the Hugo Award, the British Science Fiction Award, and the James T ...more

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	Writers of the Future, Vol 34 by L. Ron Hubbard, Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author), Orson Scott Card 3.94 avg rating — 291 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Common Bonds by Claudie Arseneault (Goodreads Author) (Editor), C.T. Callahan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), B.R. Sanders (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.98 avg rating — 159 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Phantazein by Tehani Croft Wessely (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Faith Mudge (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Charlotte Nash (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.20 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Song of the Mango and Other New Myths 4.13 avg rating — 32 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Invite to Eternity: Tales of Nature Disrupted by Gary Budden (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Marian Womack (Goodreads Author) (Editor ), Leena Likitalo (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.05 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	LONTAR #10 by Jason Erik Lundberg (Goodreads Author) (Founding Editor), Kristine Ong Muslim (Goodreads Author) (Poetry Editor), Adan Jimenez (Goodreads Author) (Comics Editor) 3.61 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Broad Knowledge (Women Up to No Good, #2) by Joanne Merriam (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Charlotte Ashley (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), R.S. Benedict (Contributor) 3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	LONTAR #7 by Jason Erik Lundberg (Goodreads Author) (Founding Editor), Kristine Ong Muslim (Goodreads Author) (Poetry Editor), Adan Jimenez (Goodreads Author) (Comics Editor) 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beyond the Line of Trees: Stories 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Philippine Speculative Fiction Volume 11 by Kate Osias (Editor), Elyss Punsalan (Editor), Nikki Alfar (Editor) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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