Julia Rios

Julia Rios
Portrait photoshoot at Worldcon 75, Helsinki, before the Hugo Awards
Nationality	American
Website	www.juliarios.com

Julia Rios is an American writer, editor, podcaster, and narrator.

Biography

Born in the United States, Rios is partly of Mexican descent. They have won a number of awards for their work in Science Fiction and Fantasy and has even more nominations. They have hosted a number of podcasts including Outer Alliance and The Skiffy and Fanty Show. Rios has also been an editor for several of the genres biggest name magazines such as Strange Horizons, Uncanny Magazine and Fireside Magazine. They have also worked as a narrator for PodCastle and Pseudopod. Rios is a co-founders of Fuente Collective. In 2019 the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America awarded them the Kevin O'Donnell Jr. award for establishing of the SFWA mentoring initiative. Rios has a strong interest in diversity, especially in queer and Latinx communities. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

Awards

• 2019 SFWA Kevin O’Donnell, Jr. Service Award ^[8]

• Hugo Awards
  • 2017 Uncanny Magazine ^[9]
  • 2018 Uncanny Magazine ^[10]

• Aurealis Awards
  • 2017: Year's Best YA Speculative Fiction 2015 (JR & Alisa Krasnostein, eds.) (Twelfth Planet) ^[11]
  • 2015: Kaleidoscope: Diverse YA Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories (Alisa Krasnostein & JR, eds.) (Twelfth Planet Press) ^[12]

• Ditmar Awards
  • 2015: Kaleidoscope (Alisa Krasnostein & JR, eds.) (Twelfth Planet) ^[13]

• Shirley Jackson Award
  • 2024: Why Didn’t You Just Leave (JR & Nadia Bulkin, eds), Best Edited Anthology ^[14]

Bibliography

• Fireside Magazine
• Fireside Quarterly
• Year's Best Young Adult Speculative Fiction
• Year's Best YA Speculative Fiction 2013 (2014) with Alisa Krasnostein
• Year's Best YA Speculative Fiction 2014 (2016) with Alisa Krasnostein
• Year's Best Young Adult Speculative Fiction 2015 (2016) with Alisa Krasnostein
• In Other Words (2014) with Saira Ali
• Kaleidoscope: Diverse YA Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories (2014) with Alisa Krasnostein

References and sources

1. "Understanding Your Inner Editor with Julia Rios". Clarion West.
2. "Julia Rios". Latin American Literature Today.
3. "Julia Rios — Work in Fireside". firesidefiction.com.
4. "FuenteCo - Founders". FuenteCo.
5. Rios, Julia. "Julia Rios, Author at Apex Magazine". Apex Magazine.
6. "Julia Rios". Strange Horizons. 22 April 2013.
7. "Kickstarting the Mexicanx Initiative Anthology, spotlighting Mexicanx creators who won scholarships to this year's Worldcon". Boing Boing. 7 August 2018.
8. "Julia Rios Winner". The Nebula Awards®. Archived from the original on June 25, 2020. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
9. "2017 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. 31 December 2016.
10. "2018 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. 15 March 2018.
11. "sfadb: Aurealis Awards 2017". www.sfadb.com.
12. "sfadb: Aurealis Awards 2015". www.sfadb.com.
13. "sfadb: Ditmar Awards 2015". www.sfadb.com.
14. "2024 Shirley Jackson Awards Winners". July 19, 2025. Retrieved July 20, 2025.