Isadora Petrovsky

Isadora Petrovsky is a MFA student in the Writing Department at UC San Diego. She is a speculative fiction author, who aims to draw forth the inherent queerness of the SFF, fairytale, historical, and gothic horror genres. Recently she worked as the Program Assistant for the Clarion Writers Workshop and paneled at BayCon 2023. When not writing, she can be found teaching it, reading, playing Dungeons and Dragons, and snuggling with her cat Basil. Isadora was awarded the Ron L. Hubbard Writers of the Future Honorable Mention for her short fiction “Red”, published in Gingerbread House Lit Mag.

• MFA, Writing, UC San Diego (June 2025)

• BA, English, Long Island University (May 2022)

• Teaching Assistant, Literature Department (2023-present)
• Teaching Assistant, Elenor Roosevelt College (2022-2023)
• Co-Creator, Co-Host, Graphic Designer, The Written World Podcast (2021-present)
• Copywriter, Dr. Rissy’s Writing and Marketing (2022-2023)
• Writing Center Tutor, Long Island University, (2020-2022)
• Executive Editor, Founder, Website Designer, Long Island University Research Journal (2021-2022)
• Manuscript Editor and Beta Reader, Freelance Editor (2020-2022)
• Executive Editor, Contributor, Illustrator, The Bottom Line Magazine (2019-2022)
• Editor, Social Media Manager, Loomings Literary Journal (2020-2021)
• Formatting Intern, Dreaming Big Publications (2020)

• “I am Struck Dead at the Clasp of Her Hand” reprinted in KALEIDOSCOPED
• “I am Struck Dead at the Clasp of Her Hand” in Indecent Magazine
• “Red” in Gingerbread House Lit Mag, Awarded L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Honorable Mention
• “The Blade of Silver and Scale” in Loomings Literary Journal
• “Coroner’s Log”, “The Hotel Room”, “Life is Like a Group Project”, “Musings at 2AM”, “The Brick Builder”, and “Reflection” in The Bottom Line Magazine
• “Talk to Yourself! It’s Good for You” in LIU Post Writing Center’s Writing About Writing