Justine Dymond is Associate Professor of English at Springfield College in Massachusetts, where she teaches literature and writing. Her awards and honors include a 2020 Artist Fellowship grant as a finalist from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the 2018 Eludia Award, a 2007 O. Henry Prize, a "distinguished" story in The Best American Short Stories 2006, and nominations for two Pushcart Prizes nomination and inclusion in The Best American Travel Writing. Dymond has received grants and awards from the Vermont Studio Center, Writers OMI at Ledig House, and Martha's Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing.