Press Kit
FAQ: Yes, the lowercase spelling is intentional and a long-standing affectation. I’m grateful when it is kept as such.
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111 word bio:
dave ring is a queer editor and writer of speculative fiction living in Washington, DC. His short fiction features in publications including Podcastle, Fireside, and Lightspeed. His novella The Hidden Ones was published in fall 2021 by Rebel Satori Press.
He is the Ignyte and World Fantasy Award-nominated publisher and managing editor of Neon Hemlock Press, and the editor of Baffling Magazine. A frequent anthologist, dave edited the Shirley Jackson Award-winning Unfettered Hexes: Queer Tales of Insatiable Darkness (2021), as well as Shatter the Sun: Queer Tales of Untold Adventure (2026), and the upcoming What Elegant Stars: Queer Tales of Impossible Style (2027), among others.
Find him online at dave-ring.com.
52 word bio:
dave ring is a queer editor and writer of speculative fiction living in Washington, DC. He is the author of The Hidden Ones and numerous short stories. He is also the publisher and managing editor of Neon Hemlock Press, and the editor of Baffling Magazine. Find him online at www.dave-ring.com.
26 word bio:
dave ring is a queer editor and writer of speculative fiction living in Washington, DC. Find him online at www.dave-ring.com.
(updated September 2024)
Photo Credit: Farrah Skeiky
Photo Credit: Farrah Skeiky
Awards, Recognition and Fellowships
2026
Finalist for the Locus Awards in Best Editor category
Finalist for the Ignyte Awards in the Ember Award category
2025
★ Arts and Humanities Fellowship from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
★ Winner of the Desert Rat Fiction Prize
On the Recommended Reading List for the Locus Awards in Best Anthology category
Finalist for the Locus Awards in Best Editor category
Finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award in the Best Edited Anthology category
Finalist for the World Fantasy Award in the Best Anthology category
2024
★ Arts and Humanities Fellowship from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
On the Recommended Reading List for the Locus Awards in Best Anthology category
2023
Finalist for a World Fantasy Award in the Special Award—Non-Professional category
Finalist for the Ignyte Awards in the Community category
2022
★ Winner of the Shirley Jackson Award in the Best Edited Anthology category
Finalist for the Ignyte Awards in the Community category
Finalist for the Locus Awards in Best Anthology category
2021
★ Arts and Humanities Fellowship from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards in the Best Anthology category
Finalist for the Locus Awards in Best Anthology category
Finalist for the Ignyte Awards in Best Anthology/Collection category
2019
★ Arts and Humanities Fellowship from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities