Neena Phan graduated from Parsons The New School for Design with a BFA in fashion design. For most of her projects, when she should have been designing actual garments, she scrawled out illustrated books instead. Thus, upon graduating Neena decided that stories were more her calling, so she read her way into the world of books and hasn’t flipped back.
She is now concocting new characters, baking up batches of plots and absolutely loves doing it.
AWARDS | RECOGNITION:
- Serious Writer's Writer of the Year Award, (A World of Ideas), 2023 ~ Winner
- SCBWI Midsouth WNBA Unpublished Scholarship, (A World of Ideas), 2023 ~ Second place
- SCBWI Work-in-Progress Award, (The Wonder-Filled Norah Minh Lê), 2022 ~ Underrepresented Voices Winner
- Claymore Award, (The Wonder-Filled Norah Minh Lê), 2022 ~ Finalist
- BPL Writers-in-Residence, (The Wonder-Filled Norah Minh Lê), 2021-2022 ~ Finalist
- Carnegie's Next Great Writer Contest, (Poetry Collection: "MY MAP"), 2021 ~ Second place
- SCBWI Midsouth Mentorship Program, 2021 ~ recipient of the E & I Scholarship Award
- SCBWI LA Conference, 2019 ~ Illustration Mentorship Award
- Brooklyn Public Library Symposium, 2019 ~ Storymakers Award
AWARDS | RECOGNITION:
- Serious Writer's Writer of the Year Award, (A World of Ideas), 2023 ~ Winner
- SCBWI Midsouth WNBA Unpublished Scholarship, (A World of Ideas), 2023 ~ Second place
- SCBWI Work-in-Progress Award, (The Wonder-Filled Norah Minh Lê), 2022 ~ Underrepresented Voices Winner
- Claymore Award, (The Wonder-Filled Norah Minh Lê), 2022 ~ Finalist
- BPL Writers-in-Residence, (The Wonder-Filled Norah Minh Lê), 2021-2022 ~ Finalist
- Carnegie's Next Great Writer Contest, (Poetry Collection: "MY MAP"), 2021 ~ Second place
- SCBWI Midsouth Mentorship Program, 2021 ~ recipient of the E & I Scholarship Award
- SCBWI LA Conference, 2019 ~ Illustration Mentorship Award
- Brooklyn Public Library Symposium, 2019 ~ Storymakers Award