Elisa Oh

Delighted to snag standby tickets at Howard U for a live taping of the great Black history podcast Our Ancestors Were Messy!

It's a red letter day for my epistolary novel manuscript, A VIEW OF THE OPEN SKY, which the Historical Novel Society First Chapters Competition put on the category Shortlist for Fantasy, Time-Slip, and Alternative History! Yes to postal animals!

CONGRATULATIONS to the writers who have been selected for the CATEGORY SHORT LISTS in the 2026 HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY’S First Chapters Competition! Visit hns2026.com for the full lists #historicalfiction #hnsfirstchapterscompetition

I had a blast co-leading an epistolary creative writing workshop this week with my teenage son! See you at ScribbleCon 2027!

Loving this quirky early modern marginalia! folger.edu/blogs/collatio…

Time to practice some early modern handwriting called “secretary hand” at the Folger Library today!

Jolly well chuffed at being a part of The Exeter Novel Prize at this stage! #books #WritingCommunity

Many congratulations to Nida Broughton @FiveMinuteEcon on winning the Exeter Novel Prize @ExeterNovelPriz today! More about the airborne goat, please!🐐Kudos to my fellow shortlisters, and THANK YOU @cathiehartigan and @HellieOgden !🌟🥳

Congratulations to Nida Broughton our 2024 @ExeterNovelPriz winner, @FiveMinuteEcon, and our brilliant shortlisters. 👏👏👏More info at creativewritingmatters.co.uk #exeter #exeterwriters #novelcompetition 🏆

The 2024 @ExeterNovelPriz has been won by @FiveMinuteEcon for her fantastic novel Last Castle Standing. Huge congratulations! 👏🥁🏆 More at creativewritingmatters.co.uk @HellieOgden @majanovelist @mydeadgoodbook @cathiehartigan

I'm delighted and honored to be on the Short List for the Exeter Novel Prize! Warm congratulations to all entrants and listees! And profound thanks to @cathiehartigan @majanovelist @mydeadgoodbook @HellieOgden @ExeterNovelPriz !🥳💫✨

The 2024 Exeter Novel Prize Short List is up! 👏🏆📚Congratulations to our final six brilliant writers. creativewritingmatters.co.uk #Exeter #novelprize @HellieOgden @cathiehartigan @majanovelist @mydeadgoodbook @GillBarr4 @ExeterWriters

Walker Evans - from Polaroid SX-70 series, Alabama 1973

Showers of congratulations to the 2024 Bath Novel Award @BathNovelAward Longlistees, fellow Shortlistees, and Ben Reeves, the Winner of this year's award! Also my heartfelt thanks to judge Catherine Cho @Catkcho, award founder Caroline Ambrose @caroambrose, and all the readers!

🎉Huge congratulations to our incredible shortlistees #BathNovelAward24 5/7 Elly James Elisa Oh Ben Reeves Jess Worsdale

I’m loving the under-the-sea setting, cosy love story between 2 introverts, sibling relationships, and pure whimsy of this epistolary fantasy:

Thank you Cheshire Novel Prize @prize_novel for the useful feedback! The magnitude of work you’re doing boggles the mind!