Dragon Con 2025
8/28/25 – 9/1/25
Jessi has been invited to speak as an attending professional on the following panels at Dragon Con 2025:
- Blood Ties: The Twisted Tree of Family in Horror – Friday 11:30 AM
- No Return: The Yellowjackets Fan Panel – Friday 2:30 PM
- How Relationships Shaped Arcane’s Memorable Characters and Epic Story – Friday 4:00 PM
- Reinventing Fear: New Spins on Old Monsters – Saturday 11:30 AM
- A Cozy Conversation About Cozy Horror – Saturday 2:30 PM
- YA Horror – Saturday 5:30 PM
- The Haunted Mind: Mental Health Through the Lens of Horror – Sunday 10:00 AM
- Creating and Mapping Character Arcs – Sunday 2:30 PM
- Endless Family: The Sandman Fan Panel – Monday 1:00 PM
Publishers Weekly
6/16/25
Eileen Rothschild at Wednesday Books has bought TALONS AND NIGHTSHADE by debut author Jessi Ann York, a dark, queer YA fantasy.
StokerCon 2025
6/12/25 – 6/15/25
Jessi spoke on the following panels at StokerCon 2025:
- Southern Gothic in the Contemporary South – Fri 3:00 pm
The Best Horror of the Year Vol. 16
11/26/24
Every year Ellen Datlow—or as the New York Times calls her, “the venerable queen of horror anthologies”—releases a summation of notable works in her Best Horror of the Year anthology. Two of Jessi’s stories, “Dimorphism” and “Mother of the Wind,” were mentioned as standouts in Seasons of Severance.
CONjuration 2024
11/15/24 – 11/17/24
Jessi spoke on the following panels at CONjuration:
- Artist and Author, Collaborating on Book Cover Art – Sat 6:00 PM
- Talking with Monsters: Writing Young Adult Horror – Sun 3:00 PM
She’ll also guest appear on several other fan panels in cosplay throughout the weekend, including Sandman and Hazbin Hotel.
Multiverse 2024
10/18/24 – 10/20/24
Jessi spoke on the following panels at Multiverse 2024:
- Asian Horror Influence – Fri 4:00 pm
- Horror as a Social Platform – Fri 5:30 pm
- Nightmares and Fae Dreams – Fri 8:30 pm
- Girls Rule! Women Authors on Writing Women Characters in Horror – Sat 1:00 pm
- Time Loop Episodes and What They Do to Our Brains – Sun 10:00 am
- Storytelling In Narrative Art – Sun 2:30 pm
She also had a Storytime Author Reading at 1:00 pm on Sunday.
Dragon Con 2024
8/29/24 – 9/2/24
Jessi was invited to speak as an attending professional at the following events at Dragon Con 2024:
- Igniting the Horror Muse – Fri 10:00 AM
- Children of Dorian Gray: LGBTQIA+ Themes in Horror – Fri 4:00 PM
- Spiral into Horror: The World of Junji Ito – Fri 10:00 PM
- Writing Mentor Sessions – Sat 2:30 PM
- Unearthing Your Literary Horror Niche – Sun 11:30 AM
- Queer Representation in Apocalyptic Media – Sun 2:30 PM
- Author Reading with Darrell Z. Grizzle and Jessica Nettles – Sun 4:00 PM
- Anything for My Sister: An Arcane Fan Panel – Mon 11:30 AM
- Mastering Fear: Overcoming Adversity in Horror Fiction – Mon 1:00 PM
She brought copies of Seasons of Severance to sell and sign.
StokerCon 2024
5/30/24 – 6/3/24
Jessi was invited to be one of the writers featured at the mass author signing event during StokerCon 2024. She’ll bring copies of Seasons of Severance to sell and sign.
Canvas Rebel
4/15/24
Jessi was interviewed by the editors at Canvas Rebel about her journey to finding a literary agent, as well as what motivates her to keep writing every day.
Read the full article here.
Scares That Care 2024 – AuthorCon 3
4/12/24 – 4/14/24
Jessi will have a table at AuthorCon 3, hosted by Scares That Care. She will bring copies of Seasons of Severance to sign and sell.
The Outer Dark – The Call of
the Weird
3/23/24
Jessi has been invited by The Outer Dark to participate in The Call of the Weird roundtable and reading. She will bring copies of Seasons of Severance to sign and sell.
423Create
2/26/24
Jessi was interviewed by the team at 423Create about her experience growing up in rural Tennessee as a horror writer, plus how she found her place in the writing community as a whole.
Read the full interview here.
Multiverse 2023
10/20/23 – 10/22/23
Jessi spoke on the following panels at Multiverse 2023:
- Girls Rule…Again! – Sat 11:30 am
- Monster Mash – Sat 10:00 pm
- Writing and Selling Short Stories – Sun 10:00 am
She also had a Storytime Author Reading at 1:00 pm on Saturday.
Merrimack Valley Halloween Book Festival
10/14/23
Jessi participated as a guest writer at the Merrimack Valley Halloween Book Festival hosted by the Haverhill Public Library. She had copies of Seasons of Severance to sell at her table.
Meacham Writers Workshop
9/23/23
Jessi was invited to speak at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on a Horror Writing panel, alongside Christian J. Collier, Russell Helms, and Andrew Najberg.
Dragon Con 2023
8/31/23 – 9/4/23
Jessi was invited to speak on the following panels at Dragon Con 2023:
- From Beyond the Grave: Summoning Compelling Ghost Stories – Fri 11:30 am
- The Fear Within: Finding Your Voice in Horror – Fri 8:30 pm
- Unsettling Settings: Creating a Sense of Place in Horror – Sat 11:30 am
- Horror’s Heroes: Embodying Courage in the Face of Fear – Sat 5:30 pm
- The Haunting of Mike Flanagan – Sat 7:00 pm
- Tell-Tale Hearts: Poe-inspired Works – Sun 1:00 pm
- So Scary, I Scared Myself – Sun 7:00 pm
- Fear Into Fiction: Crafting Heart-Stopping Tales – Mon 10:00 am
Ghost Biker Explorations
7/20/23
Jessi was invited as a guest on the Ghost Biker Explorations livestream.
She and host, Miranda Young, talked tulpas, mental health, growing up in the south, and other writing inspirations during the livestream.
StokerCon 2023
6/15/23 – 6/18/23
Jessi was invited to be a guest on two panels at StokerCon 2023:
- Self Care for Horror Writers (Live – Moderator)
- Horror Through a Southern Gothic Lens (Virtual – Speaker)
She also had a live reading, alongside Hailey Piper, Nat Cassidy, and Erin E. Adams, and participated in the mass author signing event with copies of Seasons of Severance to sell.
Meacham Writers Workshop
10/26/22 – 10/28/22
Jessi was invited to read to students at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, as well as share her experiences as a professional writer.
Business TREND
9/14/22
Inside the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce, interns gain real-world experience that prepares them for exciting careers. TREND sat down with two former interns, Jessi Ann York and Natalia Pérez-Gonzalez, to learn about their Chamber experience and how it’s impacted their careers.
Read the full interview here.
English Matters Podcast
9/6/22
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga English MA program alumna Jessi Ann York was invited to share her journey from grad student to published author.
Listen to the full episode here.
Dragon Con 2022
9/1/22 – 9/5/22
Jessi spoke on six panels at Dragon Con 2022 as a professional guest:
- What the %#?! is Dark Fantasy?
- Terror on TV
- Shattered Mirrors: Writing Human Monsters
- Sinister Forces: Invoking Supernatural Horror
- American Horror Story: Fan Panel
- The Dangerous Edge: Writing Suspense
Writing for a Living Colloquium
11/22/21
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga invited Jessi Ann York and three other local alums to share their experience being full-time writers with English MA graduate students.
York covered how she leverages her Master degree in English to make a living, as well as how to maintain a full-time writing schedule.
The Best Horror of the Year Vol. 13
11/16/21
Every year Ellen Datlow—or as the New York Times calls her, “the venerable queen of horror anthologies”—releases a summation of notable works in her Best Horror of the Year anthology. Two of Jessi’s stories, “Phases of the Shadow” and “Women of the Mere,” were mentioned as standouts in Vastarien Vol. 3 and Places We Fear to Tread respectively.
Hamilton County Harold
6/25/21
A local reporter interviewed Jessi Ann York about coming back to the office from the COVID-19 pandemic, including how her writing process was affected, whether or not an office environment aids her workflow, and how she balances her copywriting at Text Request alongside writing short stories.
Read the digital article here.
Love Letter to Poe Podcast
6/10/21
Listen to Jessi narrate the audio version of her flash story “Tarantism” on the Love Letters to Poe podcast here.
StokerCon 2021
5/20/21 – 5/23/21
Jessi was a virtual guest panelist at StokerCon 2021.
Attendees could watch the digital panel she appeared on, called “Portrayals of Mental Illness in Horror,” on-demand as part of the convention.
Cemetery Gates Media’s Featured New Voice in Horror
4/1/21 – 4/30/21
Jessi was featured as Cemetery Gates Media‘s New Voice in Horror for the month of April.
Check out the short interview she did for the Cemetery Gates Society column here.
The Dark Sky Twelve Podcast (Episode 31)
12/31/20
The host of Dark Sky Twelve invited Jessi to their Christmas Eve Special to discuss all manner of spooky things, including her horror writing career, horror literature in general, the ghost story at Christmastime tradition, sleep paralysis, and much more.
The Southern Nightmare Reading Series (Episode 3)
8/27/20
The Southern Nightmares Reading Series is a monthly online event presented by the HWA Atlanta Chapter spotlighting Atlanta Horror Writers Association members and non-chapter members from around the world.
During the August 2020 event, Jessi read a snippet of her story “Phases of the Shadow,” which you can watch here.
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