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Chloe Chun Seim
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Fiction writer & artist. CHURN (Texas Review Press 2023) Words: Split Lip Magazine. Free State Review. LitMag. Opinions my own. MFA at UMKC. she/her https://linktr.ee/chloe_chun_seim
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Today was Botox round 2 for migraines. My neuro is convinced this one will help, and I'm still trying to be optimistic. Today is also Day 179 of daily migraines. Here's hoping this stops them before I hit the half-year mark 🤞
September 5, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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Still floating from this unbelievable news from April. CHURN was longlisted for the 2024 Maya Angelou Book Award. So cool! ✨️❤️
August 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Decided to rewatch PARASITE last night, and it just gets better with every rewatch.

The final illustration (below) of my debut novel, CHURN, and the final chapter, are an homage to PARASITE.

The film is so perfect, so well made and we'll acted. It breaks my heart in the best way everything. 😭
Black and white watercolor painting of a living room--armchair, bookcase-- with an eerily dark hallway leading to a basement. The top of a young man's face pops out from the dark in the style of a scene from PARASITE.
August 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Is this show good or am I just in love with her: Fantasy Edition 🗡🐲🔥

Also, yes, WHEEL OF TIME gets four. I CANNOT cope that they canceled it after an amazing S3 😭💔
Nine photos of fantasy heroines. From top left: Rhaenyra Targaryean, Alicent Hightower, Galadriel, Moiriane Sedai, Lanfear, Queen Siuan, Alanna Sedai, Yennefer, Triss Marigold.
August 22, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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Hey y'all. I have a few events coming up. I'll post more abt each event as they get closer, but I'd love to see you. I especially encourage you to attend the Wakarusa Wetlands Celebration on 4/19 and the joint book launch of Colin Brightwell and @cshrumly.bsky.social's new books on 4/26!
A flyer featuring a headshot for Chloe Chun Seim and the book cover for CHURN on the left. On the right side, the following event details: "UPCOMING EVENTS Spring 2025 March 29 | 11-12pm | Los Angeles, CA AWP Conference Bookfair April 17 | 9-10pm | Columbia, MO Unbound LitCrawl, Stop-Gap Art Gallery April 19 | 9-11am | Lawrence, KS Wakarusa Wetlands Celebration, Haskell Indian Nations University April 26 | 6-8pm | Kansas City, MO OAKAVILLE and NOTHING GOOD HAPPENS IN A FLYOVER STATE Book Launch, Torn Label Brewery Questions? Email me at cchunseim@gmail.com"
March 16, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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God, I have been loving TOMORROW, and TOMORROW, and TOMORROW by Gabrielle Zevin. Just read a chapter that had me sobbing, which rarely happens when I read. It's so beautifully written. 😭
January 19, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Hey new friends! I'm a fiction writer and a grant writer for a literacy organization in KC. My first book, CHURN: an illustrated novel-in-stories, came out in late 2023 from Texas Review Press and was a finalist for the Publishing Triangle Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction!
Book cover of CHURN: an illustrated novel-in-stories by Chloe Chun Seim, held up against the background of a bookshelf where a cute black kitty sits.
November 18, 2024 at 10:23 PM
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To start Women's History Month off right, I'm going to give away 5 copies of CHURN to the first 5 ppl who DM me a donation receipt of $25+ to the abortion fund of your choice for the @AbortionFunds fund-a-thon.

I recommend the Kansas Abortion Fund! Link: fund.nnaf.org/campaign/kan...
A bound book on a wooden shelf. The book cover reads: "CHURN, CHLOE CHUN SEIM, AN ILLUSTRATED NOVEL-IN-STORIES, WINNER of the GEORGE GARRETT FICTION PRIZE." A graphic reading: "Kansas Abortion Fund-A-Thon 2024, Funding abortions since 1996."
March 1, 2024 at 3:50 PM
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Hey folkx. It's finally happening! If you're in the area, come celebrate the release of CHURN on January 30th at the Lawrence Arts Center.

So excited to read alongside @cshrumly.bsky.social and @robertlong4man.bsky.social! 🔥✨🔥✨
A flyer including the book cover for Churn in top left (blue swirling background with "CHURN" in large letters and "Chloe Chun Seim." In the top right, it reads "CHURN / Book Launch / Tuesday, Jan. 30th / from 6:00 - 8:00 pm / Lawrence Arts Center / Celebrate the release of CHURN, the George Garrett Prize-winning novel written and illustrated by Chloe Chun Seim." The bottom half reads "with readings from" and includes three photos with the names "Chloe Chun Seim," "Robert Long Foreman," and "Cody Shrum." The flyer has a blue background.
January 13, 2024 at 11:11 PM
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My debut, CHURN, a novel-in-stories illustrated by myself, is coming Nov. 15 from Texas Review Press!

If you are interested in possibly reviewing or interviewing me, you can request an ARC here: www.tamupress.com/for-media/

This little book means the world to me. Thank you! ❤️❤️❤️
On the left, a book cover for CHURN, with the text, "Chloe Chun Seim," "A Novel in Stories," and "The George Garrett Fiction Prize Winner." On the right, a grayscale drawing in marker of a large spider and its web hanging over a small tent.
September 18, 2023 at 6:09 PM
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Yeah about that... (day-of-fundraiser)
September 17, 2023 at 4:55 AM
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That day-before-the-big-fundraiser kind of exhausted. Here's hoping I can fall asleep by 10pm instead of my usual 2am.
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September 16, 2023 at 1:48 AM
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Making my AWP panel debut in Kansas City in 2024! Excited to read alongside all these wonderful writers <3
August 15, 2023 at 6:25 PM