Faculty

Profile

Olga Breydo received her M.Arch from The Bartlett School of Architecture in London and an MFA in Creative Writing from The New School. She is a graduate of the Tin House Winter Workshop. Her work appears in Slice Literary, Apofenie, Joyland, Bodega Magazine, Los Angeles Review, Glassworks Magazine, and Cagibi Literary Journal. Her critical essay, Nabokov's Space-time, was longlisted for the 2015 Notting Hill Editions Prize, and her short stories have thrice been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She has been selected as a finalist in the Missouri Review Editors' Prize in 2018 & 2021. She is a regular artwork contributor for Cagibi Literary Journal. 

Degrees Held

MFA in Creative Writing (Fiction), The New School

M.Arch. in Architectural Design, University College London, The Bartlett School of Architecture

A.B. in Architecture, Washington University in St. Louis

Recent Publications

"Remembering Kharkiv," Apofenie Magazine

"Boxing Day," Slice Magazine

"Homecoming," Joyland Magazine

"Cherry Preserves," Glassworks Magazine

"Torre Flavia," Bodega Magazine

"Prelude," Cagibi Literary Journal

"The Pommel Horse," The Los Angeles Review

Visit olgabreydo.com for more

Awards And Honors

"Nabokov's Space-time," Essay Prize 2015 Longlist, Notting Hill Editions

"Not a Star," 2018 Missouri Review Editors' Prize, Missouri Review

"Cherry Preserves," 2018 New Letters Prize for Fiction, New Letters Magazine