
Semifinalist, 2025 JumpStart Writing Competition
BIO
JENNA DORIAN is a queer Armenian fiction writer, screenwriter, and filmmaker living in Los Angeles. She wrote and directed her first short film DUST TO LIGHT in 2023, which screened at Oscar® Oscar®-qualifying festivals like Nashville Film Festival, St. Louis International Film Festival, LA Shorts International Film Festival, and others. She wrote and directed her second short, WHAT IS GOING in 2025. Jenna received her master’s in Creative Writing from Otis College of Art and Design, where she served as an editor of Otis Books.