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{{Infobox person

| name = Judah Mahay

| image = File:Profile_Square.jpg

| caption = Judah Mahay in 2023.

| birth_date = 1980

| birth_place = Born in Palmer, Alaska but raised in Talkeetna, Alaska.

| citizenship = United States of America

| alma_mater = Stony Brook University (MFA) and, Calvin University (BA), Curry College (Transferred), and Susitna Valley High School (HSD)

| occupation = SFF Author and English Professor

| notable_works = "Soul Requisition" from Pinky Thinker Press

| website = https://www.judahmahay.com

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In 2009, Mahay received a New York Foundation for Arts Grant issued through the East End Arts Council for acceptance into the artist residency at [[The Watermill Center]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Watermill Center |url=https://www.lihistoricartistssites.org/detail/the-watermill-center |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=www.lihistoricartistssites.org}}</ref> founded by theatre director [[Robert Wilson (director)|Robert Wilson]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |date=2010-02-02 |title=Artifacts at Watermill Center come to life in an action tale from a writer in residence |url=https://www.27east.com/arts/artifacts-at-watermill-center-come-to-life-in-an-action-tale-from-a-writer-in-residence-1372925/ |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=27 East |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web |last= |title=2010 Artists-in-Residence |url=https://www.watermillcenter.org/artists-2010/ |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=The Watermill Center |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2013, Mahay was also honored as an "Outstanding Advocate for the Arts" by the Long Island Council for the Arts for his contributions to the artistic community on [[Long Island]].<ref name="auto3"/>

Outside his literary pursuits, Mahay serves as an Adjunct Lecturer in English at [[Penn State Harrisburg]]<ref name="auto5">{{Cite web |last=Pike |first=777 West Harrisburg |last2=Middletown |last3=Pa 17057 717-948-6000 |title=Judah Mahay |url=https://harrisburg.psu.edu/faculty-and-staff/judah-mahay |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=Penn State Harrisburg |language=en}}</ref> and [[Millersville University of Pennsylvania|Millersville University]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Coursicle – Chat with classmates |url=https://www.coursicle.com/millersville/professors/Judah+Mahay/ |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=www.coursicle.com}}</ref><ref name="auto3"/>. Over the summers, Mahay teaches gifted middle school and high school students at [[Center for Talented Youth|Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth]].<ref name="auto3"/>

== Life ==

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Upon graduating with his MFA in Creative Writing in 2016, Mahay created a podcast entitled Aroph Stories where he read contemporary and classic science fiction and fantasy stories.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Season 1 |url=https://www.judahmahay.com/podcast/aroph-stories/season-1/ |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=Judah Mahay, Author |language=en-US}}</ref>

After publishing the second-person present tense story "In the Beginning Was Logos" in July of 2016, ''Sick Lit Magazine'' picked up Mahay's unconventional POV story "Death Wish" in March of 2017.<ref name="auto3"/>

In 2022, the second-person future tense story “In the Future Sense,” was published by ''Harrisburg Magazine''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=In the Future Sense – Harrisburg Magazine |url=https://harrisburgmagazine.com/in-the-future-sense/ |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=harrisburgmagazine.com}}</ref> The experimental story “Soul Requisition” about an irate AI demanding a soul was Mahay's first pro-paying story published by ''Pinky Thinker Press'', Issue 11, in 2024<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pinky Thinker Press |url=https://www.mignolo.art/ptp |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=mignolo |language=en-US}}</ref>