Kimberly Co

2025 Writing Contest Winner

Kimberly Co is an author and poet from the Philippines. Her dystopian short story It’s Only Up From Here, won third place in the Philippine Young Author Awards 2022, was shortlisted for the Asia Young Author Awards 2022, and was also adapted into two short films, Untruthed and Point Of View, in the Philippine Young Filmmakers Awards 2023. Her poems and short fiction have been published in several literary magazines and on Instagram @kimleigh_writes. She pursued her passion for English Literature at the Ateneo de Manila University, and is a bit of a history and aviation enthusiast.