EDP Winner 2021

WINNER OF THE 2021 INAUGURAL
DIANA JONES EMERGING DESIGNER PROGRAM

The Diana Jones Award Committee is pleased to announce our 2021 Emerging Designer Program Winner is Jeeyon Shim! As our first Emerging Designer, she’ll receive an expenses-paid trip to Gen Con.

Jeeyon Shim

Twitter: @jeeyonshim
Patreon: patreon.com/jeeyonshim
Itchio: jeeyonshim.itch.io

Jeeyon Shim is a second generation Korean American game designer, multimedia artist, and outdoor educator based in California. Her work is defined by her lyrical prose, innovative mechanics, and ability to create lasting connections between players and the world around them. Jeeyon’s games have been featured on Polygon, Shut Up and Sit Down, and Dicebreaker, among other publications. She likes dirt, animals, making things with her hands, and green growing things.

EMERGING DESIGNER PROGRAM FINALISTS

The committee would also like to congratulate our excellent finalists:

  • Omari Akil
  • Jennifer Kretchmer
  • Gabe Hicks

For more information about our finalists, see the 2021 Emerging Designer Program Finalists page.

SPONSORS

We’d like to thank the program’s key sponsor for this year, Gen Con LLC.

Other sponsors of the Emerging Designer Program are:

  • David Chart
  • Matt Forbeck
  • GAMA
  • Onyx Path
  • Renegade Games
  • Unicorn Motorcycle Games

ABOUT THE EMERGING DESIGNER PROGRAM

This program of the Diana Jones Award for Excellence in Gaming amplifies the voices of up-and-coming hobby game designers, with a focus on creators from marginalized communities, by featuring them during an expenses-paid trip to Gen Con. 2021 is its inaugural year.

CONTACTS

Questions? Please reach out to the program’s coordinators at edp@dianajonesaward.org. To contact the Diana Jones Award Committee, email committee@dianajonesaward.org.

Due to border closures and travel restrictions, for 2021 we limited the award to designers in the USA. For future awards, the program will be open globally. In 2022, all designers from outside of the United States will have an expanded four-year eligibility window to ensure no one loses their opportunity due to the current pandemic.