Jade Mark Capiñanes is a Filipino writer. He is the author of the short story collection How to Grieve (2022). He won 3rd Prize in the Essay Category of the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature in 2017 and 2024. He was a fellow for poetry at the 2023 Iyas National Writers Workshop, as well as a fellow for creative nonfiction at the 2019 Ateneo National Writers Workshop, 2017 University of Santo Tomas National Writers Workshop, and 2016 Davao Writers Workshop. He is currently taking his MFA in Creative Writing at De La Salle University.