I started writing in July 2020 when I was eight years old. The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury sparked something in me, and since then I have been writing every day. I’ve completed two novels, two feature screenplays, and hundreds of short stories and poems. Some of my other favorite writers are Haruki Murakami, Louise Glück, Daphne du Maurier, Sara Teasdale, Leonora Carrington, W. Somerset Maugham, and Kelly Link.
“At the tender age of 11, Toronto artist Mazzy Sleep will soon be immortalized on the moon.” – The Toronto Star
“She has published poetry in some of the most prestigious literary journals in North America.” – CNN
Fiction
Published
The Margins (Asian American Writers’ Workshop)
“The Colors Between White Lines” | May 2023
“Flash fiction by perhaps our youngest Margins contributor”
Defunct Magazine
“After the Fire” | Issue 10, Spring 2022
Maudlin House
“The Night Nobody Moved” | May 2022
Barren Magazine
“Game of Charades” | Issue 21, Fall 2022
Jellyfish Review
“Another Person” | One line only. Maybe two, May 2022
Poetry
Forthcoming
“Dawn” | Print, Issue 101, Fall 2023
“Moth, Moon & Hex” | Print, 2024
Mantis: A Journal of Poetry, Criticism & Translation
Two poems | Print, Volume 22, 2024
- “Too Far In”
- “dust cover shell”
Published
Lunar Codex
“ringed winged” | Special commission for time capsules to the moon
Featured in CNN, Toronto Star, The Times and 980 CKNW Vancouver
- The Νουα Collection – Lunar Southern Hemisphere, January 2024
SpaceX Launch Platform / NASA CLPS-X Mission Lander - The Polaris Collection – Lunar South Pole, November 2024
SpaceX Falcon Heavy / Astrobotic Griffin Lander + NASA VIPER Rover
“Mazzy is the youngest poet curated into the Lunar Codex.”
– Founder Samuel Peralta
Blackbird
“Darling” | Vol. 21 No. 3, Spring 2023
Geist
“Heart Medicine” | Print, Issue 122, December 2022
Notable Poem in Best Canadian Poetry 2024 anthology
Five poems | Print, Issue 29, Winter 2023
- “Only Dizzy When You Stop”
- “can’t believe this”
- “Castaway”
- “The Sun”
- “We Dance Around the Scream”
Meniscus (Australasian Association of Writing Programs)
“curve of vivid blue light” | Volume 11, Issue 2, 2023
“Lost” | Print, Issue 73, Fall 2023
White Wall Review
Four poems | May 2023
LEON Literary Review
“ghost” | Issue #23, December 2023
2022 Rattle Young Poets Anthology
“The City” + audio | Print, June 2022
Passengers Journal
“February” + audio | Volume 3, Issue 4, December 2022
Featured on Passengers Journal Poetrycast, January 2023
“It fully illustrates Mazzy’s ability to intuitively tap into the darkness and the more oppressive themes… it’s like goth Mary Oliver in a sense.”
– Poetry Editor Andreea Ceplinschi
“The Forest” | Print, Volume 129, Fall 2022
“Mercy’s Sunset” | Print, Volume 129, Summer 2022
“Literals” | Print, Volume 129, Spring 2022
“Crown of Vespers” | Print, Volume 128, Winter 2021
“Mazzy is the youngest poet ever published by Queen’s Quarterly, which has been in business for more than 100 years.”
– Literary Editor Joan Harcourt
“Memorial” | Print, Spring 2022
Hawaiʻi Pacific Review
“Sunblow” | September 2021
Lunch Ticket
“Never Mercy” | Amuse-Bouche, November 2021
Honours
“Heart Medicine” in Geist 122
Named a Notable Poem by editor Bardia Sinaee
2021 Waltham Forest Poetry Competition
“Cottage Grove” | Young Poets (under 18)
Commended by Joelle Taylor, winner of the 2021 T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry
Bournemouth Young Writers Prize Anthology
“Through Others’ Eyes” | Print, Fall 2022
Associate Member
Workshops
Crafting Engaging Narratives with Suzette Sheft | Summer 2023
