
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