Mazzy Sleep

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 short stories and poems every day. I’ve also completed a novel and two feature screenplays. Some of my other favorite writers are Haruki Murakami, Louise Glück, Daphne du Maurier, Sara Teasdale, Leonora Carrington, W. Somerset Maugham, and Kelly Link.

Fiction


Published

The Margins (Asian American Writers’ Workshop)

The Colors Between White Lines” | May 2023

Defunct Magazine

Defunct Magazine

After the Fire” | Spring 2022

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Maudlin House

The Night Nobody Moved” | May 2022

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Barren Magazine

Game of Charades” | Issue 21, Fall 2022

Jellyfish Review

Another Person” | One line only. Maybe two, May 2022

Poetry


Forthcoming

The Minnesota Review

The Minnesota Review

“Dawn” | Print, Issue 101, Fall 2023

Potomac Review

“Lost” | Print, Fall 2023

Published

Lunar Codex Medallion

Lunar Codex

ringed winged” | Special commission for time capsules to the moon

  • The Nova Collection – Lunar South Pole, August 2023
    SpaceX Falcon 9 / Intuitive Machines Nova-C Lander
  • The Polaris Collection – Lunar South Pole, November 2024
    SpaceX Falcon Heavy / Astrobotic Griffin Lander / NASA VIPER Rover

Blackbird

Darling” | Vol. 21 No. 3, Spring 2023

Geist

“Heart Medicine” | Print, Issue 122, December 2022

White Wall Review

Four poems | May 2023

2022 RYPA cover

2022 Rattle Young Poets Anthology

The City” + audio | Print, June 2022

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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.”

Queen's Quarterly Fall 2022 issue

Queen’s Quarterly

The Forest” | Print, Fall 2022

Queen's Quarterly Summer 2022 issue

Queen’s Quarterly

Mercy’s Sunset” | Print, Summer 2022

Queen's Quarterly Spring 2022 issue

Queen’s Quarterly

Literals” | Print, Spring 2022

Queen's Quarterly Winter 2021 issue

Queen’s Quarterly

Crown of Vespers” | Print, Winter 2021

The Broken Plate Spring 2022 issue

The Broken Plate

Memorial” | Print, Spring 2022

Hawai’i Pacific Review

Hawaiʻi Pacific Review

Sunblow” | September 2021

Lunch Ticket

Never Mercy” | Amuse-Bouche, November 2021

Honours

Forest Poets

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 2022

Bournemouth Young Writers Prize Anthology

“Through Others’ Eyes” | Print, Fall 2022

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League of Canadian Poets

Associate Member