The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury sparked something in me, and since 2020 I have been writing every day. I’ve completed four novels, two feature screenplays, and hundreds of short stories and poems. Some of my other favorite writers are Haruki Murakami, Louise Glück, Kaveh Akbar, Garth Greenwell, Ling Ma, Leonora Carrington, Anne de Marcken, 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 (Long Island University)
“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
Published
Lunar Codex
“ringed winged” | Special commission for time capsules to the moon
Featured in CNN, Toronto Star, The Times and 980 CKNW Vancouver
- Codex Νουα – Landed on Lunar South Pole, February 22, 2024
SpaceX Falcon 9 / Intuitive Machines Odysseus - Codex Serenity – Landed in Mare Crisium on March 2, 2025
SpaceX Falcon 9 / NASA CLPS-TO-19D - Codex Polaris – Lunar South Pole, November 2025
SpaceX Falcon Heavy / NASA CLPS-TO-20A
“Mazzy is the youngest poet curated into the Lunar Codex.”
– Founder Samuel Peralta
carte blanche
“HOME WHEN YOU RETURN” | Issue 51, June 2025
FOOLS Magazine (University of Iowa)
“LIGHT” | Print, Volume 15, November 2024
Two poems
- “The City” | Print, Vol. 32 No. 8, October 2024
- “Outside the Window” | Bookworm, October 2024
Mantis: A Journal of Poetry, Criticism & Translation (Stanford University)
Two poems | Print, Volume 22, 2024
- “Too Far In”
- “dust cover shell”
“Moth, Moon & Hex” | Print, Vol. 46 No. 4, Spring 2024
“One of the youngest poets we’ve ever had the pleasure of featuring“
The Minnesota Review (Virginia Tech)
“Dawn” | Print, Issue 101, Fall 2023
Blackbird (Virginia Commonwealth University)
“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” | Virtual reading, February 2024
- “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
Potomac Review (Montgomery College)
“Lost” | Print, Issue 73, Fall 2023
White Wall Review (Toronto Metropolitan University)
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 | Print, 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
Queen’s Quarterly (Queen’s University)
“The Forest” | Print, Volume 129, Fall 2022
Queen’s Quarterly (Queen’s University)
“Mercy’s Sunset” | Print, Volume 129, Summer 2022
Queen’s Quarterly (Queen’s University)
“Literals” | Print, Volume 129, Spring 2022
Queen’s Quarterly (Queen’s University)
“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
The Broken Plate (Ball State University)
“Memorial” | Print, Spring 2022
Hawaiʻi Pacific Review (Hawaiʻi Pacific University)
“Sunblow” | September 2021
Lunch Ticket (Antioch University Los Angeles)
“Never Mercy” | Amuse-Bouche, November 2021
Honours
“Heart Medicine” in Geist 122
Named a Notable Poem by editor Bardia Sinaee
2025 One Book Two Book Festival
“DECANONIZATION” | Grade 7 winner
Reading at Write Out Loud awards ceremony, February 2025
2025 Southeastern Iowa Short Story and Poetry Writing Contest
“THE WAY FROM ONE THING TO ANOTHER THING AND BACK” | Grade 7 Poetry winner
Sponsored by University of Iowa, College of Education, Teaching and Learning Department, Iowa Youth Writing Project, Eastern Iowa Reading Council, and Iowa Reading Association
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
Writing Body Horror with K-Ming Chang | Spring 2025
Crafting Engaging Narratives with Suzette Sheft | Summer 2023
Creative Writing Workshops with Eva Crocker
- Fundamentals of Short Fiction: Setting | September 2023
- Fundamentals of Short Fiction: Character Development | November 2023