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    Maya Cheav

    Writer | CA, United States

    Maya Cheav is a pile of stardust in the shape of a person. She was a top 10 finalist for the 2023 Palette Poetry Chapbook Prize, guest judged by Danez Smith. She is a Tin House 2024 Winter Online Workshop alum and Best Small Fictions nominee.

    Books
    Book cover of Grandma's House  by Maya Cheav

    Grandma's House

    Collections of Transience, 2025

    Hybrid
    Chapbook
    Book cover of Tan's Donuts by Maya Cheav

    Tan's Donuts

    Chestnut Review, 2025

    Poetry
    Chapbook
    Prose Poetry
    Book cover of Lykaia  by Maya Cheav

    Lykaia

    2023

    Selected work
    • Fiction

      2

    • Poetry

      12

    Cover of Kevin Atwater

    Love in the Time of M14s: The Ballad of a Boy and his Gun

    Kevin Atwater, 2025

    Fiction
    Flash
    Cover of Collections of Transience

    OBIT FOR GRANDMOTHER

    Collections of Transience, 2025

    Poetry
    Cover of Collections of Transience

    willow leaf//នាងនាគ//NEANG NEAK

    Collections of Transience, 2025

    Poetry
    Cover of Scapegoat Review

    not the worst way to die

    Scapegoat Review, 2023

    Poetry
    Cover of Bizarrchitecture

    Rotting, like we were

    Bizarrchitecture, 2023

    Poetry
    Speculative
    Cover of ALOCASIA

    The Masochist and Her Lamprey

    ALOCASIA, 2023

    Poetry
    Cover of The Insurgence

    Noum Kong

    The Insurgence, 2024

    Poetry
    Prose Poetry
    Cover of The Weaver Literary Magazine

    WOLFBAT

    The Weaver Literary Magazine, 2024

    Poetry
    Cover of Persimmon Lit

    dinosaur exhibit at the natural history museum

    Persimmon Lit, 2024

    Poetry
    Cover of Persimmon Lit

    the taxidermist

    Persimmon Lit, 2024

    Poetry
    Cover of orange juice

    I figured a friend is one that fights

    orange juice, 2024

    Poetry
    Cover of ALOCASIA

    Lily

    ALOCASIA, 2023

    Poetry
    Cover of ALOCASIA

    Lorelai in Silks

    ALOCASIA, 2023

    Poetry
    Cover of Ouroboros Magazine

    Moon, moon

    Ouroboros Magazine, 2023

    Fiction
    Flash
    Speculative
    Projects

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    Forget Me Not Escape Room

    In a magical medieval kingdom, you're set to be executed at sunrise tomorrow, but you can't remember anything. Escape the castle and regain your memor...

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