My debut chapbook INHERITANCE won the 2020 Vella Contest and was published with Paper Nautilus Press this March. Purchase your copy here.
Publications
2021
Taipei | diode poetry journal
why I don’t sing in public | Burningword Literary Journal
Bless your soup | The American Poetry Review
The most Taiwanese thing about me | Hayden’s Ferry Review
Split |Madcap Review
Body as a second language | Inscape
2020
Rahul, when I ask him to throw away his broken office chair for the 50th time this week | Underblong
Things inherited from my mother* | Placeholder
One day when I become a museum*,** | Okay Donkey
In the summer, Chris and I go dancing in Taiwan | Kissing Dynamite
English as a second language, Type A personalities in a time of coronavirus, and Feet Feeling | Sock Drawer Lit
Elegy for Jane** | Gingerbread House
Proposal for quantifying the entire spectrum of human emotion | Grey Sparrow
in the absence of sesame oil | The Scores
Mom’s makeup* | Dryland
Titles from my childhood | K’in
San Rafael with an unrequited love | The Chestnut Review
2017-2019
Shedding | STANFORD Magazine
Migration Story | RABBIT: Belonging Issue
2016
Revolution, Saturday Chinese School | Stanford Daily Magazine
how it ends | Leland Quarterly
I tried to sell your heart on etsy once | Off the Coast
Harbor | decomP Magazine
2015
The Will | The Best Teen Writing of 2015
leaving song | Leland Quarterly
2014
Four Poems | The Legendary
Maya Angelou | Radius
*Nominated for a Pushcart Prize
**Nominated for Best New Poets
Awards
2020
Poetry Contest, Runner-up, Hayden’s Ferry Review
New Voices Contest, Longlist, Frontier Poetry
Award in Poetry, Finalist, Iowa Review
2020
Vella Chapbook Prize, Winner, Paper Nautilus Pres
Vallum Chapbook Award, Finalist, Vallum
Open Country Press Chapbook Contest, Finalist, Open Country Press
2019
Urmy/Hardy Poetry Prize, First Place, Stanford University
Undergraduate Performing/Fine Arts Award, Stanford Asian American Awards
2018
Undergraduate Poetry Competition- Runner Up, National Federation of State Poetry Societies
2017
Wiley Birkhofer Prize in Poetry, Stanford University
Poetry Out Loud Finalist, Stanford University
2015
National Gold Medals in Poetry and Critical Essay, Scholastic Art and Writing
Anthology Nominations
2021
Best New Poets (Nominated)
2020
Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses (Nominated)
2015
Best Teen Writing of 2015 (Selected)
Artist Features
2019
Featured Artist – 2019 Conversations in Identity
Featured Artist – 2019 Asian Images
Featured Artist – 2019 Stanford Arts Extravaganza
2018
Showcase Artist – 2018 APAture, Kearny Street
Featured Artist – 2018 Listen to the Silence Conference
2016
Featured Poet – 2016 Inclusive Lands, Peninsula DIY
Featured Artist – 2016 Listen to the Silence Conference
Fellowships and Grants
2020
Unlock Her Potential Mentorship Program, with Pagan Kennedy
2017
Levinthal Tutorial with Edgar Kunz, Stanford University
2016
Mash-up Art Grant, Stanford University
