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
Selected work
- Fiction
2
- Poetry
12

Love in the Time of M14s: The Ballad of a Boy and his Gun
Kevin Atwater, 2025

OBIT FOR GRANDMOTHER
Collections of Transience, 2025

willow leaf//នាងនាគ//NEANG NEAK
Collections of Transience, 2025

not the worst way to die
Scapegoat Review, 2023

Rotting, like we were
Bizarrchitecture, 2023

The Masochist and Her Lamprey
ALOCASIA, 2023

Noum Kong
The Insurgence, 2024

WOLFBAT
The Weaver Literary Magazine, 2024

dinosaur exhibit at the natural history museum
Persimmon Lit, 2024

the taxidermist
Persimmon Lit, 2024

I figured a friend is one that fights
orange juice, 2024

Lily
ALOCASIA, 2023

Lorelai in Silks
ALOCASIA, 2023

Moon, moon
Ouroboros Magazine, 2023