mackenzie duan
Mackenzie Duan is a writer, from the Bay Area. Their work has been recognized by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, Youngarts, the Pulitzer Center, Princeton University, and The Poetry Society. They love Frank Ocean and the rain.[email protected]
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select poems"Japanese Denim" in Tinderbox Poetry
"California, November" in Sundog Lit
"Untouchability" in IHRAM (nominated for Pushcart Prize)
"Eyeline," "ADVICE FROM CO-STAR" in Surging Tide (nominated for Best of the Net)
"Afterimages" with Evan Bode in COUNTERCLOCK
"My friends are so beautiful in the winter" in Sine Theta Magazine (nominated for Best New Poets 2024)
"Study of a supernova at the beach," "Orange Saints" in Electric Lit
"Thermal Hazard" in Frontier Poetry
select prose"Nine Days" forthcoming in Black Warrior Review
"Translations of Ephemera" in Gulf Coast
"Mythology" in Vagabond City Lit
awardsBest New Poets Nomination
Pushcart Prize Nomination
Best of the Net Anthology Nomination
2023 Davidson Fellow in Literature
Finalist | Pulitzer Center Fighting Words Poetry Contest
Finalist | 2023 Betty L. Yu & Jin C. Yu Creative Writing Prizes
Gold Medal | Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
Honorable Mention | Leonard L. Milberg '53 High School Poetry Prize
Commended | Foyle Young Poets
Silver Medal | Scholastic Art & Writing Awardseditorial experienceGenre-Managing Editor - Polyphony Lit
Judge - 2023 Polyphony Lit Summer Contest
Teaching Assistant - Polyphony Summer Editing Apprenticeship
General Editor - Renaissance Reviewworkshops2023 - Adroit Journal Summer Mentorship under Gale Thompson
2023 - Ellipsis Advanced Poetry Workshop under Natasha Rao
2022 - Iowa Young Writers Studio under Drue Denmon
jobless thoughts - blog!Circles: The Irresolution of Repetition - 2022 portfoliofilm coming soon <3