Maia Brown-Jackson

Poet, Fiction Writer

Author's Bio

After the incredibly practical literature degree from the University of Chicago, award winning, pushcart-nominated Maia Brown-Jackson braved the myriad esoteric jobs that follow, until straying to Iraq to volunteer with survivors of ISIS genocide. Inspired with new focus, she caffeinated herself through a graduate degree in terrorism and human rights and now investigates fraud, waste, and abuse of humanitarian aid in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.

Also, she writes.

Publications & Prizes

Fiction

Anthologies:
Not Enough Space (Nat 1, LLC, 2024)
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Afterimages (Thirty West Publishing House, 2023)
Journals:
Kaidankai podcast
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Magazine of Fantasy & Sci-Fi
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Penumbric
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Return Home

Poetry

Anthologies:
Audience Askew Literary Journal 3.4 (Nat 1, LLC, 2025)
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28th Annual Poetry Ink Anthology (Moonstone Press, 2024)
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Audience Askew Literary Journal 3.1 (Nat 1, LLC, 2024)
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BlazeVOX Spring 2024 (BlazeVOX books, 2024)
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International Women's Day (Moonstone Press, 2024)
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Queer Anthology, Eigth Edition (Beyond Queer Words, 2024)
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Remembering Audre Lorde (Moonstone Press, 2024)
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Remembering Robert Frost (Moonstone Press, 2024)
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W31RD (Quarter Press, 2024)
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World Poetry Day 2024 (Moonstone Press, 2024)
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27th Annual Poetry Ink Anthology (Moonstone Press, 2023)
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Cacophony (Las Positas College, 2023)
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Nightmares (The Writer's Workout, 2023)
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When We Met, This Is How I Felt (Poets' Choice Publishing, 2023)
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Healing Felines and Femmes (Other Worldly Women Press, 2020)
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Making Magic (Other Worldly Women Press, 2020)
Book:
And My Blood Sang (Tim Saunders Publications, 2023)
Journals:
Across the Margin
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Anti-Heroin Chic
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BlazeVOX
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Cathexis Northwest Press
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Chunk Lit
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Clackamas Literary Review
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Dipity
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La Piccioletta Barca
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Maudlin House
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Pan Haiku Review
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Prime Number Magazine
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Radical Notion
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Raven Review
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Rising Phoenix Review
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Sheila-Na-Gig
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SOUP CAN Magazine
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The Lorelei Signal
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The RavensPerch
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Wild Roof Journal
Prizes won: 

Parsec Award for Best Speculative Fiction Story – Small Cast: Return Home – "Genie"   ||   Prime 53 Poem Summer Challenge – "A questioning key of hallelujah"

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Helen Oyeyemi, Haruki Murakami, Anne Carson, Un-Su Kim, Jeff Vandermeer, Jose Saramago, N.K. Jemisin, Tara Hardy, Nikita Gill, Natalie Diaz, Richard Siken, Bianca Sparacino, Nizar Qabbani... I have way too many to list, both prose and poetry. Honestly, I don't fall in love easily, but when I do, I devour.
What I'm reading now: 
Euripides: Grief Lessons by Anne Carson

More Information

Gives readings: 
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Last update: Apr 10, 2025