Maya Venters

Writer. Editor. Artist.

About

Maya is a Canadian writer, editor, and visual artist.Maya received her MFA in Poetry from the University of St. Thomas (TX), a B.A. in English Literature & Rhetoric from St. Jerome's University at the University of Waterloo, and a Diploma in the History of European Painting from Trinity College Dublin.Her poems have recently appeared in Rattle, Literary Matters, The Literary Review of Canada, The New Verse Review, and THINK, among others.Maya's chapbook Life Cycle of a Mayfly won the 2023 Vallum Chapbook Award.

Poetry

Literary Matters, Tip of the iceberg, Women's Work, Prayer for the hair in the drain
Rattle, Welcome to Paradise
New Verse Review, The Photographer, Daphne, at the Doctor's

Chapbook: Life Cycle of a Mayfly

Winner of the 2023 Vallum Chapbook Award"[Maya] is a poet acutely attuned to the sensuousness of language, but her touch is light and can be stealthy. " - Matthew King, New Verse Review

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Press & Reviews

• New Verse Review by Matthew King

• Montreal Review of Books by Ronny Litvack-Katzman

• NewPages Blog by Jami Macarty

• Catholic World Report by Anna Farrow (reprinted from The Catholic Register)

• Vallum Magazine with Rosie Long Decter

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