Mary Jean Chan

Mary Jean Chan is the author of Flèche (Faber & Faber, 2019), which won the Costa Book Award for Poetry. Chan co-edited the anthology 100 Queer Poems (Vintage, 2022) with Andrew McMillan, and is a judge for the 2023 Booker Prize. Born and raised in Hong Kong, Chan will be the 2023-24 Judith E. Wilson Poetry Fellow at the University of Cambridge. Bright Fear is Chan’s second collection.

 

Mary Jean Chan was interviewed on writing craft in Wasafiri Magazine with Preti Taneja. For the National Centre of Writing, Chan discussed how their work explores language and writing from a multilingual perspective.

Forward Prizes History:

  • 2019 Forward Prizes for Best Single Poem, shortlisted for ‘The Window’ (National Poetry Competition by the Poetry Society)
  • 2017 Forward Prizes for Best Single Poem, shortlisted for ‘//’ (Ambit)

    





            Read 'Ars Poetica'

            In Conversation 

            Read 'The Window'

            Read '//'