Maya Afilalo is a queer writer based in Philadelphia. The recipient of the 2022 James Hurst Prize for Fiction, her writing appears or is forthcoming in
New Ohio Review, Porter House Review, Bayou Magazine, The /tÆmz/ Review, and elsewhere. Maya has an MFA in fiction from North Carolina State University and is working on a short story collection and a novel. Read more at
mayaafilalo.com.
