Rachel Ka Yin Leung

Leung Rachel Ka Yin is a 21-year-old student of Psychology at St Hilda’s College, University of Oxford, from the vibrant city of Hong Kong. Born and raised in The Pearl of the Orient, which has had great influence on her writing; she attended Diocesan Girls’ School and Li Po Chun United World College.

She has been a fervent lover of poetry, since a young age, starting out as a Hong Kong Budding Poet at the Hong Kong Academy of Gifted Education, and going on to earn Second Place in the Young Laureate’s Award (national literacy competition) with her poetry.

A number of her works have been published in the Proverse Poetry Prize (Single Poems) 2018 Anthology; ASH, the termly literary journal of the Oxford University Poetry Society; Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, Hong Kong Free Press and Mekong Review. She was also featured in Cha’s Reading Series: Poetry and Politics.

Two of her poems have been awarded Second Place and Special Commendation in the Oxford Brookes International Poetry Competition 2018 (EAL Category). She currently serves as the Online Fiction Director of Isis Magazine, the longest-running student magazine in the UK; Poetry Reader at The Adroit Journal and Poetry Editor at Figure of Speech, TRACK//FOUR and Sandpiper.

Rachel is passionate about feminism and mental health, and other than writing and editing poetry, she spends her time writing non-fiction articles on style and culture, which can be found at PHASER Magazine and Zolima CityMag.