Education
- BA, Writing (concentrations in Fiction and Poetry), University of Victoria, 2019-2023
Short Fiction Publications
- “For Better, For Worse” in The Temz Review, Issue 22, 2023
- “Eat Well” in CAROUSEL, Issue 49, 2022
- “Joanne, I’ll Pray for You,” in Framework of the Human Body Anthology (Bell Press Books), 2022
- “The Party,” in The Malahat Review, Issue 220, Fall 2022
- “Slaughter the Animal” in The New Quarterly, Issue 163, Fall 2022
- “Jasmine’s Brows and Cuts,” in The Puritan, Issue 57, Spring 2022
- “Fig” in Fractured Lit, Jan. 2022
- “Where to Run When the Lamb Roars” in The Temz Review, Issue 17, Fall/Winter 2021
- “Faberge” in This Side of West: Editorial Anthology 2021-2022, 2021
- “The Wolf-Antelope Will Not Come for Us” in filling Station Issue 76, 2021
- “Primary Organs” in The Malahat Review Issue 213, Winter2020
- “When the Flood Comes” in This Side of West: Editorial Anthology 2020-2021, 2020
- “Mama Lives in My Mouth” in Young Voices, 2020
- “The Species is Dead” in Minola Review Issue 25, 2020
- “The Light When You Close Your Eyes” in Young Voices, 2019
- “Dandelion” in GERM Magazine, Dec 2018
Poetry Publications
- “mary’s vacation,” and “it’s really more complicated than have you been abused” in Canthius, Issue 13, 2024
- “my past bodies walk into a room,” in Augur Magazine, Issue 6.2, 2023
- “DEATH OF A LANGUAGE,” on CBC Books, CBC Poetry Prize Finalist, 2022
- “On the internet, my great-great grandmother’s language,” on CBC Books, CBC Poetry Prize Finalist, 2022
- “At night, I rest my limbs in water and search for my mother’s father’s mother’s mother’s tongue” in Augur Magazine, Joyful Imaginations, Issue 5.1, 2022
- “What’s the difference between good and god” in CV2, Spring 2022, Vol. 44 No. 4
- “The night my mother learns to use the bus” in The Fiddlehead Issue 290, Winter2022
- “A burial” in The FiddleheadIssue 290, Winter2022
- “We sell skin on sale:” anthologized in The 2021 Rhysling Anthology: The Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Poetry of 2020, 2021
- “the drive-up microphone at burger king” in carte blanche Issue 40, Winter2021
- “We sell skin on sale:” in Augur Magazine Issue 3.2,2020
- “My Wolf Lives on the Windowsill” in Grain Magazine Issue 47.4, Summer 2020
- “when you leave your country don’t forget” in on the Verge, 2020
Literary Awards
- Nomination (via CAROUSEL) – Best of the Net 2023 for “Eat Well,” 2023
- Nomination (via Augur Magazine) – Best Canadian Poetry 2023 for “At night, I rest my limbs in water and search for my mother’s father’s mother’s mother’s tongue,” 2022
- Nomination (via Bell Press Books) – Pushcart XLVIII for “Joanne, I’ll Pray for You,” 2022
- Nomination (via CAROUSEL) – Pushcart XLVIII for “Eat Well,” 2022
- Finalist – 2022 CBC Poetry Prize for“From the Mouth,” 2022
- Lorna Crozier Scholarship – University of Victoria, 2022
- Nomination (via The Temz Review) – Best of the Net 2022 for “Where to Run When the Lamb Roars,” 2022
- W.P. Kinsella Scholarship in Fiction – University of Victoria, 2022
- Longlisted – 2022 CBC Short Story Prize for “The Window of a Stranger’s House,” 2022
- Nomination (via filling Station) – 2022 Alberta Magazine Publishers Association Awards for “The Wolf-Antelope Will Not Come for Us,” 2022
- Shortlisted – The Malahat Review’s Far Horizons Award for Short Fiction, for “Where to Run When the Lamb Roars,” 2021
- Nomination (via Augur Magazine) – 2021 Aurora Awards for “We sell skin on sale:,” 2021
- Nomination (via Augur Magazine) – 2021 Rhysling Awards for “We sell skin on sale:,” 2021
- Nomination (via The Malahat Review) – National Magazine Award in Fiction for “Primary Organs,” 2021
- First place – poetry, University of Victoria’s on the Verge Writing Contest for “when you leave your country don’t forget,” 2020
- Second Runner-Up for “I’m Disappointed” – TeenPit 2017, 2017
Mentorships
- TWUC BIPOC Writers Connect – Mentee, Oct. 2022
- BIPOC of Publishing in Canada Mentorship Program – Mentee, June-Dec 2021
- TeenPit – Mentee, 2017
Conducted Interviews:
- “Mothers & Memories: Rachel Lachmansingh in Conversation with Joanne John” interview by Rachel Lachmansingh for The Malahat Review, 2023
- “This Side of West Interviews Liselle Sambury” interview by Rachel Lachmansingh for This Side of West, 2022
- “This Side of West interviews Eliza Robertson” interview by Rachel Lachmansingh for This Side of West, 2022
- “TSOW INTERVIEW – Shaelin Bishop” interview by Rachel Lachmansingh for This Side of West, 2021
Media & Interviews
- “Twins win bookend pair of Victoria Medals,” interview for UVic News, 2023
- “Wise words from Rachel Lachmansingh,” interview for The Marlet, 2022
- “Finding the Form with Rachel Lachmansingh,” blog entry for The New Quarterly, 2022
- “Unearthing, Becoming: Paul Monfette in Conversation with Rachel Lachmansingh” interview for The Malahat Review, 2021
- “Writer’s Block – Episode 16” radio episode for The University of Calgary Student Radio Society, 2021
Readings
- CAROUSEL – CAROUSEL 49 Launch, 2023
- The Community Salon Reading Series – 2023
- Bell Press Books – Framework of the Human Body Launch, 2023
- CV2 – Sick Poetics Launch, 2022
- filling Station – Issue 76 Online Launch: Reading and Discussion, 2021
- This Side of West – Editors’ Reading, 2021
- This Side of West – Editors’ Reading, 2020
- This Side of West – First Years’ Reading, 2020
- This Side of West – Editors’ Reading, 2019
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