MIA CARRILLO
@miacarrill
Mia is a freelance writer and editor from Los Angeles, CA. She is currently living in Valencia, Spain.
Mia has had vivid dreams all her life and finds it remarkable that dreams are not a part of everybody’s daily life. Mia is interested in memory, dream-like states, and the stories the body holds below the surface. Her writing often explores selfhood and questions of identity, such as gender, race, sexuality, and class.
Recently, she launched Ok, a multilingual literary net-magazine that you can check out here. Ok publishes each piece in at least 2 languages, highlighting the beauty of translation.
Her favorite book she has read in 2026 was Carmen Laforet’s Nada.
Mia likes to bike, climb, and swim. Maybe she’ll even do a triathlon? She enjoys documenting her meals on Instagram, making clothing, and sometimes vlogging on YouTube.
CONTACTMia has had vivid dreams all her life and finds it remarkable that dreams are not a part of everybody’s daily life. Mia is interested in memory, dream-like states, and the stories the body holds below the surface. Her writing often explores selfhood and questions of identity, such as gender, race, sexuality, and class.
Recently, she launched Ok, a multilingual literary net-magazine that you can check out here. Ok publishes each piece in at least 2 languages, highlighting the beauty of translation.
Her favorite book she has read in 2026 was Carmen Laforet’s Nada.
Mia likes to bike, climb, and swim. Maybe she’ll even do a triathlon? She enjoys documenting her meals on Instagram, making clothing, and sometimes vlogging on YouTube.
PROJECTS (& PUBLICATIONS)
1. “FUNGUS”
The Short Story Project - 2025
[Flash Fiction]
- Follows queer love and enmeshment through a recurring yeast infection.
- After Guadalupe Nettel’s “Fungus”, which also lives on The Short Story Project, so that readers can enjoy both stories without leaving the site.
2. A BODY OF ONE’S OWN
Reed College Thesis - 2024
[Full-Length Hybrid Manuscript]
- A collection of poetry and prose that explores how those around us make up our conception of “the self”. Most notably, through the women in my family. Explores what one does with generational trauma and the stories that are not ours but live in our bodies.
- The hybrid nature reflects the intersectional identity at the core of the collection and allowed me space to write about the tensions between race and class within Los Angeles, Chicano culture, and queerness.
- Advised by Joan Kane.
3. AWAY FROM HOME
Eddings Grant - 2023
- [Mini Collection of 6 Personal Essays]
- Engages with the complexity of female friendship and queerness.
- Analytical and creative, this collection consists of personal essays that blur the line between poetry and prose.
- Presented the project at the end of the Summer to the Reed English Department.
4. MY LETTERS TO YOU
Substack - 2022-2024
[Blog: personal essays, poems, short fiction, etc]
- Consistently write (wrote) personal essays, flash fiction, prose, and poetry through Substack.
- Notable pieces include: reflections on writing a thesis, my time studying abroad in Italy, excerpts from my Eddings, etc.
- I typically explore(d) topics such as relationships, race, gender, connection, mental health, capitalism, and contemporary culture.
- Currently thinking through how I want to utilize this platform and have archived the majority of my work until I have decided how I want to move forward.
5. “WHAT'S BETWEEN ROMANTIC AND MATERNAL LOVE?”
COPY magazine - 2024
[Personal Essay]
- Reflects on the tenderness and complexity in female friendship.
- Excerpt from my Eddings Grant Collection, Away From Home.
last updated 10 dec. 2025
© last updated: 10 dec. 2025
CV
Education
Reed College
BA in English & Creative Writing
2024
Experience
UNTITLED MEMOIR
Editor for Deanna Najman
since spring 2025
OK MAGAZINE
Founder
since fall 2025
L’ESPRIT LITERARY REVIEW
Prose Reader & Copyeditor
since winter 2026
MAMITA VINTAGE
Content Assistant
fall & winter 2024
READCOPY.CO
Operations Associate
summer 2024
TIN HOUSE
Intern
summer 2022
Freelance
L’ESPRIT LITERARY REVIEW
Copyeditor
2026
CAR CRASH COLLECTIVE
Copyeditor
2024
Awards
Eddings Grant
Reed College
summer 2023
Summer Internship Award
Reed College
summer 2024
Skills
(Copy)Writing & (Copy)Editing
Creative Writing
Marketing
Digital & Social Media
Project Management
English
Spanish
last updated 14 june. 2026