Zhou-Lee writes science fiction, fantasy, poetry, non-fiction, and journalism.
Awards, mentorships, and fellowships include: SFWA Nebula Conference 2020 scholarship, the Avengers of Colour program where they became a mentee to Terry J. Benton Walker, and the 2023 Open City fellowship for journalism at the Asian American Writers’ Workshop.
Articles
Asian American Writers’ Workshop: They Don’t Protect Us
Gay City News: How six NYC 2SLGBTQ artists are fighting back against adversity
Gay City News: Filipino HIV/AIDS advocate’s art series uses HIV-positive blood for awareness
Mochi Magazine: We Cannot Trust White Society With Asian Justice
Newsweek: One Year Later, Stop Asian Hate Laws Have Failed Asian Americans
NextShark: Rally at United Nations decries Filipino president’s arrival and demands human rights be upheld
Pigment International: How Afrofuturism Can Heal Divides Between Black and Asian Communities
Prism Reports: The new mega jail coming to NYC’s Chinatown is a physical reminder of anti-Asian hate
Reckon News: In war zones, disabled people must fend for themselves
Reappropriate: Black and Filipino Solidarity has a Long History Many Forgot
them.: Why Abolition Is Essential for Black-Asian Solidarity
Truthout: Mutual Aid - Not Police - Helped New Yorkers in the Wake of Hurricane Ida
Arts Reviews/Profiles
The Amp: “Here Lies Love” Is a Troubling, If Not Entertaining, Take on Filipino History
The Amp: How Ricky Sim Found Freedom In Comedy
The Amp: Jessica Chen’s Defiant Choreography
Pigment International: Black Power To Black People: Branding The Black Panther Party At The Poster House Museum NYC
Pigment International: Harmonia Rosales: Master Narrative
Essays
Mochi Magazine: Reaching Asian Power: To Build
Solidarity, Asian Americans Must Know Ourselves First
Creative Nonfiction
Mixed Asian Media: Who Will Cry for The Black Asian?
Mochi Magazine: A Power Letter To Asian Women
The Quarant-Times: The Wand Maker
Soar Over Hate: If We Are All Made From Stars
Poetry
Anathema Magazine: Babaylan’s Lament
The Asian Women’s Giving Circle: The Ancestral Feminine,
commission for 2022 Gala, May 19
Soar Over Hate: Black Asians Matter | Autumn Moon Over Calm Lake, commission for the 2023 AAPI youth scholarship calendar
Soar Over Hate: If We Are All Made From Stars
2022 Unite Festival in Zurich, Switzerland:
The Obsidian Wings of Heaven, comission
Plays
The Soldier’s Home, Circa Pintig, 2015
Rohan Zhou-Lee at the Blasian March 1 Year Anniversary March, The Black Asian Trans Power Rally. Siya wears a black, blue, orange and white brocade tunic by Dawang.