In 2022, she attended the Clarion West's Writers Workshop. In 2023, she was the recipient of the third annual Native American Writer Accelerator Grant, awarded by the Native American Media Alliance in partnership with Netflix. In 2023, she was also selected as a fellow for the 8th annual Native American TV Writers Lab by the Native American Media Alliance.
In 2023, Leong worked with a group of six creators to found the Cartoonist Cooperative, an organization striving to improve labor rights for those in the comics industry and support the work of members.
Leong now resides on Chinook land near Portland, Oregon with her family and three dogs.
Fiction Writing
Leong's writing has been published in multiple magazines, journals, and websites including the Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Bamboo Ridge, and Lightspeed Magazine.
Editorial
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2016 | A Map to the Sun | Ignatz Awards | Outstanding Minicomic | Nominated | |
2019 | Prism Stalker | Ignatz Award | Outstanding Artist | Nominated | |
2021 | A Map to the Sun | Ignatz Award | Outstanding Graphic Novel | Nominated | |
2021 | A Map to the Sun | Eisner Awards | Best Publication for Teens | Nominated | |
2022 | Death in the Mouth: Original Horror by People of Color | Australian Shadows Award | Best Edited Works | Won |
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