Poet

Publications & Prizes
- 2021 Recipient of Poet Fellowship from Martha's Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing (MVICW)
- Anthology Co-Edited and Poetry ("The Medusa Project", Mookychick) selected as a digital payload to be sent to the moon in 2023 via Astrobotics/SpaceX/NASA
- 2022 Winner of the San Gabriel Valley Poetry Festival for Broadside Poetry Contest
- 2022 Third Place Winner State Level NAMI NJ Dara Axelrod Poetry Contest
- 2022 Finalist in the 16th National Indie Excellence Book Awards for the full-length " My Body Lives Like a Threat", FlowerSong Press.
- Finalist in the New York Book Festival 2022 for the full-length " My Body Lives Like a Threat", FlowerSong Press.
- 2022 Finalist in the UK-based Erbacce Poetry Prize amongst 15,000 entries.
- Nominated for the " Literary Award" by the office of Mayor and Jersey City Council of Arts (JCCA) for the Jersey City Arts Awards 2022
- Poetry Nominated for the Pushcart Prize 2022 Edition: Best of the Small Presses XLVI
- Nominated for the "Best of the Net" by Rainbow Project, 2022
- Book showcase for the Literary festival by coveted IAAC Literary Festival ( Indo-American Arts Council), NY, 2022
- 2020 National Level 1st prize winner in the Spring Robinson/Red Mahogany Poetry Prize 2020.
- Semi-Finalist in the Shirley Holden Grant for Mature Women by the National League of American Pen Women ( NLAPW)
- State-level 3rd prize winner in the NAMI NJ Dara Axelrod Mental Health Poetry contest 2019.
- State-level 1st prize winner in NAMI NJ Dara Axelrod Mental Health Poetry contest 2018.
- State-level 1st prize winner in the NAMI NJ Dara Axelrod Mental Health Poetry contest 2020.
- Essay and Poetry accepted for the "Life in Quarantine" Project by Stanford University sponsored by CESTA and The Poetic Lab, USA
- Poetry accepted for the WNYC Poetry Challenge: "Your poems from isolation" to be featured in Gothamist.com and NPR ( National Public Radio)
- Featured in the PBS American Portrait " The Story of Us, Told by Us"
- Twice Nominated for Women Global Awards for 2020/2021 ( iWomanGlobal Awards) under the Literature Category.
- Editorial Anthology "The Kali Project" was selected as a finalist in the 15th Annual Indie Excellence Awards.
- Work selected for reading at the Jersey City Writers "Survival is Insufficient Series" based on the National Book Award Finalist.
- Nominated for Author of the Year, Dec 2020 by NY-based Spillwords Press
- Nominated for Author of the Month, Dec 2020 by NY-based Spillwords Press
- State Level Poetry Judge for the NAMI Dara Axelrod Mental health Poetry Contest 2021
- Slam Poetry Judge for the NSS-IITD ( Institute of Information Technology) Delhi, 2021
- Work featured in America's Best Emerging Poets Series New Jersey edition by Z Publishing
- Poetry Reading listed in the Top 20 in the WildSounds Poetry Festival, Los Angeles
- Top 10 Finalist ( Ranked at no 8 ) for the Poetry Super Highway Contest 2020 amongst 13 countries and 978 entries.
- Work selected for reading at the "Overcoming limitation" series by the Jersey City Writers sponsored by the Jersey City council of Arts.
- Anthology selected to be featured in the Poets House Summer Showcase in Manhatten, NY.
- Work selected for reading at the "of Myths and Monsters" series by the Jersey City Writers sponsored by the Jersey City council of Arts.
- Mentioned in the Top 20 in the Pangolin Poetry Prize 2019 Judged by Melissa Studdard
- Poetry Blog listed as Top 100 poetry blogs to be followed in 2020 by Feedspot
- Semifinalist in the National Poetry competition by Ewen and Weber Publishing
- Finalist in the Adelaide Literary Award 2019 for the Best Poem Category
- Finalist in the Adelaide Literary Award 2020 for the Best Poem Category
- Nominated for the Arcs Prose Poetry Award 2020
- Work selected in the World's Biggest Poetry Anthology: Sounds of Peace (SOPWBACP) by League of Poets.
- Poetry featured on the Dineen Hull Arts Gallery, New Jersey in honor of the National Poetry Month 2020 in collaboration with Hudson County Community College (HCCC) and the Department of Cultural Affairs (DOCA)
- Poetry Published in the Desh Videsh Media Group, Florida, USA eMagazine in honor of the National Poetry Month
- Chosen "Author of the month" by Bilingual SETU Magazine, Pittsburg, USA
- Longlisted in Erbacce Prize 2020 amongst 9000+ entries
- Longlisted in Erbacce Prize 2021 amongst 13,000+ entries
- Finalist in Jessie Haver Butler Poetry Contest 2020
- Finalist forTWIBB ( The Woman Inc Beyond Black) Sakhi Annual Poetry Awards 2019
- Finalist for the "Best Poem" Category in the Adelaide Literary Awards 2020, NYC
- Second Place Winner in the San Gabriel Broadside Poetry Festival 2021
- Semifinalist in the Operelle Poetry Competition
- Featured writer in the July edition of the London/Berlin-based Ekphrastic Journal Visual Verse.