
Neethu Krishnan
Writer and Poet
I'm a writer based in Mumbai, India. I hold postgraduate degrees in English and Microbiology and write across genres at the moment. My creative nonfiction, poetry and fiction have been curated in 35+ international publications so far.
Publications
Nonfiction
Of Golden Babies - Exposed Brick Lit, Issue 6, Dualities
Time as measured in respites - The Four Faced Liar, Issue 3
The Elephant Bag Chronicles - Prairie Fire Spring 24 Issue
To the ones greyed by the blue-stringed ventriloquist - For a Friend Anthology, Lucent Dreaming
Girl, Sunsplit - Bacopa Literary Review
Poetry
The Infinite Tap - Symphonies of Imagination, Issue 3, Offline
Six poems in Erbacce Poetry Journal 78
Blue Ghost Fireflies - Terra Verses, Elixir Verse Press
Her Body as a Receptacle for a Devi - The Body's Experience of Religion, Flipped Mitten Press
Prayer - Flint, "Wish" Issue, Erro Press
The Way Time Warps in a South Indian Hamlet - Fu Review Berlin, Issue 11, Still
Black Hole - The Polaris Trilogy: Poems for the Moon, Brick Street Poetry
Meteor - Bleed Error, Vol 2, Paradox Ghost Press
A Vine of Thorns Dreaming of Blooms - Last Stanza Poetry Journal, Issue 10
Masterclass for the Lone - Spoonie Journal, Vol 1
11 Poems - Organic Ink, Vol 5, Dragon Soul Press
Fiction
Dream Bones - Rhapsody of the Spheres, Third Flatiron Publishing
Adhya's You-Point-O Journal - Terra Mágica (Portuguese translation)
The Yakshi of Asthikaavu - Uncanny & Unearthly Tales, Grendel Press
Night of the Butterfly - Desire to Escape, Four Palaces Publishing
The Yakshi's Barter - 99 Fleeting Fantasies, Pulse Publishing
Fireflies and Thieves - Dark Cheer: Cryptids Emerging, Vol Silver, Improbable Press
Achievements
Bacopa Literary Review 2022 Creative Nonfiction Award Winner
Best of the Net 2022 Poetry Nominee
Poem archived in The Lunar Codex
2023 Brilliant Flash Fiction Contest Shortlist
Speculative Literature Foundation's (SLF) A C Bose Grant 2023, 2025 Longlist
SLF Diverse Writers and Diverse Worlds Grant in 2022, 2023, 2024 Longlist
2023 Brilliant Flash Fiction Contest Longlist
Invisible City 2023 Blurred Genres Contest Longlist
Kinsman Quarterly 2024 Iridescence Awards Semifinalist in both short story and poetry categories
Kinsman Quarterly 2024 Presence Award Semifinalist
2024 Erbacce Poetry Prize Longlist
The Prose Poem 2024 Spring Short Competition Longlist
Louisiana State University of Alexandria's 2024 Flash Fiction Contest Finalist
2024 Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize Shortlist
2024 Fractured Lit Micro Prize Longlist
Winds of Asia 2025 Award Semifinalist
2025 Coppice Prize Longlist