
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
Shortlisting in 2023 Brilliant Flash Fiction Contest
Longlisting in Speculative Literature Foundation's (SLF) A C Bose Grant 2023
Longlisting in SLF Diverse Writers and Diverse Worlds Grant in 2022, 2023, 2024
Longlisting in 2023 Brilliant Flash Fiction Contest
Longlisting in Invisible City's 2023 Blurred Genres Contest
Semi-finalist in Kinsman Quarterly's 2024 Iridescence Awards in both short story and poetry categories
Semi-finalist in Kinsman Quarterly's 2024 Presence Award
Longlisting in 2024 Erbacce Poetry Prize
Longlisting in The Prose Poem's 2024 Spring Short Competition
Finalist in Louisiana State University of Alexandria's 2024 Flash Fiction Contest
Shortlisting in 2024 Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize