Mehreen Ahmed is a Bangladeshi born Australian novelist.Her novels have been acclaimed/recognised by Midwest Book Review_”A deftly crafted and consistently entertaining novel, “The Pacifist” reveals Australian author Mehreen Ahmed’s exceptional flair for narrative storytelling and compellingly memorable characters. Original, compelling, skillfully written from cover to cover, “The Pacifist” is very highly recommended..”; it is also, a Drunken Druid Editor’s Choice.She has authored ten books and has been a reader and juror for international awards.Also,widely published for short stories,her works have won contests,Pushcart,James Tait and four botN nominations.Some of them were translated into Greek,German,Bangla/Bengali.
Publications/Forthcoming
Cambridge University Press,University of Hawaii Press,Michigan State University Press,Chiron Literary Review,Perception Magazine:Syracuse University,Straylight Magazine:Wisconsin-Parkland University,VisualVerse,The Talon Review:North Florida Univeristy,Metachrosis Literary:Dundee University,Bitterleaf Books:YSJ University,Coffin Bell,ISTE,Call-ej,University of Kent Press,The Sheaf:University of Saskatoon,Jimson Weed UVA,Aphelion: A website of science fiction and fantasy,BlazeVOX,Journal of Expressive Writing,Popshot Quarterly,Hoot Review,Shorts Magazine,Writer’s Digest:Six Sentences,In Parentheses.art Literary Review_new Modernism,IceFloe Press,Litro Magazine UK,Mr Bull,Gone Lawn.Otoliths,BeZine,Atherton Review,Muse India,RIC Journal,Ethel Zine,Olney Magazine,Alternate Route,The Gorko Gazette,, The Wise Owl,Shakespear’s sonnet reimagined,WordCityLit,Mōtus Audāx Press,KNOT Magazine,The Antonym,Insignia 2022 Best Asian Speculative Fiction Anthology,The Hennepin Review, Decolonial passage,Literary Heist,Mad Swirl,Alien Buddha Press,Rogue Agent Journal:Sundress Publications,October Hill Magazine,Synchronised Chaos,Oddball Magazine,Panorama:The Journal of Travel, Place, and Nature,Pine Cone Review,Noctivagant Press,Coin-Operated Press,Connotation Press,Door is A Jar,ELJ Scissors and Spackle,The Chamber Magazine,Flash Boulevard,Five Minutes,Chewers and Masticadores,Quail Bell,Ponder Savant,ShabdAaweg Review,Phenomenal Literature,Crêpe & Penn,Flash Frontier,Ellipsis Zine,Ginosko#24#29#30,Brown Bag,The Cabinet of Heed,Sequoyah Cherokee River Journal,Melbourne Culture Corner,Prosetrics,Literati Magazine,The Global Youth Literary Review,Active Muse,Litmora Literary Magazine,Ayaksala,Anti-Heroin Chic,Love in the time of Covid Chronicle,Unpublished Platform,Wellington Street Review,Nailpolish Stories,Setu,Impspired Magazine,The Writers and Readers’Magazine,Empyrean Literary Magazine,WINK,Mono,KREAXXXION Review,Thorn Literary Magazine,3 Moon Magazine,Merak Magazine,Sage Cigarettes,All Existing,The Bombay Review,FlashBack Fiction,Down in the Dirt,CC&D,Nymphs,Portand Metrozine,Academy of Heart and Mind,Mojave Heart,The Piker Press,Kitaab,Nthanda,CommuterLit,Angel City Review,Paper Djinn,FreeFlashFiction,Cafe Dissensus,Adelaide Literary Magazine,Scarlet Leaf Review,Terror House Magazine,The Punch Magazine,Furtive Dalliance,Flash Fiction North,Bridge House,Cosmic Teapot,The Hooghly Review,The Chakker and more.
Contests/Awards/Accolades
Awards/Nominations/Recognitions/Accolades
Winner
Drunken Druid’s Editor’s Choice2017/The Pacifist
First Place_Academy of the Heart and Mind,May Flowers Contest2022/The Phases of the Moon
Waterloo Writing Competition May2020/Dolly
Ayaskala Literary Magazine2023/Rain and Coffee
Cabinet-of-Heed Stream-of-Consciousness Challenge April2020Drawer Four/Black Mirror
Author Shout Reader Ready Silver Award/2019 for fiction/The Pacifist
Nominations
botN Interlude/Lungs/Ylem2020/Number Ninety-Four2024
Pushcart/Ylem2020
James Tait Black Prize for fiction2021/Gatherings
Bestofs
Gorko Gazette2023/The Blue Evening
Mad Swirl23/24/Space/Vape/City Smell/In Stillness
AlienBuddha2023/River of Melted Chocolate
CafeLit8_Writer’s Choice2019/Bats Downunder
Visual Verse2023/Silent Bleat
Finalist
Fourth Adelaide Literary Award contest,February2020/Flower Girl
Honourable Mention
Weavers of Words contest Unpublished Platform March2022/Silent Bleat
Milestone Selection
Alien Buddha2023/Deep well
Special Collector’s Edition
Popshot Quarterly 41:2023/River of Melted Chocolate
Special Editon
RICJournal In the Mood For…/Dead-fly
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Audio Books
The Pacifist,2017
Peeking Cat Literary-Chasing a Dream,Dec 2021
SweetyCat Press-Rain and Coffee,Sept 2020
FlashBackFiction-East Bengal 1971,May 2020
Reedsy sponsored Shortstoryreader-Juliet’s Song,Sept 2021
Flash Fiction Frontier-Blue,Grey and Lavender,June 2020
The Archer-Jingwei,Feb 2022
Talks
Radical Books and Politics with Dr.Maria Estrada,2021
Boomers on Books with Vince Stevenson,2021
Siren Radio with Steve Cawte University of Lincoln, 2021
Trisha Mckee,2020
Mehreen’s Amazon Author Page
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