Fiction
“Shame Shame” (short story), Story Magazine [FORTHCOMING]
☆ Winner of the Story Foundation Prize, judged by Deesha Philyaw
☆ Finalist for Ninth Letter Literary Awards in Fiction, judged by K-Ming Chang
“Unidentifiable Cells” (short story), Pithead Chapel, January 2025
☆ Winner of the Larry Brown Short Story Award, judged by Danielle Lazarin
“Decision Tree” (flash fiction), BULL, March 2024
“Infanticide” (flash fiction), The Los Angeles Review, February 2024
☆ Longlisted for Wigleaf Top 50 Very Short Fictions
“Somewhere Halfway” (flash fiction), So To Speak, February 2024
“Color of Blood” (short story), Hayden’s Ferry Review, Fall/Winter 2023
☆ Nominated for the Pushcart Prize 2024
“Devi Maa” (short story), Witness, Winter 2023
“First Summer” (short story), The Lumiere Review, June 2023
☆ Nominated for Best Of The Net
“We Americans” (flash fiction), Flash Frog, April 2023
☆ Finalist for Best Of The Net, judged by Kristen Arnett
☆ Longlisted for Wigleaf Top 50 Very Short Fictions
“HER TWINN” (flash fiction), Moot Point Magazine, January 2023
Essay
“A Disembodied Mother” (essay), Spread The Jelly, September 2025
“Embracing My Hyphen: On Patels, Privilege, and the Names We Hide Behind” (essay), The Lipstick Politico, May 2021