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Heron Barks, Singing in the Dark: A Global Anthology of Poetry Under Lockdown, Berfrois, The Bombay Literary Magazine, Rattle, The Punch Magazine, Poetry At Sangam,
The Adirondack Review, and many others. She has authored the poetry collections Peripheries (Cyberhex 2015), Pointillism (Copper Coin 2017), Date Palms (City Press 2017),
Open Zero (Yoda Press 2021), and Shehnaz, a biography (Penguin Random House 2019).
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collection of poetry. She can be found online at www.sophianaz.com
Creative Prose
First Prize Winner—Creative Prose
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with a history in stand-up comedy, a degree in theater, published novels and produced
plays and solo-shows, who has cobbled together a career in the literary and performing
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awards across the indie festival and awards circuit and has found streaming distribution
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Contributors
Andrea Ferrari Kristeller is an Argentinean teacher, bilingual writer and naturalist.
Her poems and short stories have been published by several American, Canadian and
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