Ananya M. Kharat
*About .
Ananya Kharat is a writer based in the Chicagoland area, where she spends her days on LetterBoxd and making chais. A 2026 YoungArts Winner, as well as a Scholastic Medalist and commended winner in the 2025 Adroit Prizes, she is either published or forthcoming in New Delta Review, SEXTET, MEARI, and others. Her instagram handle is @ananyakharatt. One day, she'll backpack across Europe. She is currently writing a bad novel.
*Publications & Awards .
Plight of an ABCD, The Great American Road Trip; The Stirling Review
ANATOMY OF A DYING GIRL; Frighten the Horses
The Great American Road Trip; The Empty Inkwell Review
self portrait as the immortal snail; MEARI Magazine
small odyssey as erasure; The Lunar Journal
Conversation in my Rearview Mirror; Eunoia Review
Rani's Adventures Abroad, DO YOU THINK I'M COOL; Pen & Quill (print issue)
Joanna, 2012; SEXTET
ghazal for my lost lives; Polyphony Lit+Gold Medal Writing Portfolio, Scholastic A&W 2026
YoungArts Winner in Writing/Fiction 2026
YoungArts Winner in Writing/Poetry 2026
3x Gold Medals, Scholastic A&W
2x Silver Medals , Scholastic A&W
Commendation in the Adroit Prizes for Poetry & Prose 2025
7x Gold Keys, Scholastic A&W
2x Silver Keys, Scholastic A&W
Best of the Net Nominee 2026
Honorable Mention, Scholastic A&W 2026
*Blog & Media .
Rosetta Literary Workshop Host . April 2025
*Contact.
*Experience .
The Empty Inkwell Review . General Editor, 2022—
Downers South Literary Magazine . Editor, 2023—
JADE&COMPASS . Writing Editor, 2024—
Blue Moon Review . Prose Editor, 2025—
The Incandescent Review . Writer, 2025—
Hominum Journal . Website Manager, Prose Executive Editor, 2024—
Aster Lit . Associate Editor, Podcast Editor, 2025—#WordUP! Illinois State Director . 2025—
WordUP! Writing Mentor . 2025—