Spring Anthology: Short Story Book Project

by Mehreen Ahmed

The Spring Anthology is up and ready. We currently have 8 writers who have graced our pages with 11 wonderful stories for you to enjoy. Our authors come from the USA - Australia and Canada.

Paperback

Published March 23, 2020

About the author

Mehreen Ahmed is an acclaimed voice in Australian literature.The Midwest Book Review hails her work for its "exceptional flair for narrative storytelling" and "compellingly memorable characters." With eleven books across various genres—ranging from novels to micro-fiction—her stories have been translated into multiple languages and featured on NationalFlashFictionDay(NZ), AntipodeSF Radio, to name a few.Currently she is Fiction Editor for the UK-based Panorama: Journal of Travel, Place, and Nature.

University Publications:Academic/Literary
Journal of Computer Assisted Language Learning, 15(4), 423–433. Routledge. Indexed in Language Teaching, 36(2), Cambridge University Press. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1017/S026144480322...,
University of Hawai Press,Michigan State University Press,University of Queensland:Call-ej,University of Saskachuwan:The Sheaf,University of Kent Press,Syracuse University Press:Perception,University of Wisconsin-Parkland:Straylight Lit Magazine,Florida University:The Talon Review,Dundee University: Metachrosis Lit Mag,YSJ:BitterleafBooks,Mcneese State University:Boudin,University of Virginia:Jimson Weed Lit Mag,University of Houston-Downtown:The Bayou Review,Literary Parthenon:Academy of Creative Writing,Greece

Literary Magazines
ChironReview,Litro UK,Popshot Quarterly,PanoramaTheJournalofTravelPlaceandNature,BlazeVox,CentaurLit,HootReview,
ShortsMagazine,SixSentences,LiteraryHeist,MadSwirl,RogueAgent,VineLeafReview,OctoberHillMagazin,OddballMagazine,InParenthesis.artLitMagNew Modernism,ConnotationPress,DoorIsAJar,ELJ
ScissorsandSpackle,VisualVerse,FlashBoulevard,
FlashFrontier,EllipsisZine,Ginosko#24#29#30,TheCabinetofHeed,HeroinChic,Setu,ImpspiredMagazine,TheBombayReview,FlashBackFiction,DownInTheDirt,DarkWinterLiteraryMagazine,BridgeHouse,CosmicTeapot and more.

Awards/Honours
Substack Featured Author: Selected for Ginosko Literary Journal’s digital spotlight showcase (Ylem), 2026.

Winner, Drunken Druid’s Editor’s Choice | The Pacifist (Cosmic Teapot Publishing 2017, Canada)

First Place, May Flowers Contest | Academy of the Heart and Mind (2022) The Phases of the Moon

Co-Winner, Waterloo Writing Competition | Waterloo Arts Festival (2020) Dolly

Winner, Stream-of-Consciousness Challenge | The Cabinet-of-Heed (2020) Black Mirror

Winner, Gaze Theme Contest | Ayaskala Literary Magazine (2023) Rain and Coffee

James Tait Black Prize for Fiction | University of Edinburgh (2021) — Gatherings (Bridge House Publishing)

Pushcart Prize | (Two Nominations: 2020, 2026)
Ylem (Paperjinn)
Paradox of Love (CentaurLit)

Best of the Net | (Four Nominations: 2020–2025)
Number Ninety-Four- (The Decolonial Passage)
Of the Blue Evening (The Gorko Gazette)
The Interlude (Literati Magazine)
Elysium (Flash Fiction North)

Best Small Fictions | (2025)
The Stretch (Boudin)

Featured Author, Flash Fiction Friday Podcast | Immortal Works (2018)Selected from international submissions to have short story "The Portrait" adapted into an audio broadcast.

Top Fantasy Shortlist, Editor’s Choice Award: Exemplary Eclectic Fiction | Freedom Fiction Journal (2025)-"Around the Bend" and "Flamenco"

Finalist, Fourth Adelaide Literary Award Contest (2020) — Flower Girl

Honourable Mention, Weavers of Words Contest (2022) — Silent Bleat

Bestofs/Best10Read
Paint the City Red,AntipodeSF,2025
Cloud-fields,AntipodeSF,2025
Dear Father,Impspired Magazine,2025
The Other,Mad Swirl,3.21.26
The Lament,Mad Swirl,9.21.24

Translations
The Healer:Greek-
Red Land:Spanish-Tierra Roja
Pink Toenails:Bengali-Golapi Angul
The Black Coat:Greek-Μαύρο Παλτό
Anomalous Duo:German-Das Anomale Duo