ABOUT

Kalpita Pathak (any pronouns) is an autistic, disabled, queer, Indian-American writer and advocate. She received the James Michener Fellowship for her MFA in creative writing and has taught students of all ages in traditional and non-traditional educational settings.

Her work explores the perseverance of hope in a sometimes despairing world, with a little dark humor and magic added to the mix.  Her short story, Sick Day, was shortlisted for the SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction 2024. Her poetry has been shortlisted with Kaleidoscope and Ploughshares and published in Mediterranean Poetry, Poetry Life and Times, Autumn Sky Daily, Musing Publications, Motherbird, San Pedro River Review, Unbroken, and South Dakota Review (2025).

You can reach her at kalpita.pathak@kalpitapathak.com