ABOUTSONIA MEHTA
Sonia Mehta is a freelance writer from Dublin Ohio and is studying at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the founder and Editor in Chief of the Celtic Literary Review. She works as an academic research assistant and is a staff writer and editor for The WALK Magazine. Sonia started writing as a child, and by high school, she still loved the beauty of poetry and prose. Her pieces have been published in the Bright Flash Literary Review, Secret Attic, Blue Marble Review, Apprentice Writer, the Cathartic Youth Literary, and Ice Lolly Review magazines. Sonia has been nationally and regionally recognized by the Scholastic Art and Writing Competition and other writing contests.
SONIA MEHTA
PUBLICATIONS
Bright Flash Literary Review
Blue Marble Review
Secret Attic
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Last Chance
Apprentice Writer
Cathartic Youth Literary Magazine
Ice Lolly Review
Scribe Valley Anthology
Teen Ink
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Nymphs and Trees, I Promise, Toppled
A Celebration of Poets Anthology
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Fight
Ripples in Space
CafeLit.co
Telling Room
BreakBread Literacy Project
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Once They Were (Volume 1, Issue 2)
Binsey Popular Press
Skipping Stones
The Qualia Review
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Train of Fools
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HONORS
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Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
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2021 National Gold Medal - "Always and Forever"
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2020 National Gold Medal - "Porch"
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2021 Best Teen Writing Award
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2021 Gold Key - "Potomu"
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2021 Gold Key - "Paths"
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2021 Gold Key - "Train of Fools"
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2021 Silver Key - "Wanderer"
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2021 Silver Key - "Found"
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2020 Silver Key - "Toppled"
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2020 Silver Key - "Tomorrow's Today Too Soon"
US vs Hate Contest winner (UC San Diego)
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"Once They Were"
Writing for Peace
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"Once They Were"
Scribe Valley
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2020 Winner - "Wanderer"
Skipping Stones Youth Honor Awards
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"Sit By Me"
2020 William Faulkner Writing Competition:
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Short Listed - "Stalling"
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Finalist - "Last Chance"
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Finalist - "Potomu"
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Finalist - "Toppled"
EXPERIENCE
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WORKSHOPS​
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Kenyon Review Young Writers Workshop​​​
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Iowa Young Writers Studio (2x)
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"From the Page to the Stage"​
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"Fiction Writing"
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Reynolds Young Writers Workshop
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Kelly Writers House (2x)
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"We All Feel Like It" Program Plus​
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"Narrating Your Self"
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WORK
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Editor-in-Chief and founder of the Celtic Literary Review
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Academic Research Assistant for Dr. Paul Deutchman
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Marketing Specialist for the University of Pennsylvania's Office of Academic Excellence and Engagement
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Project Lead for the Wharton Retail Consulting
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Staff Writer & Editor at The WALK Magazine
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Vice-President of Marketing and Merchandise for the Alpha Phi sorority
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Student Leader at the Bank of America
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Developmental Intern at the BreakBread Literacy Project
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First Reader for Polyphony Lit Magazine
© 2021 by Sonia Mehta.