Smitha Vishwanath’s poems have been published in the Thieving Magpie, Rattle, Spillwords Press, MasticadoresUSA, Silverbirch Press, Borderless Journal, Lothlorien Journal amongst several others. Her poem, ‘Omid’, was nominated ‘Best of the Net’ in 2019. ‘Do you Have Dreams’ and ‘Forgotten’ written for the National Poetry Writing Month challenge hosted by Maureen Thompson won recognition in two consecutive years, 2021 and 2022. Smitha was nominated as Author of the Month by SpillWords Press for her poem ‘Ye Birds on my Windowsill’ in May 2022. She was voted again as Author of the Month for her poem, ‘Two years since you left’ by Spillwords Press, for January and February 2023. She received the Reuel International Prize II (2022) for her poetry during National Poetry Writing Month and was nominated by SpillWords for ‘Author of the Year’ in 2024.

Her debut novel, ‘Coming Home’ was released in March 2023 and has received good reviews from readers. You can follow her writing on her blog: https://smithavpennings.com.