Megha Sood

Megha Sood has been a member of Linktree for 3 years and joined in January 2023. The social media accounts linked to from Megha Sood are: Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn, X. Besides social media accounts, meghasood has populated their site with LunarCodex Project -Details and Press mentions ( BBC, Guardian , Smithsonian Magazine etc.), 2025 Sundress Partial Scholarship Recipient , SAFTA, 2021 Semi-finalist Grant | National League of American Pen Women(NLAPW), Co-edited Brownstone Poets Anthology 2024, NY, LunarCodex Project Mentioned in The New York Times:A Time Capsule of Human Creativity, Stored in the Sky, Voting Link | Poem "Affirmations" shortlisted as Top 10 State Finalist for NAMI NJ Dara Axelrod Contest, Poetry Collection ”My Body Lives Like a Threat” Finalist in the 16th Annual National Indie Book Excellence Awards, Poetry collection “My Body Lives Like a Threat” Received Honorable Mention 2022 New York Book Festival, Poetry collection "My Body Lives Like a Threat” Finalist in the 19th Annual “Best Book Awards” by American Book Fest, 2020 National Level Winner by Poetry Matters Project, Writer's Profile at PW.Org ( Poets and Writers), Amazon Author Page, Website "Megha's World" - A Potpourri of Emotions, Jersey City Poet Megha's Sood Anthology is heading for the moon - Nj.com, Purchase Link| Language of the Wound is Love, poems by Megha Sood — FlowerSong Press & Juventud Press, Book Tour Dates “Language of the Wound is Love” ,FlowerSong Press, 2025, Taming the Disorder: A Conversation with Megha Sood| World Literature Today, Anthology Review published in the 100th issue of World Literature Today, Name added to the virtual wall at the Obama Presidential Center, Obama Foundation, Founding Member |THE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION, 2026 Recipient Full scholarship Fine Arts Work Center(FAWC) Workshop by Cornelius Eady, Megha Sood | The People's Artist presented by Johnny Depp, Ban This: Writers Create Art From Banned Words - PEN America, Megha Sood: An Inspiring Voice in Contemporary Literature - Writers International Edition, Explore Megha Sood interview on literatur.review, Germany, Featured Poet at Matwaala - A South Asian Diaspora Collective, Poem Aired on WNYC Studio as part of National Poetry Month 2025, 2024 Recipient | VONA - Voices of Our Arts Foundation Poetry Fellowship, 2022 Mini-Grant Recipient | Kundiman - NorthEast, 2020 Semi-finalist Grant by the National League of American Pen Women (NLAPW), 2021 Poet Fellowship | Martha Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing (MVICW), "Certificate of Excellence"by Office of the Mayor, Steven Fulop, New Jersey, Anthology “Vagabond Lunar Collection” archived on the moon in 2025 as part of the historic LunarCodex project in collaboration with NASA, Inducted as honored listee into 125-years-old Marquis Who’s Who Registry, Anthology "The Polaris Trilogy-Poems for the Moon" archived on the moon in 2025 as part of the historical LunarCodex Project in collaboration with NASA, Literary Curator | "Life in Quarantine" (2020-2022) Stanford University, USA, Curated Poetry event "Words in Quarantine" for Stanford University, Collaborative poem "The Longest Poem", by Pulitzer Prize winning Palestinian poet, Mosab Abu Toha, published in Poets.Org, Featured Poet at the 2024 Geraldine Dodge Poetry Festival, Collaboration with Jersey City Theater Centre-Hudson Reporter, Poetry Collection "My Body Lives Like a Threat" First Place Winner , 2024 The BookFest Award, Community Enhancement Through Arts, Columbia University,USA, Storefront Poetry Reading | Academy of American Poets, 2022 San Gabriel Valley Poetry Festival Broadside Contest Winner, Five Time ( 2024/22/20/19/18) State Level Winner for NAMI ( National Alliance on Mental Illness) NJ Poetry Contest, Jersey City Community Poem curated by Poet Laureate Rashad Wright featuring 42 poets and Mayor Steven Fulop, Featured on the PBS American Portrait, Poetry Collection " My Body Lives Like a Threat" featured in the coveted 2022 Indo-American Arts Council Literary Festival, Poetry aired on the WNYC Studios as part of National Poetry Month 2022, Featured Poem |NYPL( New York Public Library) e-zine ( Vol 5 and Vol 6), Featured Poem | Pen Women Magazine ( NLAPW), Guest Judge | NAMI 2021 State Level Poetry Contest, Poetry Collection “My Body Lives Like a Threat” a Semi-finalist for the 2023 Housatonic Book Awards by Connecticut Low residency MFA, The Thursday Morning Poets joining 100 Thousand Poets for Change | poets.org, Anthology "BLACK FIRE—THIS TIME (2022)", Willow Books. Black Fire This Time, Kim McMillon, Editor. Foreword by Ishmael Reed, MacArthur Fellow. Featuring works of Amiri Baraka,Sonia Sanchez, James Baldwin, Gwendolyn Brooks, Nikki Giovanni, Dudley Randall, Poetry Published | National Beats Poetry Foundation Anthology 2022, Publications (2018-2026), Press Mentions and Media Coverage, Poetry Collection "Language of the Wound is Love", poems by Megha Sood , FlowerSong Press, 2025, Anthology -Reimagine America by Vagabond Press featuring US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, Poetry Collection- "My Body Lives Like a Threat", 2022, by Megha Sood — FlowerSong Press |The BookFest Book Awards Winner, Chapbook-My Body Is Not an Apology by Megha Sood – Finishing Line Press,2021, Co-Edited Anthology “The Kali Project” mentioned in the Journal of Commonwealth Literature, Dec 2022, Chapbook -A Potpourri of Emotions" , 2020 by Local Gems Press, NYC, Co-Edited Anthology "The Kali Project": Invoking the Goddess Within / Indian Women’s Voices , 2021| Finalist in the 15th Indie Excellence Book Awards and mentioned in the 2022 Edition of Journal of Commonwealth Literature, Co-Edited Anthology "The Medusa Project", Mookychick, UK , 2020 | Archived on the Moon sent as a digital payload in 2025 as part of LunarCodex Project in collaboration with NASA, Co-edited Brownstone Poets Anthology, 2022-26, NY, Poetry Collection "Language of the Wound is Love", First Place Winner 2025 Best Book Awards by American Book Fest, Workshop Host |2026 Biennial National League of American Pen Women, Matwaala South Asian Diaspora Poets' Collective - Walt Whitman Birthplace Museum, Women's National Book Association ( DC Chapter), POETS BUILDING BRIDGES - Walt Whitman Birthplace Museum, Poetry Collection" Language of the Wound is Love", Award Winner, 2025 The BookFest Book Awards, Dodge Poetry Festival, Military Park, NJPAC, IFC( InFull Color) All-Stars bring the house down at NJCU!, The Americans - NJ Immigrant Poets - Hoboken Historical Museum, 2023 New York Poetry Festival | White Horse Stage, Governors Island, 2023 Earth Day Poetry Salon | New York Society Library, Featured Panelist |The Artist Forum Salon 2023, Manhattan, NYC, 2023 Poetry Seminar | Bronx County Historical Society , Edgar Allan Poe Cottage, 2021 New York Poetry Festival| Algonquin Stage, Governors Island, 2022 IAAC Literary Festival| IAAC - INDO-AMERICAN ARTS COUNCIL INC., Readings — The New York City Poetry Festival, AWP ( Association of Writers and Writing Program) 2022 Event “Creative Activism in Words and Action’ Writers and Activists at the United Nations” with Executive Director of United Nations, Rachel Bowman Pittman, WNBA ( Women National Book Association) Celebrates Women in Poetry's Future with Alora Young, Youth Poet Laureate of Southern United States, 2021 May Day Poem #33 — The Poetry Society of New York, Featured Poet | Hoboken Library for the National Poetry Month, North East Book launch of anthology " Black Fire This Time" at Hoboken Library with Quincy Troupe, Margaret Troupe, Keisha Anderson and Raymond Taylor, Featured Poet | Hoboken Historical Museum with reg e gaines and Frank Messina for National Poetry Month, Featured Poet | 2021 Paterson Poetry Festival, Literary Partner,Curator and Author | "Life in Quarantine", CESTA( Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis), Stanford University, Independent Advisory Committee Member | ArtPride New Jersey, Member| National League of American Pen Women (NLAPW), Member| Women's National Book Association, Advocacy Member | UNA-USA – United Nations Association -USA Chapter, Member| Asia Pacific Writers & Translators || APWT, Associate Editor Anthology | "The Brownstone Poets" , 2022-26, Spoken Word Judge |The Artists Forum Spoken Word Competition 2022-26, Former Associate Poetry Editor | Mookychick , e-journal, UK, Former Associate Editor | 2022-20 Life and Legends, Silent River Film and Literary Society’s Non Profit Journal of International Literature, Poetry as part of the Art Exhibition Group Show “The Women” by Walk_Bye at City Hall, Jersey City, New Jersey , May 06,2021, Poetry included as a public exhibit “The Surprising Thing About Gratitude” by International Organization Walk_Bye, Poetry Collection "Language of the Wound is Love" ,Golden Book Award Winner , Writers Capital Foundation, Poetry as Public Exhibit at 4th Annual Paterson Poetry Festival 2021, Poetry as part of the Public Art Event “Far East” in collaboration with Walk_Bye and Jersey City Free Library (JCFPL), Poetry as part of the “The Women” exhibit at Berry lane Park, Jersey City, New Jersey, YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Contact.