REEMA

RAO

ABOUT

Reema Rao is a fiction writer from Chicago. Her stories have been finalist for Best of the Net, longlisted for the Wigleaf Top 50, and nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She has been awarded The Jennifer Weiner Fellowship presented by Blue Stoop, residency with Storyknife Writers Retreat, grants from the Illinois Arts Council Agency and Boston Writers of Color, and has received support from Tin House, Kenyon Review, American Short Fiction, and other notable writers’ workshops. She is currently at work on a short story collection and a novel.

SELECTED STORIES

“Decision Tree” in BULL

“Infanticide” in The Los Angeles Review

“Somewhere Halfway” in So To Speak

“Color of Blood” in Hayden’s Ferry Review — Nominated for Pushcart Prize

“Devi Maa” in Witness

“First Summer” in The Lumiere Review — Nominated for Best of the Net

“We Americans” in Flash Frog — Finalist for Best of the Net & Longlisted for Wigleaf Top 50

“HER TWINN” in Moot Point Magazine

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