Mehreen Ahmed [1]
Listed as:
Fiction Writer

Public address:
West End, Brisbane,
QLD
Australia
Queensland AU
Email:
mehreen10@gmail.com
Gives readings:
Yes
Travels for readings:
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?:
Bengali;Bangla
English
Twitter/X:
Ahmed2Mehreen
Born in:
Dhaka,
DHA
Bangladesh
Dhaka
Raised in:
Dhaka,
DHA
Bangladesh
Dhaka
RSS feed:
Website:
Prizes won:
Awards
- Author Shout Reader Ready Awards Recommended Read Silver, The Pacifist (2019)
- Drunken Druid Editor's Choice, DD Book Awards, The Pacifist (2018)
- First Place_Academy of the Heart and Mind Flowers Contest The Phases of the Moon, May (2022)
- Waterloo Writing Competition, Dolly, May (2020)
- Ayaskala Literary Magazine, Rain and Coffee (2023)
- Cabinet-of-Heed Stream-of-Consciousness Challenge Drawer Four Black Mirror, April (2020)
Nominations
- Best Small Fictions The Stretch (Boudin, 2025)
- Five Best of the Net Interlude (Literarti Magazine, 2020), Elysium (Flash Fiction North, 2020)Ylem (Portland Metrozine, 2020) Number Ninety-Four (Decolonial Passage, 24/2025) Of The Blue Evening (The Gorko Gazette, 2025)
- Pushcart: Ylem (PaperDjinn, 2020)
- James Tait Black Prize for Fiction, Gatherings (Bridgehouse Publishing, 2021)
Best of
- Alien Buddha Zine: The Script (2024)
- The Gorko Gazette: Of The Blue Evening (Readers Favorite Fiction, 2023)
- Mad Swirl: Space/Vape/City Smell/In Stillness/The Lament (2023/2024)
- AlienBuddha: River of Melted Chocolate (2023)
- CafeLit8 Writer's Choice: Bats Downunder (2019)
Finalist/Semi-finalist
- Finalist Fourth Adelaide Literary Award Contest Flower Girl, February (2020)
- Semi-finalist Alien Buddha Zine House of Horrors, The Yellow God (2024)
Honorable Mention
- Weavers of Words contest Unpublished Platform Silent Bleat, March (2022)
Top 10 Most Read
- Impspired Magazine: Nacre (2022)
- Impspired Magazine: Scent (2022)
- Impspired Magazine: No Life On Mars (2021)
- Impspired Magazine: Perforation (2021)
- Impspired Magazine: Dirge (2020)
Author Spotlight
- Alien Buddha: Deep well (2023)
- Popshot Quarterly: River of Melted Chocolate (2023)
- EthelZine: Deadfly (2024)
- BlazeVox, Collector's Item, spring (2024)
- Podcast:https://2nvr.org.au/playlist/bellona/?fb... [4]. AntipodeanSF Radio.
Amazon Best Sellers
- The Pacifist #7 Best Seller in Hot New Release List Amazon
- The Pacifist Audio Best Seller Amazon
What I'm reading now:
My Name is Red by
Identifies as:
Australian
Prefers to work with:
Any