Hardeep Sabharwal
Hardeep Sabharwal is from India. He completed his M.A from Punjabi University Patiala in English. His work has been published in various online and print magazines, The Larcenist, Zaira Journal, The Writer’s Drawer, Quail Bells, Literary Yard, NY Literary Magazine, Jankriti International Magazine, Hastakshar web magazine, Literature Online, PIN Quarterly Journal, Delhi Magazine, Alive, Setu and in a few newspapers. In 2014 he won the Yoalfaaz best poetry competition for his poem "HIV Positive". In Dec. 2015 he won second place in the Writer’s Drawer international poetry contest for his poem "The Refugee's Roots." His poems in Hindi have been selected by the Poetry Society of India for the anthology Amaltash Me Satdal (best poems of 2015). In June 2016, he won third place for his story "The Swing" in The Writer’s Drawer short story contest 2016. Poems in Hindi have been selected for the new anthology of the Poetry Society of India, Dhai Aakhar Prem (Hindi), and Yatharth (Hindi). He occasionally writes on his personal blog. His work has also been included two times in the anthology of stories and poems, Circus of Indie Artists, US.