Pallavi Wakharkar is a writer from Phoenix. Her short fiction has been published in The Southern Review, swamp pink, The Iowa Review, Joyland Magazine, and elsewhere. In 2021, she received The Iowa Review Award in fiction for her short story “Simple Animal.” She earned a BA from the University of Pennsylvania and an MFA from Vanderbilt University. Before coming to Oberlin, she taught at Colgate University, where she was the Olive B. O’Connor Fellow in Fiction.
“On Live,” The Southern Review, October 2023
“Sunscald,” swamp pink, February 2023
“Simple Animal,” The Iowa Review, December 2022
“A Gift,” Joyland Magazine, September 2020
2022-23 Olive B. O'Connor Fellowship in Creative Writing at Colgate University
2021 The Iowa Review Award in fiction, judged by Jamel Brinkley
2021 Peter Taylor Scholarship to attend the Sewanee Writers' Conference
2021 Rona Jaffe Scholarship to attend the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference
2018 Aspen Words Emerging Writer Fellowship in Fiction
Spring 2024
Introduction to Fiction Writing — CRWR 120
Climate Fiction — CRWR 217
Between Lyric and Narrative: Transitional Prose Forms — CRWR 317
