Ananya Kharat

Ananya Kharat is a writer based in the Chicagoland area, where she spends her days on LetterBoxd and making chais. A 2026 Best of the Net nominee, as well as a Scholastic Gold Medalist and a commendation for the 2025 Adroit Prizes, she is either published or forthcoming in The Stirling Review, Pen & Quill, MEARI, and others. Her instagram handle is @ananyakharatt. One day, she'll backpack across Europe.