Mansi Dahal is a writer from Biratnagar, Nepal, and a graduate of Columbia University’s MFA program, where she was awarded the Waletzky Fellowship from the School of the Arts for her distinguished work. Her writing has been featured in POETRY, New England Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Southeast Review, Copper Nickel, Colorado Review, Tupelo Press, Palette Poetry, and elsewhere. Her poem “What the Eye Chooses to See” was nominated by Copper Nickel for inclusion in the Best New Poets anthology, while her poem “Doll-House” was recognized as a finalist for Palette Poetry’s 2022 Sappho Prize. Poets & Writers selected her as one of their poetry fellows for the 2026 "Get the Word Out" publicity incubator program. Mansi holds a BA in English with a concentration in Media and Film Studies from Kalamazoo College. She served as the editor-in-chief of Some Kind Of Opening and splits her time between New York and Nepal.