Mansi Dahal is a writer from Biratnagar, Nepal, and a graduate of Columbia University’s MFA program, where she was honored with the Waletzky Fellowship award from the School of the Arts for her distinguished work in the writing program. Her debut poetry collection, Women in Marigold, is forthcoming from Stillhouse Press in 2026.Her writing has been featured in POETRY, New England 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. 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 (SKOO) and currently lives in New York.