Founder & Editor-in-Chief:

Shloka Shankar is a poet, editor, publisher, and self-taught visual artist from Bangalore, India. She enjoys experimenting with Japanese short-forms and myriad found poetry techniques alike. A Best of the Net nominee and award-winning haiku poet, her poems and artwork have appeared in over 200 online and print venues of repute. In addition, she has edited and co-edited over half a dozen international poetry anthologies since 2016, including naad anunaad: an anthology of contemporary world haiku (Vishwakarma Publications, 2016), The 2020 Poetry Marathon Anthology (Authors Publish, 2020), and where the roots are: Best of Paper Lanterns, Vol. 2 (Yavanika Press, 2021), which received an Honourable Mention in the Touchstone Distinguished Books Awards for 2021. Shloka is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Yavanika Press. When she isn't poring over manuscripts, you can find her making abstract art, digital collages, or conducting poetry workshops through her brand bric-à-brac. She is the author of the microchap Points of Arrival (Origami Poems Project, 2021), the full-length haiku collection The Field of Why (Yavanika Press, 2022), and co-author of the collaborative haiga anthology, living in the pause (Yavanika Press, 2024).  


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