Sneha Sundaram is a poet and amateur photographer. Her debut collection of poetry, “Sunshine Blooms and Haiku” was published in Oct 2019.
Her background is in Engineering (BE, Mumbai University) and Business (MBA, The Pennsylvania State University). Originally from Mumbai, India, she now lives Jersey City, USA.
An accomplished Haiku writer, some of her haiku have been translated to Hindi, German, Italian, Polish, Bulgarian, Croatian and Japanese. Her haiku have also been displayed on the streets of Washington DC as part of the Golden Triangle DC Haiku Contest 2016 and 2017. She won a USA Sakura award in the 2019 Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Haiku Invitational. She is also a member of the Haiku Society of America.
Her poems have been published in Asahi Shimbun, Texas Poetry Calendar, Frogpond, Modern Haiku, Noctua Review, Kigo, Whirlwind, JACLR by UC Madrid, Aaduna, Jaggery, Haibun Today, Contemporary Haibun, Sonic Boom, Tinywords, Qu Literary Magazine, and several other international publications.
She has won prizes and received commendations in the 20th Kusamakura International Haiku contest, the British Council & Sampad ‘Inspired by Museum’ poetry contest, Capoliveri International Haiku contest, the 5th Polish International Haiku contest, 2016 Wordweavers Haiku contest, the 2nd International Bulgarian Cherry Blossoms Haiku contest, the Tri Rejeke Croatian International Haiku contest, among others. You can read more of her work at www.snehasundaram.com
