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My responses to Sad Goose Cooperative Prompts. Two made it into their journal, issue 2.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Mona Mehas (she/her) writes poetry and prose from the perspective of a retired disabled teacher in Indiana USA. Paddler Press nominated her poem 'In 1920' for a Pushcart Prize in November 2023. Her work has appeared in over 70 journals, anthologies, and online museums. The kind folks at Lucky Jefferson nominated her for Best New Poet in 2024 for her poem 'I need to tell you about a river.' Her poetry books Questions I Didn't Know I'd Asked and Hand-Me-Downs were published by LJMcD Communications and are available on Amazon. Two of Mona's poems received first place honors in the 2023 Poetry Society of Indiana Fall contest. You can read those poems in the Poetry Society publication, Ink to Paper, volume 8. Mona's next poetry collection, Self-Centered, was published by Bottlecap Press. Following that came Calling to Shore, from Cicada Song Press, and My Colorful Heart from Bottlecap Press. Her latest poetry collection is Breathing Through My Spine from Pop Tab Press. Mona has recently signed a contract with Between the Lines publishing for her science fantasy novel, Under the Bubble. Hopefully, they will want her two other books involved in the same world.
Aside from her own writing, Mona is now the President of the Poetry Society of Indiana. She leads writing groups in person and online. She has begun dipping into the world of editing with Cicada Song Press. Her first time resulted in a poetry collection Lost at 27: Musicians, Artists, Mortals. She contributed six poems to that anthology. Mona is Indiana Leader for Authors Against Book Bans, and is editing and writing a little for an online Star Trek Magazine, Engage! https://www.stfamily.org/magazine/issue-7-july-2025.
Follow her everywhere at the links below.
https://bsky.app/profile/monaiv.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/monaiv