About

Nabin K Chhetri graduated with a degree of M.St in Creative Writing from Oxford University. Prior to that, he graduated with an M.Litt in The Novel from the University of Aberdeen. He is a member of Scottish Book Trust Live Literature Program and feature as a poet. http://www.scottishbooktrust.com/profile-author/122275

Last year his poetry collection was published from The Red Mountain press(US). The book was also awarded The 2015 Discovery Award from US.

http://blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk/mstcw/?p=944

           His poems have appeared in more than 70 national and international journal. His works have appeared in the USA, Canada, UK, Italy, Japan and India in Reunion: Dallas Review, Gutter, Ink Sweat and Tears, Apple Valley Review, New Writing, The Istanbul Review, Kyoto Journal, Poetry Scotland,Voices Israel, Irish Literary review, Nosside Poetry Anthology 2010 & 2011, Quest, The Kathmandu Post, Red Ochre Lit Journal, The American Asthetic and Canon’s Mouth Poetry Journal. He currently lives in Aberdeen.

RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS

• Received Aberdeen City Council Creative Funding 2017/18
• Received Aberdeen City Council Creative Funding 2016/17
• Name included in the Scottish Book Trust’s Live Literature Database
• Poem selected for the Edinburgh Poetry Festival – 2017
• Poem longlisted in the University of Canberra Vice Chancellor Poetry Prize
• Peter’s Foundation Award – 2014( University of Oxford)
• Shortlisted for the Oxonian Review poetry prize 2015 – Oxford
• Achieved distinction for the Poetry Portfolio(University of Oxford)
• Discovery Award from The Red Mountain Press 2016(US)
• Shortlisted for the Charles Pick Fellowship for Prose( University of East Anglia)
• Won the Madder Than We Look – Write Minds competition( UK) – 2015
• Chapbook deal from Rufus Books Canada. http://www.rufusbookspublishing.co.uk/
• A Pamphlet Submission long listed in Flarestack poets (UK). http://www.flarestackpoets.co.uk/
• Represented the University of Oxford in the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival 2014
• Nosside International Poetry Award, Italy(2014)
• Nosside UNESCO Heritage Award( Italy 2011)
• Scored highest marks in the group for a Critical essay – The Translation of Nepali Poetry(University of Oxford)