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20 Mar 2026

Sahil D Mehta Honored with Special Mention at the Pushcart Prize 2025

Boston-based writer Sahil Mehta, son of Dilip Sobhagmal Mehta and Sonal Dilip Mehta, has received a special mention at the Pushcart Prize 2025 for his short story “The Silent World of Jordi Soto,” published in Tint magazine’s Fall 2024 issue.

Having lived in Boston for over 30 years, Sahil previously served as an editor in an education company before dedicating himself to writing, as well as giving him time for other interests like painting and learning Spanish. With over nine published short stories and one novel, Sahil’s work reflects depth, emotion, and an evolving literary voice that continues to earn recognition in international literary circles.

Born in Navsari, Sahil grew up in Surat, and lived in Bombay for a few years before moving to the US at age 18. He went to a college, Bentley, that specializes in business studies and graduated with a liberal arts degree. He initially worked at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt which is one of the big three educational publishers in the US and later worked part time in hospitality for many years, but decided to do it full time in 2022.

His first story, Mangoes in Exile Taste Bitter was nominated for the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers. Another story, published in South 85 Journal was second runner-up for the 2023 Julia Peterkin Flash Fiction Award.

Sahil’s debut novel, Love, Loss, and Lost Causes, was published by Rebel Satori Press in September 2025.