Prasanthi Ram

Prasanthi Ram is a Singaporean writer of Tamil descent. Her debut work of fiction Nine Yard Sarees won the Singapore Literature Prize (SLP) for English Fiction in 2024; it was also shortlisted for SLP's Best Debut as well as Singapore Book Awards' Best Literary Work. Her short stories and personal essays have been published widely. In 2020, she co-founded Mahogany Journal, an online literary journal that platforms South Asian writers in Singapore. Most recently, she was a recipient of the 2025 NAC-NLB Writer's Lab residency. She hopes to write more fiction that places Tamil characters and their diverse experiences on the literary map.