Pegah Ouji writes stories in Farsi and English. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming from Epoch, Joyland, Epiphany, Fugue, and Split Lip, among other publications. She has received scholarships from Kundiman, Sarah Lawrence Writing Institute, Hudson Valley Writers Center, Literary Arts, GrubStreet, and the Shipman Agency. She was a 2024 Emerging Writer Fellow at SmokeLong Quarterly as well as a PEN America emerging voices 2025 fellow.
