“I became a more confident reader and writer during my time at NMSU. I learned how to slow down, hone in at the sentence level, and be a more critical editor of my own work. These are skills that I've applied in my life beyond just my writing. Additionally, NMSU gave me time to exclusively focus on my writing. I appreciated this time and used it to outline and lay the foundation of many fiction and non-fiction writing projects.”

Pardeep Toor grew up in Brampton, ON and currently lives in Colorado. His writing has appeared in the Best Debut Short Stories 2021: The PEN America Dau Prize, Catapult, Electric Literature, Longreads, Midwest Review, Great River Review, and Southern Humanities Review. More information:  pardeeptoor.net and  @pardeeptoor