A writer.
NIKOLETTA GJONI
A writer.
ABOUT
Nikoletta Gjoni is a fiction and creative nonfiction
writer living in the Washington D.C. area. Her work has
appeared in numerous literary magazines and received
award nominations. Her debut collection of linked stories touches
on the daily struggles, both large and small, of Albanians living
under an isolationist communist dictator. She is currently at work
on her first novel that centers on the life of a fictional
Albanian burrnesha, or sworn virgin.
Gjoni loves all things creepy, mythical, historical, and honest.
PUBLICATIONS
CREATIVE NONFICTION
- DIGITAL -
"Soundtrack" - Barren Magazine
"If Monet Had Painted the Western United States" *2019 Best of the Net Nomination - Rhythm & Bones
"The Unintentional Ways of Timelessness" - New Flash Fiction Review
"A Cup of Tea" - Cotton Xenomorph
"Stepping Stones" - Cotton Xenomorph
"The State of Things" - Cotton Xenomorph
- PRINT -
"The Static Noise of Adolescence" - Kindling Volume III
FICTION
- DIGITAL -
"Good Girls" - Trampset Journal
"A Stubborn Woman Gives Nothing" *2021 Best Microfiction Nomination - Jellyfish Review
"Godiva Leaves Town"- Rhythm & Bones
"Rituals" - FIVE:2:ONE
"The Flight" - KGB Bar & Lit Journal
"I Am the Breeze That Shifts Your Hair" - Riggwelter Press
"The Silent Siren" - Crack the Spine
"This is How a Sister Mourns" - Ellipsis Zine
"Towards Avalon" *2018 PEN America Nomination - Cleaver Magazine
INTERVIEWS & REVIEWS
- DIGITAL -
[review] "A Stubborn Woman Gives Nothing" - lit mart
[interview] "The Editor's Tale" - AsToldBySherrell
LET'S CHAT
gjoni [DOT] nikoletta [AT] gmail [DOT] com
Twitter: @NikiGjoni
