Nikki Ervice is a writer and professional dancer from Homer, Alaska. She holds an MFA in fiction from Brooklyn College, and is working on a novel and short story collection.
Fiction
Nashville Review, “Mouse” NR 33, Dec 2020
PANK, “Theo” Oct 2020
New World Writing, “Smoke Break” Aug 2020
New Limestone Review, “Beetle” June 2020
Colorado Review, “Helen” Summer 2021, Issue 48.2 (Pushcart Nominated)
The Iowa Review, “Rabbit” Winter 2022 (Pushcart Prize Special Mention, 2024 anthology)
The Rumpus, “Chicken” Winter 2022
Washington Square Review, “Egg” Winter 2022 (Best American Short Stories 2023 “Other Distinguished Stories”)
Passages North, “Letters from the Moon” Issue #44, Spring 2023
Virginia Quarterly Review, “The Pilot,” Summer 2024
Awards
The Iowa Review Award for Fiction, “Rabbit,” runner up 2021
Judged by Jamel Brinkley,
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Brooklyn College Creative Writing Award, 2022
The Lainoff Prize, 2023
Judged by Andrew Martin
NYSCA Support for Artists Grant Awardee, 2024
Poetry
The Freshwater Review, “Multiverse Theory” July 2020
Allegory Ridge, “Marrow", “Parking Lot” February 2020
805 Lit, “Velveeta” Issue 5.4, 2019 - (2020 Best of the Net Nominee)