A native of Northeast Ohio, Athena Dixon is the author of the memoir in essays The Loneliness Files, the essay collection The Incredible Shrinking Woman, and the poetry chapbook, No God In This Room. Her work also appears in The Breakbeat Poets Vol 2: Black Girl Magic and Getting to the Truth: The Craft and Practice of Creative Nonfiction. 

Athena’s work has appeared in publications such as Harper’s Bazaar, Narratively, GAY Magazine, Shenandoah, Grub Street, Lit Hub, and The Washington Square Review among others.  She has been nominated for three Pushcart Prizes for both poetry and creative nonfiction as well as a Best of the Net nomination for poetry. She is a fellow of Callaloo and  V.O.N.A. as well as a Tin House Winter Workshop attendee. Additionally, she has presented at AWP, HippoCamp, and The Muse and the Marketplace among other panels and conferences across the nation. She has served as a Writer in Residence for the app Dipsea. Athena has been awarded a fellowship from The Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing and a 2nd book residency from Tin House. She serves as the Nonfiction/Hybrid Editor for Split/Lip Press.