Nikoletta Nousiopoulos was born and raised in New London, Connecticut. After she completed her BA in English and Philosophy from Hartwick College, she went on to receive her MFA in Poetry from New England College. Her poems have appeared in elimae, South Jersey Underground, 2River, Harpur Palate, and Tygerburning.
She was a 2010 finalist for the Philbrick Poetry Award from The Providence Anthenaeum, and was a winner of the 2009 Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Prize.