Mona Sylviana is an Indonesian fiction writer and essayist. Her short story collection Wajah Terakhir (Gramedia Pustaka Utama, 2011) explores the lives of women in contemporary Indonesia. Her work has been translated into English, German, and French, and published in international anthologies including A Tale of Redemption & Other Stories (Lontar Foundation, 2015) and Footprints (Dalang Publishing, 2022). She is the author of Para Penjaga Tanah (dan) Air (Guardians of Land and Water, Noken Studio Nusantara, 2026), a collection of essays about indigenous communities in Central Sulawesi. She is currently working on a short story collection. 

Her participation is made possible by the support of the Agency for Language Development and Cultivation, Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education of Indonesia.