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Writer | 2023 London Independent Story Prize anthology selection | PEN/Robert J. Dau prize nom | BOTN nom | Best Microfiction nom | Dev Editor for Writers Digest | www.ngjoni.com

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NG @nikigjoni.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
My grandfather was a political prisoner in Spaç. It’s not something he ever really talked about & what I do know about the place is through research & my parents. Given everything that’s happening with Albania today, the timing of this story’s pub feels right. Thank you @pinchjournal.bsky.social ❤️✨
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The Obscure Historical Sorrows of Canines — PINCH
“Each day, a new dog is taken away to a different room for several hours before being brought back in and crated again. Afterwards, they often sit in the corner, wide-eyed and a little jittery before ...
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Pat Foran @pdforan.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
“I catch a breath and hold it tight, a bubble of compressed wishes I push deeper towards my belly and plant like a seed. And when my face melts into the water, I …” @nikigjoni.bsky.social in Flash Glass @rowanglassworks.bsky.social www.rowanglassworks.org/flash-glass-...
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Water Beast by Nikoletta Gjoni
Glassworks is a publication of ​Rowan University's Master of Arts in Writing 260 Victoria Street • Glassboro, New Jersey 08028  glassworksmagazine@rowan.edu
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NG @nikigjoni.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Not an April Fool’s prank! New flash fiction up today. Coming out of last year’s 804 Labor Day weekend writing retreat, this one really dug up some random teenaged feelings from the depths of somewhere. ✨ www.rowanglassworks.org/flash-glass-...
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Water Beast by Nikoletta Gjoni
Glassworks is a publication of ​Rowan University's Master of Arts in Writing 260 Victoria Street • Glassboro, New Jersey 08028  glassworksmagazine@rowan.edu
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Literary Mama @literarymama.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Dorothy Rowena Rice reviews The Great Grown-Up Game of Make-Believe, a story collection by @ladiwoods.bsky.social, in our latest issue:
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Beautifully Strange Stories: A Review of The Great Grown-Up Game of Make-Believe
The 28 stories in The Great Grown-Up Game of Make-Believe are beyond imaginative in their use of extended metaphors, personification of objects and animals, and storylines that are a mash-up of the re...
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NG @nikigjoni.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
New website is launched and it has me excited! It’s a little moody and a little whimsical and most importantly, it has everything on there. My publications, my upcoming workshops, my editing services, AND you can now register for my workshop newsletter. www.ngjoni.com
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NG @nikigjoni.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Always a rush to be included in the 804 lineup at AWP. Great space, great gathering, great readings. On to chitown in 2027!
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Chloe N. Clark @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Thank you so much again to everyone who has donated or shared the GoFundMe! It has been so heart-filling seeing the care and kindness for our family. (1/?)
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Donate to We Lost Everything to a Fire. Help My Family Rebuild., organized by Chloe Clark
On January 24th, our childhood home burned down. Our parents lost 50… Chloe Clark needs your support for We Lost Everything to a Fire. Help My Family Rebuild.
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NG @nikigjoni.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
In exactly two weeks! Gettin literary with friends and a slew of fantastic writers! Pinch me.
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NG @nikigjoni.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
I had a dream about spitting out teeth and now I’m scared.
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Pat Foran @pdforan.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
"Whatever memories come to me at night before sleep, I close the door on them and I’m back to what I’ve known for the last six decades ..." @nikigjoni.bsky.social in @gonelawn.bsky.social gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
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Gone Lawn 63 : Nikoletta Gjoni
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NG @nikigjoni.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
It feels surreal and absolutely awesome to see my novel-in-progress’ prologue—my protagonist, Drita’s name—published for others to read. Eternally grateful to @gonelawn.bsky.social for accepting this for their excerpts issue! gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
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Gone Lawn 63 : Nikoletta Gjoni
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NG @nikigjoni.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Christmas sweater party with the 804 squad and other friends too!
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NG @nikigjoni.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
I love this little prose poem so much. It came out furiously in one sitting in my notes app after a late night walk with the pup, thinking and feeling a whole lot of things. Grateful to @mosspuppymag.bsky.social for publishing it. If you have 30 seconds for a read! ⤵️ mosspuppymag.com/issue-9-echo...
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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 09/11/2025
My theory about Joyce Carol Oates is that all her bad posts are her charging up like Godzilla's spines until she lets loose with a radioactive blast that leaves the world's richest Nazi a pile of ash
In response to Elon Musk dunking on someone as a "taker, not a maker," JCO quotes and replies "So curious that such a wealthy man never posts anything that indicates that he enjoys or is even aware of what virtually everyone appreciates—scenes from nature, pet dog or cat, praise for a movie, music, a book (but doubt that he reads); pride in a friend's or relative's accomplishment; condolences for someone who has died; pleasure in sports, acclaim for a favorite team; references to history. In fact he seems totally uneducated, uncultured. The poorest persons on Twitter may have access to more beauty & meaning in life than the 'most wealthy person in the world.'"
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NG @nikigjoni.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
#Frankenstein is gothic, gorgeous, lush. All the hallmarks of a @realgdt.bsky.social movie. I can’t wait to rewatch and feel heartbreak again 😩😩😩
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isaac @sevier.io · 26/10/2025
I'm starting to see multiple threads where bluesky folks are trying to raise money for their local food banks because of the shutdown of SNAP starting November 1... can we get a thread going for people to find each other? Drop your link and put your city in front, let's coordinate city by city!
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NG @nikigjoni.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Batteries: recharged ✔️ “I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”
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NG @nikigjoni.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
This piece came out of a prompt from last year's 804 writing retreat. All the thanks to my friends for creating a space that is lax and fun (and funny!) and creative. It's a super short one if you have the time! "Small Fortune" out in Lover's Eye Press. www.loverseyepress.com/post/fiction...
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Fiction by Nikoletta Gjoni
Small Fortune The porcelain cup, delicate and miniature sized, moves gracefully in short, circular motions as the old woman swirls the remnants of the coffee sludges against the walls. She flips the c...
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NG @nikigjoni.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Nearly ONE YEAR after I wrote this little piece at 804’s Labor Day weekend writing retreat…it’s finally found a home! Coming out in Lover’s Eye Press first full print issue…so excited to see “Small Fortune” in print.
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NG @nikigjoni.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
I am so grateful to Blue Mountain Review for picking up this story that was inspired by a sick, late night Instacart order. If you have 5 mins! t.co/suJ3SgFHcZ
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NG @nikigjoni.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Excited to be on this list! If you’re in the area and want to have oysters and drinks w/ a side of literature, this is calling your name…
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NG @nikigjoni.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
In one week and day, I’m hosting this workshop at Kramers! There are still a handful of tickets left, so if you want to get creative on a Tuesday and meet with other local writers, come on out! www.kramers.com/events/27229...
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Written in the Cards: a Fiction Writing Workshop | Kramers
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NG @nikigjoni.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
A day filled with art and vintage shop hopping in Richmond.
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NG @nikigjoni.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
I’m so grateful to @bulbculture.bsky.social for publishing a second piece of mine! This CNF piece is near and dear to me and this commentary about it has me 🥹🥹🥹🥹
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NG @nikigjoni.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Power naps with this dude are my favorite 😭
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NG @nikigjoni.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
So, so, so thrilled to be hired as the editor for the second volume of Bowie State University's journal, Freedom - A Journal of Research in Africana Studies. The articles featured in there are fucking fantastic and interesting and I can't wait to dig in.
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NG @nikigjoni.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Every time someone admits they use any form of AI, I want to claw my eyes out. It’s becoming a knee jerk reaction at this point, my wincing and wtf-ing.
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NG @nikigjoni.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
I guess I’m headed to France?! I’m absolutely flabbergasted. After years of following their page & pining from a distance & two almost-submitted applications, I finally just did the thing & applied this year. And my immediate response was “is this a joke?” WHY are we like this?!
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NG @nikigjoni.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
My favorite weekend afternoons look like this
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NG @nikigjoni.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
I love the energy when a storm is brewing.
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NG @nikigjoni.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
My engagement on Twitter has been sucky for a while now after it took years & years to get the steady bit of interaction I did have. This place completely blows, I’m starting from scratch. Yelling down an empty hallway & all that. Plus no bookmarking feature to track announcements. C’est la vie 🫠
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NG @nikigjoni.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Andddd everything always hits at once. No more bombardments until the summer! I love this layout so much, I’m stupid excited to be in The Emerson Review with a vulnerable little flashback piece from when I was just a wee little immigrant child.
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NG @nikigjoni.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
It's that time of year again. My mom's birthday is today and she's halfway around the world in Albania. I wrote this a few years back; it came out just in time for her birthday then. It's definitely a favorite of mine. 🎈 newflashfiction.com/nikoletta-gj...
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The Unintentional Ways of Timelessness by Nikoletta Gjoni
It probably happened only a few times, but like many memories that remain suspended in space, I remember it being a ritual we developed and shared until the earth would fall flat all around us.
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NG @nikigjoni.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
If you missed this on Friday and want a quick read with your Sunday coffee, my story, “Radium Girl Dreams in Technicolor,” came out in @tinymolecules.bsky.social. The whole issue is fantastic, so have at it!
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NG @nikigjoni.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
I’m SO excited to have this piece in @tinymolecules.bsky.social. Born out of a writing retreat with the 804 gang last year. I love this one. www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...
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twenty-three — Tiny Molecules
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NG @nikigjoni.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
It’s the little things 🥲 I can’t wait for this issue! Being published alongside all these fabulous writers!
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NG @nikigjoni.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
So excited to be in this lineup. So excited to be in L.A. in one week.
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NG @nikigjoni.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
It’s no secret I’ve been doing editing and one-on-one workshop sessions for a while now, but as of late, I’ve been very keen on making it a more regular thing. Officially added info to my writer site. Read! Share! Reach out! I’m happy to answer questions. www.ngjoni.com
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NG @nikigjoni.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
I spent much of today visiting my most favorite college professor and his wife. He still teaches at UMBC, she’s a curator at the Walters Art Museum—they’re ~cool.~ We had lunch and wine and caught up and it was a perfect way to spend a cold, dreary day. And also this! 👇🏻 🥹💖
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NG @nikigjoni.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Nothing beats a physical copy of a publication. Was feeling kind of low one day last year when I wrote this and was so pleasantly surprised when the excellent @laurelreview.bsky.social picked it up. Can’t wait to dig into this issue!
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NG @nikigjoni.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
I’ve reached out to indie bookstores & art schools & community orgs & the MoCo library to pitch creative writing workshops for young writers, particularly ESL kiddos & maybe I’m naive but damn, I thought there would be more interest to get something going. But…crickets. Boo.
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NG @nikigjoni.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
❄️on and on and on❄️
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NG @nikigjoni.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Two years ago today, my grandpa passed away in Albania. He was simply *the best.* I wrote this last year and was--and still am--so thrilled that @bendinggenres.bsky.social gave it a home. bendinggenres.com/on-summer-mo...
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On Summer Mornings, I’d Walk Through the Woods with My Grandpa
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NG @nikigjoni.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Another one down. When does it stop?! 2025 🥂
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NG @nikigjoni.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
In 2025, I'm hoping to do even more artsy things that a) help fuel my creativity or b) relax me. I'd really like to begin piano lessons, for one. And Fri night, a friend wanted to do something crafty, so we did. And I REALLY ENJOYED STITCHING THIS LITTLE FOX. I want more.
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NG @nikigjoni.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
I’m so excited to have one of my favorite previously published pieces accepted for publication. I love this little essay about visiting the Badlands and driving through South Dakota and being in a space that is so completely different from home. My third piece slated to come out in 2025 💫💫💫💫💫
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NG @nikigjoni.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Coffee mate
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NG @nikigjoni.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Friends talking about writing, life, holidays, family, shit. I love these two so incredibly much. And Indian food.
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NG @nikigjoni.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
It’s a little baby under a monstera canopy
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