Yellow Coat Raffle

Donate to help cover Nikki's healthcare costs and win cool prizes!

EDIT: We have some new prizes!!

You may have heard about Nikki’s recent diagnosis that comes at a hard-enough time in her life. We’re hoping to help with that.

A quick summary

She was recently diagnosed with Long QT Syndrome, a heart rhythm disorder where the heart muscle takes longer than normal to recharge between beats. This can be life-threatening at worst, and extremely stressful and painful at the very best. And it’s almost as terrifying as anything Nikki has ever written.

So we’re doing a fundraiser/raffle, where donors get to win some pretty nifty prizes.

The rules

This is how it works:

1. Donate to Nikki’s Ko-Fi any time between now and June 13th.

2. After donating, send either Johanna C. Eschwald or I a screenshot with the donation and tell us if you have any prize preference (we can’t guarantee you’ll get it, but we’ll do our best).

3. On June 14th, at 12:00 PM EST, we’ll choose the lucky winners by random selection. We’ll contact them by private message to discuss further details.

4. Give us a month to work on the prizes (unless otherwise discussed) and we’ll send your deliverable (sorry, it’s summer and we’re all swamped!)

The prizes

• A custom-made cover design for a short story of your choice¹ by Johanna C. Eschwald

• An author brand starter kit² by Laura Teodorescu

• An author landing page³ by Nikki | Nocturnal Narrator

• A developmental edit on a story of 5000 words or less⁴ by Spencer D.W.

• A collage based on a short story/poem OR a review⁵ by Edward.Marlo.Ruiz

• A handwritten story in post cards OR a review OR a translation in German⁶ by Asteria Geisterblum

• Editing one short story of 5000 words or less⁷ by Lila

• NEW: ‘The Shieldbreaker, Books One and Two’ as paperbacks by Tom Schecter

• NEW: Custom poetry postcard for EVERYONE who donates and is willing to share their address⁸ by Tim Jagodzinski.

• If anyone else wants to donate their gifts for a good cause, please message! I’ll update the post to contain the newest information.

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I know times are hard for all of us. If you can, 5$ or even 1$ is already so much. If not, spreading the word by interacting with this post or even sharing it is invaluable, too.

Thank you for taking the time to read this and helping in whatever way you can. You are a gem 💚

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Disclaimer: this action is wholly independent from Nightingale press.

1. This includes having a chat with Johanna to explain your style, wishes, symbols you’d like included, and where she will make recommendations on what she thinks will work best.

2. This includes a chat with me about your writing style, your experience, themes you explore a lot etc. The final result will be a document with some colour theme suggestions, an author bio, taglines for your publication, etc. Basically, a starter kit to make your persona online more cohesive.

3. What it says on the tin: Nikki will collect and organize your online presence into one very tidy web of links.

4. Spencer has plenty of experience giving developmental editing advice. If you have a story that doesn’t quite work, this is a great chance to get some in-depth feedback on it.

5. Edward is great at collages, and you probably thought you’d want one for yourself. Now’s your chance (or, if your piece doesn’t lend itself to a visual medium very well, a review).

6. The story on postcards would be unique to you. A one-of-a-kind, handwritten work that nobody else can read (unless you show it to them). A review or a translation can also be very cool—maybe your story would make absolute WAVES at a Berlin underground rave.

7. Lila is not only a published author, but an editor too. Pretty sweet prize, if you ask me!

8. We’ll be discussing how to collect the addresses safely