SmokeLong Quarterly

"Is this a statement on capitalism?" Read Courtney Leigh Burton's interview with Ryne Ryne, or featured author this month. We're excited to publish Ryne Ryne's debut fiction narrative. www.smokelong.com/interviews/s...

Caroline Kalfas is our featured author this week. Read @karenkay.bsky.social's interview with Caroline at SmokeLong. www.smokelong.com/interviews/s...

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Today is the deadline to start SmokeLong Fitness in November! Jump in! www.smokelong.com/smokelong-fi...

don't miss out on the chance to sign-up! I cannot wait to talk with you about the role of horror in stories of all genres, shapes, and sizes 🦇⚡

We'll be sending out invitations to (re)join the workshop site tomorrow, Oct 25th, so if you're thinking about signing up to start in November, now's the time. From Oct 25th to Nov 3rd, we'll be onboarding new and returning trousers.

THE NEXT 2 PROMPTEMBER WRITE-IN SESSIONS ARE TOMORROW, SATURDAY October 24th @ 8am ET and @ 4pm ET (both 60min) 👍 @smokelong.bsky.social If you haven't signed up for this free series of webinars, write-ins, and open mics, jump in! smokelong-quarterly.mn.co/posts/write-...

@smokelong.bsky.social Amy Hempel fan? But you missed the SmokeLong Master Series interview/reading? You can still view the event (with special surprise guest). We're making this available to people when they donate to Every Last One, a dog-rescue org in NYC. www.smokelong.com/product/smok...

"I like to be surprised and delighted by a story." Meet Clarie Gor, one of our submissions editors and also the content curator for The Village @heyflashvillage.bsky.social www.smokelong.com/meet-our-sub...

This is your roughly 24-day notice to get your micros under 250 words in. Grand prize $1000. The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest. Previously published and unpublished work considered. Deadline Nov 15th! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

It's sign-up time to start SmokeLong Fitness in November. We'd love to get all new participants logged into the workshop site by October 28th to do some onboarding before the first November writing task goes live on Wednesday Nov 4th. www.smokelong.com/smokelong-fi...

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ICYMI @smokelong.bsky.social We are beside ourselves with glee to bring you Issue 93 of SmokeLong Quarterly. 12 amazing flash narratives by 12 amazing writers and cover art by Victoria Ojo. www.smokelong.com/issue-ninety...

@smokelong.bsky.social Save the Date! March 18th! Six flash/flash-adjacent journals, five hours, karaoke. AWP Chicago! A Chicago charitable org. to be chosen. Fun 🥳 & Meet Friends 💙

Our first Promptember Open Mic! youtu.be/jUqwG1XJBh4?...

We love a competition. So we created The SmokeLong Workshop Prize. We're busy reading the entries. If you've participated in a SmokeLong workshop and you've published something you started in that workshop, enter. It's free. Grand prize $500. Deadline Dec 31st. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

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We are excited to talk to writers who've recently published collections/chapbooks. Nov 8, 5pm NYC. Join us as we talk to Christina Tudor, Beth Sherman, @travisflatt.bsky.social, @aniking.bsky.social, and @marioaliberto3.bsky.social. Zoom link in The Village. smokelong-quarterly.mn.co/posts/publis...

PSAs: We are now reading general submissions for the March issue. We are also reading for The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest until Nov 15 and The SmokeLong Emerging Writer Fellowship applications until Dec 15. Our next free-submissions window opens Nov 16.

The gubernatorial race in Tennessee is so close. Let's do this!

And you can request a signed copy from Claudia. DM us here, and we'll tell you how to do that!

Congratulations to SmokeLong contributor CJ Scruton on her poetry collection, out today, Suite for Hallucinated Voices. www.halfmystic.com/bookshop/suite

Thanks for the shout out, Split Lip!

Amy Hempel fan? But you missed the SmokeLong Master Series interview/reading? You can still view the event (with special surprise guest Chuck Palahniuk). We're making this available to people when they donate to Every Last One, a dog-rescue org in NYC. www.smokelong.com/product/smok...

Just 5 Tickets left for our Paris Salon! Workshops all sold out but you can still hang out with us in our beautiful, cosy salon....

Amy Hempel fan? But you missed the SmokeLong Master Series interview/reading? You can still view the event (with special surprise guest Chuck Palahniuk). We're making this available to people when they donate to Every Last One, a dog-rescue org in NYC. www.smokelong.com/product/smok...

I'd love to see folks on Zoom tomorrow to help celebrate with me!

I reviewed Claudia Monpere’s stellar collection, The Periodic Family for @smokelong.bsky.social Spoiler Alert! I LOVED it! @claudiamonpere.bsky.social www.smokelong.com/review-claud...

@smokelong.bsky.social Save the Date! March 18th! Six flash/flash-adjacent journals, five hours, karaoke. AWP Chicago! A Chicago charitable org. to be chosen. Fun.

PSAs: We are now reading general submissions for the March issue. We are also reading for The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest until Nov 15 and The SmokeLong Emerging Writer Fellowship applications until Dec 15. Our next free-submissions window opens Nov 16.

THE NEXT WRITE-IN IS TOMORROW, SATURDAY @ 10am am 8pm ET👍 @smokelong.bsky.social If you haven't signed up for this free series of webinars, write-ins, and open mics, jump in! smokelong-quarterly.mn.co/posts/write-...

@smokelong.bsky.social We have 2 Promptember write-ins planned for Oct 17 (10am and 8pm ET)! If you haven't signed up for this free series of webinars, write-ins, and open mics, jump in! And on Oct 18, we'll be celebrating Claudia Monpere's debut collection, smokelong-quarterly.mn.co/posts/write-...

One month left to get your entries in! The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest. Read the guidelines here... www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

We have 2 Promptember write-ins planned for Oct 17 (10am and 8pm ET)! If you haven't signed up for this free series of webinars, write-ins, and open mics, jump in! And on Oct 18, we'll be celebrating Claudia Monpere's debut collection, The Periodic Family! smokelong-quarterly.mn.co/posts/write-...

One month left to get your entries in! The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest. Read the guidelines here... www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

Dawn is the best and has been a guest speaker in my Writing Flash Narratives class. No surprise the students adored her. Check out what she's looking for as a submissions editor at SmokeLong Quarterly and check out all of insights from other sub editors too. A gold mine of info for flash writers.

We can't wait for Chicago and to spend an evening with old and new friends in the flash community! We've planned a 5-hour eventapalooza just to make sure you can stop by even if you have another off-site on Thursday.

We're grateful to have you working with us, Dawn!

What do our submissions editors look for in a story? We're running an interview series to introduce you to our team. Next up is the amazing Dawn Miller! And of course her pooch, Maizie! @dawnwriter.bsky.social www.smokelong.com/meet-our-sub...

We can't wait for Chicago and to spend an evening with old and new friends in the flash community! We've planned a 5-hour eventapalooza just to make sure you can stop by even if you have another off-site on Thursday.

Promptember has begun! You can still jump in anytime you want even if you haven't already registered. Go to smokelong.com and check out Promptember in the Community menu. youtu.be/UG1n1X7hfxY?...

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Issue 94 is going to be huge.

"...Monpere builds a constellation of sixty stories that continually shift between the microscopic and the immense, the domestic and the cosmic." I love this phenomenal review by @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social on @claudiamonpere.bsky.social's brilliant collection! 💙💙💙

Join me for some spooky writing fun on Halloween Eve 🦇⚡️ we'll be talking about how horror contributes to every genre & how to capitalize on each deliciously bloody drop of it in your stories

Gill O'Shaughnessy @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social reviews Claudia Monpere's stunning @claudiamonpere.bsky.social collection The Periodic Family at SmokeLong. Out soon! SmokeLong book celebration on Oct 18! More info soon! www.smokelong.com/review-claud...

Gill O'Shaughnessy @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social reviews Claudia Monpere's stunning @claudiamonpere.bsky.social collection The Periodic Family at SmokeLong. Out soon! SmokeLong book celebration on Oct 18! More info soon! www.smokelong.com/review-claud...