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#TheMikey deadline is this Saturday Nov. 15, midnight NYC. However you count the days (you can see how bad we are at it), you can't choose your own ending for this, sadly, but you CAN choose to send us your 250-word story—top prizes $1,000/$500/$300; finalists $100; all published in December's SLQ.
ENDS TOMORROW.
We are writing with abandon. Promptember. Sign up and start writing with us next week. It's free. This one's on us. www.smokelong.com/ready-for-pr...
Ready for Promptember 2025? - SmokeLong Quarterly
Join the SmokeLong community for Promptember, a mysterious intermonth happening between November and December of live write-in events designed to light a fire under your writing life. Participate in o...
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November 15, 2025 at 12:48 AM
We are writing with abandon. Promptember. Sign up and start writing with us next week. It's free. This one's on us. www.smokelong.com/ready-for-pr...
Just a day and some change left to enter! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2025 - SmokeLong Quarterly
The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest (The Mikey) is now an annual competition celebrating and compensating the best micro fiction and nonfiction online. The grand prize winner of The Mikey is automatical...
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November 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Just a day and some change left to enter! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
There are a few ways to participate in SmokeLong workshops these days. You can jump into Promptember (free) or test SmokeLong Fitness in December and January. Or both! Come write with us! www.smokelong.com/ready-for-pr...
Ready for Promptember 2025? - SmokeLong Quarterly
Join the SmokeLong community for Promptember, a mysterious intermonth happening between November and December of live write-in events designed to light a fire under your writing life. Participate in o...
www.smokelong.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
There are a few ways to participate in SmokeLong workshops these days. You can jump into Promptember (free) or test SmokeLong Fitness in December and January. Or both! Come write with us! www.smokelong.com/ready-for-pr...
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"She feeds them to be on their good side..." Sagar Nair from Sydney is our featured author this week. www.smokelong.com/interviews/s...
Smoke Signals with Sagar Nair - SmokeLong Quarterly
I love how this child, like most kids, disregards her mother’s warnings to stay away from the raccoons. A fearless and feral child, very similar to the raccoons already—but her uncle shares this simil...
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November 12, 2025 at 12:09 AM
"She feeds them to be on their good side..." Sagar Nair from Sydney is our featured author this week. www.smokelong.com/interviews/s...
ENDS TOMORROW.
#TheMikey deadline is this Saturday Nov. 15, midnight NYC. However you count the days (you can see how bad we are at it), you can't choose your own ending for this, sadly, but you CAN choose to send us your 250-word story—top prizes $1,000/$500/$300; finalists $100; all published in December's SLQ.
November 14, 2025 at 11:42 AM
ENDS TOMORROW.
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Saturday is now the day after tomorrow #TheMikey
#TheMikey deadline is this Saturday Nov. 15, midnight NYC. However you count the days (you can see how bad we are at it), you can't choose your own ending for this, sadly, but you CAN choose to send us your 250-word story—top prizes $1,000/$500/$300; finalists $100; all published in December's SLQ.
November 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Saturday is now the day after tomorrow #TheMikey
Saturday is now the day after tomorrow #TheMikey
#TheMikey deadline is this Saturday Nov. 15, midnight NYC. However you count the days (you can see how bad we are at it), you can't choose your own ending for this, sadly, but you CAN choose to send us your 250-word story—top prizes $1,000/$500/$300; finalists $100; all published in December's SLQ.
November 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Saturday is now the day after tomorrow #TheMikey
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It's FlashGiving! Follow @smokelong.bsky.social if you don't already, then like and share this post to get your name in the hat to win $200 holiday money. Deadline is midnight ET, November 26th! Winner chosen randomly on Nov 27th. Please tag @smokelong.bsky.social so that we know you've posted!
November 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
It's FlashGiving! Follow @smokelong.bsky.social if you don't already, then like and share this post to get your name in the hat to win $200 holiday money. Deadline is midnight ET, November 26th! Winner chosen randomly on Nov 27th. Please tag @smokelong.bsky.social so that we know you've posted!
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#TheMikey deadline is this Saturday Nov. 15, midnight NYC. However you count the days (you can see how bad we are at it), you can't choose your own ending for this, sadly, but you CAN choose to send us your 250-word story—top prizes $1,000/$500/$300; finalists $100; all published in December's SLQ.
November 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
#TheMikey deadline is this Saturday Nov. 15, midnight NYC. However you count the days (you can see how bad we are at it), you can't choose your own ending for this, sadly, but you CAN choose to send us your 250-word story—top prizes $1,000/$500/$300; finalists $100; all published in December's SLQ.
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<Prince vocals> This is what it sounds like...when we do number things (also our contest ends this Saturday and is excellent)
#TheMikey deadline is this Saturday Nov. 15, midnight NYC. However you count the days (you can see how bad we are at it), you can't choose your own ending for this, sadly, but you CAN choose to send us your 250-word story—top prizes $1,000/$500/$300; finalists $100; all published in December's SLQ.
November 12, 2025 at 1:07 PM
<Prince vocals> This is what it sounds like...when we do number things (also our contest ends this Saturday and is excellent)
#TheMikey deadline is this Saturday Nov. 15, midnight NYC. However you count the days (you can see how bad we are at it), you can't choose your own ending for this, sadly, but you CAN choose to send us your 250-word story—top prizes $1,000/$500/$300; finalists $100; all published in December's SLQ.
November 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
#TheMikey deadline is this Saturday Nov. 15, midnight NYC. However you count the days (you can see how bad we are at it), you can't choose your own ending for this, sadly, but you CAN choose to send us your 250-word story—top prizes $1,000/$500/$300; finalists $100; all published in December's SLQ.
Yay!!!!! Congratulations, Gill!
I'm so happy to be the winner. Congrats to @alisonwassell.bsky.social and @abbywilliams.bsky.social + long and shortlisters. Thanks @scooterwriter.bsky.social for judging and @smokelong.bsky.social of course where this began.
The results are in for the third quarter's flash fiction category as judged by @scooterwriter.bsky.social
Many congratulations to the authors - and also to all who made the long and short lists. The standard was very high!
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#flashfiction #WritingCommunity
Many congratulations to the authors - and also to all who made the long and short lists. The standard was very high!
flash500.com/flash-fictio...
#flashfiction #WritingCommunity
November 12, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Yay!!!!! Congratulations, Gill!
"She feeds them to be on their good side..." Sagar Nair from Sydney is our featured author this week. www.smokelong.com/interviews/s...
Smoke Signals with Sagar Nair - SmokeLong Quarterly
I love how this child, like most kids, disregards her mother’s warnings to stay away from the raccoons. A fearless and feral child, very similar to the raccoons already—but her uncle shares this simil...
www.smokelong.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:09 AM
"She feeds them to be on their good side..." Sagar Nair from Sydney is our featured author this week. www.smokelong.com/interviews/s...
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Our third Promptember write-in event starts in a couple of hours. 8pm NYC. You can still jump in and write with us. It's free. Because some things in life are free.
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Promptember Nov 8-Dec 14! - SmokeLong Quarterly
Join the SmokeLong workshop community for a mysterious month between November and December that we’ve christened Promptember! We’ll be meeting several times a week online with write-in and open mic ev...
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November 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Our third Promptember write-in event starts in a couple of hours. 8pm NYC. You can still jump in and write with us. It's free. Because some things in life are free.
www.smokelong.com/product/prom...
www.smokelong.com/product/prom...
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The Saturday after this one is now this Saturday, because that’s how time goes. This means that as of midnight NYC tonight, Tuesday Nov 11, there will be 96 hours to enter the 250-word, $1,000-top-prize SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2025. Please let this be right. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
November 11, 2025 at 10:07 AM
The Saturday after this one is now this Saturday, because that’s how time goes. This means that as of midnight NYC tonight, Tuesday Nov 11, there will be 96 hours to enter the 250-word, $1,000-top-prize SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2025. Please let this be right. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
Our third Promptember write-in event starts in a couple of hours. 8pm NYC. You can still jump in and write with us. It's free. Because some things in life are free.
www.smokelong.com/product/prom...
www.smokelong.com/product/prom...
Promptember Nov 8-Dec 14! - SmokeLong Quarterly
Join the SmokeLong workshop community for a mysterious month between November and December that we’ve christened Promptember! We’ll be meeting several times a week online with write-in and open mic ev...
www.smokelong.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Our third Promptember write-in event starts in a couple of hours. 8pm NYC. You can still jump in and write with us. It's free. Because some things in life are free.
www.smokelong.com/product/prom...
www.smokelong.com/product/prom...
Congratulations, Louise ❤️
Received some lovely book mail yesterday! Thank you to Joanne and Derek for sending the latest issue of The Waxed Lemon and for publishing my wee flash 'Genesis' 🍎 Also thank you to @smokelong.bsky.social where this story started and @writershq.bsky.social for all the amazing feedback!
November 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Congratulations, Louise ❤️
Our next FREE write-in session is tonight at 8pm NYC. Register now and jump into Promptember! www.smokelong.com/product/prom...
Promptember Nov 8-Dec 14! - SmokeLong Quarterly
Join the SmokeLong workshop community for a mysterious month between November and December that we’ve christened Promptember! We’ll be meeting several times a week online with write-in and open mic ev...
www.smokelong.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Our next FREE write-in session is tonight at 8pm NYC. Register now and jump into Promptember! www.smokelong.com/product/prom...
The Saturday after this one is now this Saturday, because that’s how time goes. This means that as of midnight NYC tonight, Tuesday Nov 11, there will be 96 hours to enter the 250-word, $1,000-top-prize SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2025. Please let this be right. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
November 11, 2025 at 10:07 AM
The Saturday after this one is now this Saturday, because that’s how time goes. This means that as of midnight NYC tonight, Tuesday Nov 11, there will be 96 hours to enter the 250-word, $1,000-top-prize SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2025. Please let this be right. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
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Well. We know today is Monday. We know #TheMikey ends midnight NYC, Saturday Nov 15. We know there're 6, 5, or 4 days left, depending who's counting. We know we once confidently ran a contest countdown that ended two days before the deadline and had to style it out. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Well. We know today is Monday. We know #TheMikey ends midnight NYC, Saturday Nov 15. We know there're 6, 5, or 4 days left, depending who's counting. We know we once confidently ran a contest countdown that ended two days before the deadline and had to style it out. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
Yay!!! Congratulations, Belinda!
Super thrilled to have a micro up at @fracturedlit.bsky.social - thank you so much to @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social and editors! Big shout out to the editors at @smokelong.bsky.social where this piece was born and to everyone who gave feedback 🙏💚🙏
fracturedlit.com/green-to-gray/
fracturedlit.com/green-to-gray/
Green to Gray | Fractured
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November 10, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Yay!!! Congratulations, Belinda!
Yay!!!
i do think it’s possible to learn about journals & what’s likely to be appealing
had a couple of pieces accepted over several years then last year decided to really hunker down & analyze the process, with lots of help from @smokelong.bsky.social workshops
result? 10 acceptances! keep on subbing!!!
had a couple of pieces accepted over several years then last year decided to really hunker down & analyze the process, with lots of help from @smokelong.bsky.social workshops
result? 10 acceptances! keep on subbing!!!
November 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Yay!!!
Well. We know today is Monday. We know #TheMikey ends midnight NYC, Saturday Nov 15. We know there're 6, 5, or 4 days left, depending who's counting. We know we once confidently ran a contest countdown that ended two days before the deadline and had to style it out. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Well. We know today is Monday. We know #TheMikey ends midnight NYC, Saturday Nov 15. We know there're 6, 5, or 4 days left, depending who's counting. We know we once confidently ran a contest countdown that ended two days before the deadline and had to style it out. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
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Now there’s one actual week left, if you count the deadline day as a day and today as a day. $1,000 1st; $500 2nd; $300 3rd; $100 finalists. Winners and finalists published in the December issue of SmokeLong Quarterly. 250 words max. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
November 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Now there’s one actual week left, if you count the deadline day as a day and today as a day. $1,000 1st; $500 2nd; $300 3rd; $100 finalists. Winners and finalists published in the December issue of SmokeLong Quarterly. 250 words max. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
Now there’s one actual week left, if you count the deadline day as a day and today as a day. $1,000 1st; $500 2nd; $300 3rd; $100 finalists. Winners and finalists published in the December issue of SmokeLong Quarterly. 250 words max. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
November 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Now there’s one actual week left, if you count the deadline day as a day and today as a day. $1,000 1st; $500 2nd; $300 3rd; $100 finalists. Winners and finalists published in the December issue of SmokeLong Quarterly. 250 words max. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...