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We’ll be announcing the long list for the SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest aka #TheMikey later today…
a pink starfish with a face and the words `` today 's the daaaay '' written on it .
ALT: a pink starfish with a face and the words `` today 's the daaaay '' written on it .
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December 1, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I have a creepy call room story in @burningword.bsky.social this month:
www.burningword.com/category/fic...
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October 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Wow
"Truth is, I see my father more in my reflection each day. At night I kneel before the vanity light to contour his features into submission. I want to reach beneath my skin and tear him out." Read/hear Chi Pham's stunning Smokey 2nd-placed "Man Spelt Backwards": www.smokelong.com/stories/man-...
Man Spelt Backwards - SmokeLong Quarterly
My mother haunts my makeup bag. Always be ready, she’d chide as we dressed for mass, reapplying lipstick at red lights and through monsoon rains—once, as my father’s casket was lowered. Death is impat...
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July 1, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Love this ( and “Mr. Dorn” was my grandfather’s name!)
"My neighbor, Mr. Dorn, is standing naked on my front steps, singing"

What an opening sentence. Any new @kathyfish.bsky.social discovery is always a blessing:

www.juked.com/2007/03/wake...

@smokelong.bsky.social #ArchiveChallenge
June 30, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Gorgeous, heartbreaking
June 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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I'd love to consider your manuscript, to help shepherd you to your writing dreams/goals!
June 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
If you're not already reading flash fiction, this contest is a great reason to start!
And we're off! Start a 2-week deep dive TODAY into a favorite online flash journal older than 10 years and get your name in the hat to win $400! Please share at least 1 flash daily (up to 4) and tag SmokeLong so we see you! Get on it! www.smokelong.com/the-archive-...
The Archive Challenge — Win $400! - SmokeLong Quarterly
How often do you read the literary journals you submit your work to? Flash has been around for centuries but as “flash” only for around 23 years, when James Thomas’s wife suggested the term. Lots of o...
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June 25, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Oh wait, my FlashFlood piece is up (my timezone miscalculation! 🙃). This story was sparked by a SmokeLong Quarterly workshop prompt about the perspective of an audience member during an eulogy. Thanks for reading
June 14, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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I'm Dr. Annie Andrews. I’m a pediatrician, not a politician. But either way I know how to handle people who are full of sh*t.

Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. Share this if you're with me.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8wM...
Annie Andrews Launch Video: "Unafraid"
YouTube video by Annie Andrews
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May 29, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x convicted felon & adjudicated rapist Trump did.
May 17, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Micro vs. Prose Poem with Erin Vachon on June 1st! Book A SmokeLong Summer 25 or SmokeLong Fitness before May 23rd and all the events of A SmokeLong Summer 25 are included. Or book separately. www.smokelong.com/product/micr...
Micro vs. Prose Poem with Erin Vachon - SmokeLong Quarterly
You’ve written something tiny and now face a pesky question. Is this a micro or a prose poem? We’ll study the line between these sister genres, reading and writing to strengthen our hand in both forms...
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May 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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May 12, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Great new work from Jeffrey Hermann!
There might or there might not be things more satisfying than getting published in HAD. No, there is nothing more satisfying than getting published in HAD.
love everything about today's Jeffrey Hermann short, but man I'm especially a sucker for when a story corrects itself

"At the gym maybe the girlfriends will do abdominal crunches or maybe not. No, they will not do abdominal crunches."
https://www.havehashad.com/qwj3b
April 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Dropping EVERYTHING to send a piece of flash in! 😁
April 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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I look forward to FlashFlood every year! Thank you @natflashfictionday.bsky.social for the quick acceptance. Do send in your entry, up to 300 words, and join the stories floating in the flood 👇🏽👇🏽
FlashFlood is now open for submissions until Saturday 26 April. Flashes up to 300 words. Previously published accepted (2022 & earlier). Debut writer spots. Free to enter. For more details see here: flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/p/submission...
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April 21, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Hi, adorable writers. I'm doing a webinar this Saturday, April 26th at noon ET for Chill Subs--"Submitting to SmokeLong: Better Practices" and you can come. It's free. Register here: tally.so/r/w5VrOo
Registration for "Submitting to SmokeLong: Better Practices"
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April 22, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Love this!
April 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM