"A flash fiction hidden in plain sight." Today on the blog Brandon McNeice @brandonmcneice.bsky.social writes about Kafka's "Before the Law" for Flash, Back, our series looking at flash fiction printed before we used this term for it. www.smokelong.com/flash-back-t...

"A flash fiction hidden in plain sight." Today on the blog Brandon McNeice @brandonmcneice.bsky.social writes about Kafka's "Before the Law" for Flash, Back, our series looking at flash fiction printed before we used this term for it. www.smokelong.com/flash-back-t...

More than 20 live online events incl. a Master Series interview/reading with Amy Hempel, our acclaimed peer-review workshop on steroids, and community-focused competitions- A SmokeLong Summer 26 is all about the global flash village. And you can bring a friend! www.smokelong.com/a-smokelong-...

More than 20 live online events incl. a Master Series interview/reading with Amy Hempel, our acclaimed peer-review workshop on steroids, and community-focused competitions- A SmokeLong Summer 26 is all about the global flash village. And you can bring a friend! www.smokelong.com/a-smokelong-...

T.E. Hahn is our featured author this week. Read David Brockway's interview with the author and T.E. Hahn's story "Holes" at SmokeLong. www.smokelong.com/interviews/s...

All previous and current participants of SmokeLong workshops! Please let us know when you publish something you started in a SmokeLong workshop by entering The SmokeLong Workshop Prize competition. It's annual but not limited to the year. And it's free! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

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Well, that's a wrap on The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction 26. We've been reading since February 1st, but of course there's an avalanche at the end. We have some reading to do! We hope to have a long list in about a week's time!

Well, that's a wrap on The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction 26. We've been reading since February 1st, but of course there's an avalanche at the end. We have some reading to do! We hope to have a long list in about a week's time!

30 minutes until the deadline! Still time. But hurry. If you miss the deadline, there's always next year. And our free-submissions window opens May 15th! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

Less than ONE HOUR now! At midnight ET it all goes dark and we all go to bed! Get that wonder in! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

You now have officially just a smidge more than 1.5 hours to get your work in! Closing at midnight ET! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

Two hours!!!! The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction closes at midnight ET! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

THE SMOKEY 2026 ENDS TONIGHT, SUNDAY MAY 10, MIDNIGHT ET! Just a few hours left!

Three hours left to enter The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction! Deadline midnight ET! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

Four hours left to enter The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction! That's still plenty of time to send something you love. Deadline midnight ET tonight! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

Five-hour alert! It's time!

Five-hour alert! It's time!

THE SMOKEY 2026 ENDS TONIGHT, SUNDAY MAY 10, MIDNIGHT ET! Just a few hours left!

JUST UNDER 7 HOURS LEFT TO ENTER THE SMOKELONG QUARTERLY AWARD FOR FLASH FICTION 2026 WHICH ENDS AT MIDNIGHT NYC TONIGHT SUNDAY MAY 10, TIME TO SEND IT...

Less than 10 hours left to enter The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

Just 11 more hours!!!!!

Midnight tonight ET! You have approximately not so many hours now to get your entries in. The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction. Almost $5k awarded, publication for finalists and winners, and love! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

Midnight tonight ET! You have approximately not so many hours now to get your entries in. The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction. Almost $5k awarded, publication for finalists and winners, and love! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

It's deadline weekend for the Smokey! Midnight ET this Sunday is the absolute last second to send your 1000-words-or-fewer entry to this year's award contest.

It's deadline weekend for the Smokey! Midnight ET this Sunday is the absolute last second to send your 1000-words-or-fewer entry to this year's award contest.

Less than 2 days' time now! Top prize $2500! Deadline midnight ET May 10th! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

Yay!!!!

Less than 2 days' time now! Top prize $2500! Deadline midnight ET May 10th! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

The finalists will make up the June issue of SmokeLong Quarterly. Ends this Sunday May 10, midnight NYC.

We’re looking for a $2,500 flash fiction. Our 2nd and 3rd prizes are $1,000 and $500; all finalists receive $150 and publication. Contest ends midnight NYC Sunday May 10. 3 days left to enter, 1,000 words max. The Smokey 2026 is nearly over. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

The finalists will make up the June issue of SmokeLong Quarterly. Ends this Sunday May 10, midnight NYC.

We’re looking for a $2,500 flash fiction. Our 2nd and 3rd prizes are $1,000 and $500; all finalists receive $150 and publication. Contest ends midnight NYC Sunday May 10. 3 days left to enter, 1,000 words max. The Smokey 2026 is nearly over. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

Thank you Pip Williams for your gift of time and words. I’m so grateful. Salt City Runaway is out TOMORROW! Unless you’re doing @smokelong.bsky.social they have the e-book now!!

Ending Sunday!

Join Christopher Allen on May 30th for another installment of Elements of Flash! www.smokelong.com/product/may-...

Ending Sunday!

What are you doing this summer? We're celebrating the global flash community with the biggest ever SmokeLong Summer. Come write with us--and bring a friend for no extra dollars. www.smokelong.com/a-smokelong-...

What are you doing this summer? We're celebrating the global flash community with the biggest ever SmokeLong Summer. Come write with us--and bring a friend for no extra dollars. www.smokelong.com/a-smokelong-...

The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction 2026 ends THIS SUNDAY, MAY 10, midnight NYC. $2,500 for the winner. Big runner-up awards. Payment and publication for finalists. Fast results—all editorial hands on deck. No sleep for us. We’re reading and discussing. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction 2026 ends THIS SUNDAY, MAY 10, midnight NYC. $2,500 for the winner. Big runner-up awards. Payment and publication for finalists. Fast results—all editorial hands on deck. No sleep for us. We’re reading and discussing. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

Night Parrot Press has provided the ebook version of Salt City Runaway, Gillian O’Shaughnessy’s debut collection of micro and flash fiction, at a sweet discount! More details here: smokelong-quarterly.mn.co/posts/101613...

This year’s Smokey—with its nearly $5k prize pot—ends this Sunday, May 10, midnight NYC, which gives you just 5 days to get your entry in. If you’re at the swapping-a-semicolon-in-and-out stage, maybe it’s ready…? www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

Yay!!!!

Yay!!!!

Yay!!!!

This year’s Smokey—with its nearly $5k prize pot—ends this Sunday, May 10, midnight NYC, which gives you just 5 days to get your entry in. If you’re at the swapping-a-semicolon-in-and-out stage, maybe it’s ready…? www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

6 days left to enter The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction 2026. That’s less than a week #Math. 1000 words max. $2,500 top prize. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

PSA. We're reading for The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction until midnight May 10th. Our free-submissions window opens May 15th. Book A SmokeLong Summer 26 by May 23d. You're adorable. Reading smokelong.com makes you even prettier.