24 days, 24 writing tasks designed by Christopher Allen. Webinars by Ingrid Jendrzejewski and Kim Chinquee. Competitions. Open mics. Write-ins. And one month of SmokeLong Fitness for participants not already in Fitness. Is big! Book by Feb 20th. www.smokelong.com/the-march-mi...

The results of this year's SmokeLong Workshop Prize are finally here! We have 11 wonderful finalists. And (drumroll): Third Prize winner: @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social Second Prize: @travisflatt.bsky.social First Prize: @katehorsleywriter.bsky.social ⭐ www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

Kate Horsley's @vestalreview.bsky.social story, “The Altar of Saint Cindy”, won first prize in our annual free-entry contest for published work begun in an SLQ workshop. You can read it here (it made the judges cry, so please do): www.vestalreview.net/the-altar-of... @katehorsleywriter.bsky.social

Here is Travis Flatt's @travisflatt.bsky.social story from @dishsoapquart.bsky.social, “Cadillacs on the Moon”, which won second place in this year's SmokeLong Workshop Prize for published stories begun in an SLQ workshop: dishsoap-quarterly.com/11-4-25

Read Allison Field Bell's Craft Literary story, "The Word Disorder”, which took third place in this year's hotly contested SmokeLong Workshop Prize: www.craftliterary.com/2024/11/06/w...

The full list of winners and finalists is: Kate Horsley, Travis Flatt, Allison Field Bell, Mamie Pound, Nicole Desjardins Gowdy, Lauren Kardos, Sara Hills, Nora Esme Wagner, Pegah Ouji, Jane O’Sullivan, and Shira Musicant. Please do check out their work. We have had the hardest time choosing ❤️

The results of this year's SmokeLong Workshop Prize are finally here! We have 11 wonderful finalists. And (drumroll): Third Prize winner: @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social Second Prize: @travisflatt.bsky.social First Prize: @katehorsleywriter.bsky.social ⭐ www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

Yay!!!!

Yay!!!

Yay!!!!

"I’m a big believer that a story, no matter how short or long, needs a turn, a second movement." Christopher Lee Chilton is our featured author this week. Read Emily Lewandowski's interview with the author at SmokeLong. www.smokelong.com/interviews/s...

Yay!!!!

Yay!!!!

SmokeLong's March Micro Marathon! Book by Feb 20th! youtu.be/HPLSk1kPSu4

And we're off! Reading has officially begun for The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction 2026! Grand prize $2500! Total prize pot almost $5000! We can't wait to read your work! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

Yay!!!!

Book by Feb 20! SmokeLong's March Micro Marathon 26! www.smokelong.com/product/the-...

This is gonna be 🔥🔥

Last day to jump in alert! If you want to start writing with the SmokeLong Fitness community in February, today is the last day to join the workshop. We're already onboarding new members... www.smokelong.com/smokelong-fi...

Request an invitation here, or email us. Jan 31st. 9pm NYC. www.smokelong.com/reading-inte...

Request an invitation here, or email us. Jan 31st. 9pm NYC. www.smokelong.com/reading-inte...

Wherever you are this March, you could be drafting micros with the SmokeLong workshop community. 24 days, 24 tasks, peer-review in small groups, competitions, and more. Sign up now. www.smokelong.com/smokelongs-m...

Hard decisions. The SmokeLong Workshop Prize entries are all so good. Help us celebrate our shortlist! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

"It’s okay to not be familiar." Audrey Obuobisa-Darko is our featured author this week. Read Elizabeth Rosen's interview with the author at SmokeLong. www.smokelong.com/interviews/s...

SO looking forward to this #WritingWorkshop - come write the stories waiting in the margins with me on Feb. 15:

Hard decisions. The SmokeLong Workshop Prize entries are all so good. Help us celebrate our shortlist! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

"It’s okay to not be familiar." Audrey Obuobisa-Darko is our featured author this week. Read Elizabeth Rosen's interview with the author at SmokeLong. www.smokelong.com/interviews/s...

It's sign-up time! www.smokelong.com/smokelong-fi...

Are you a flash writer? Flash-adjacent? We've started a free community space for All of the Flash Writers. It's run by SmokeLong, but it's for the world of flash. The Village. Follow The Village here @heyflashvillage.bsky.social and use the link pinned to the account to request citizenship.

Wherever you are this March, you could be drafting micros with the SmokeLong workshop community. 24 days, 24 tasks, peer-review in small groups, competitions, and more. Sign up now. www.smokelong.com/smokelongs-m...

The SmokeLong Workshop Prize Long List just went live. It has been a mountain of great work. We received just over 400 entries from our workshop participants in 2025. Congratulations to all! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

Super excited to write with all of you in this #WritingWorkshop, can't wait to see you there:

February 15th! 6pm NYC! Come write the stories waiting in the margins with Sage Tyrtle! www.smokelong.com/product/unto...

Yay!!!!

Join SmokeLong for a reading and interview with Patricia Q. Bidar to celebrate the publication of Pardon Me for Moonwalking. January 31, 9pm NYC. DM us for an invitation!

We're always looking...

"...voice, language, imagination." Nadia Born is our featured author this week. Read Melissa Llanes Brownlee's interview with the author at smokelong dot com and then "the sentence tree," a finalist for The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest. www.smokelong.com/interviews/s...

PSA! We're reading for the March issue until Feb 15, then for The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction until May 10. Our next free-submissions window opens May 15! We are also pretty close to arriving at a long list for the SmokeLong Workshop Prize! Lots going on! Not sleeping much.

24 days, a prompt-a-day celebration of the micro with 2 webinars and lots of open mics, competitions, and one month of SmokeLong Fitness if you're not already in our year-round community workshop. SmokeLong's March Micro Marathon is a blast. Come write with us. www.smokelong.com/the-march-mi...

Hello, #AWP Bluesky. We are having a reading event at Old Major in Baltimore on Thursday March 5, 6-8pm. It is free. A lot of us will be there and we would love love love to see you. 💗🏳️‍⚧️⚡🌈

"...there are many ways to be born..." Valerie Hughes is our featured author this week. Read Shasta Grant's interview with the author. www.smokelong.com/interviews/s...

"...there are many ways to be born..." Valerie Hughes is our featured author this week. Read Shasta Grant's interview with the author. www.smokelong.com/interviews/s...

Read Brandon McNeice's review of Patricia Q. Bidar's collection Pardon me for Moonwalking! www.smokelong.com/review-patri...

A new year brings us new work to admire 💫 Help us welcome our JANUARY ISSUE: buff.ly/xnuvf6J Major thanks to our contributors! WORDS @esmepromise.bsky.social, Stephanie Meade Gresham, Lia Hagen, Joan Kwon Glass ART Audrey Holmes PLUS @rachellayown.bsky.social reviews @chriscampanioni.bsky.social

Awww, look at the smiley faces of our editors in Singapore today. Christopher Allen and Hema Nataraju ❤️

Yay, Belinda!

"Poetry often reminds me of Karachi" Vaneeza Sohail is our featured author this week. Read her interview and "Party Song," a finalist for The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest. www.smokelong.com/interviews/s...

‎"Sun encapsulated in tree limbs like fruit. A whip crackle of thunder behind the tongue. A bluebird’s tail, stitched with rain. An approximation of the landscape that surrounds me." ‎Between Chamisa & Rengyo by Mizuki Yamagen @smokelong.bsky.social ‎Best Literary Flash ‎https://shorturl.at/mQILV