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The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction 2026! - SmokeLong Quarterly The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction (The Smokey) is now an annual competition that celebrates and compensates excellence in flash. Our first grand prize winner in 2018 was “Whale Fall” by ...

According to Google AI, you now have 480 hours to get your entries in. This--and I'm doing this in my head--is 20 days. We're reading reading reading until midnight May 10th ET for The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction (The Smokey). www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

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Smoke Signals with Cate McGowan - SmokeLong Quarterly Mara’s type of obsession is so interesting, so complex … is she the best character ever written? I mean, yes, obviously she’s the best. Next question. But more seriously: Mara is what happens when pat...

"Writing is the escape route." Cate McGowan @catemcgowan.com is our featured author this week. Read Michael Czyzniejewski's interview with the author at SmokeLong. www.smokelong.com/interviews/s...

The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction 2026! - SmokeLong Quarterly The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction (The Smokey) is now an annual competition that celebrates and compensates excellence in flash. Our first grand prize winner in 2018 was “Whale Fall” by ...

21 days! That's very very similar to 3 weeks and the time you have left to get your entry or entries in to The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction! Deadline May 10th, midnight ET. Awarding almost $5k! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

A blue and purple picture of outer space. Over it are the words, "Literary Science Fiction and Fantasy | ORION'S BELT"

Orion's Belt editors share their journeys as editors, exemplary stories they've published and their hopes for the journal. Here: smokelong-quarterly.mn.co/posts/100066...

‘Psychological torture’: outcry over conditions at ICE desert detention camp Detainees tell of abuse at sprawling Texas facility whose giant generators gobble energy and fuel climate crisis

Inhuman concentration camps are already active in the USA, complete with inhuman conditions, torture, and a spiraling death rate.

This is what Trump has done to America.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Yes, definitely. I'm sure someone will add them. I (Christopher) don't think I'm allowed to.

A SmokeLong Summer 26 - SmokeLong Quarterly A SmokeLong Summer 26 is closer than you think. This year we’re starting early and staying late. The summer just got longer. As always, at the heart of A SmokeLong Summer is our peer-review workshop i...

Write-Ins, Hybrid events, Open mics, webinars, a book launch, and an author event with none other than Amy Hempel! And these are just the live online events. The heart of A SmokeLong Summer 26 is our peer-review workshop on steroids! Book by May 23rd! www.smokelong.com/a-smokelong-...

We have a Wikipedia page! Whoever did this, wow, it's sweet! @kathyfish.bsky.social and @gwenekirby.bsky.social are missing from the list of example contributors, which is weird. I'm a wiki editor, but I don't think I can edit our own page. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SmokeLo...

The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction 2026! - SmokeLong Quarterly The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction (The Smokey) is now an annual competition that celebrates and compensates excellence in flash. Our first grand prize winner in 2018 was “Whale Fall” by ...

26 days! Deadline May 10th! You got this! Almost $5k in the prize pot! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

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We Support… - SmokeLong Quarterly SmokeLong is always looking for organizations who work wonders. From leading workshops to funding them or simply giving to deserving causes, we’re excited to be able to help where we can. When you don...

We support these organizations, and we hope you will too. www.smokelong.com/we-support/

Mannequin - SmokeLong Quarterly The easiest way to get a shirt on a mannequin is to remove its arms. A little twist and they snap off, although sometimes at Ultera we’d really have to yank on them, leaving gray fingerprints we’d scr...

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Book by May 23rd! We'll be getting everyone into the workshop then to make sure we're all ready to write before the peer-review workshop starts! A SmokeLong Summer is celebrating year FIVE with a focus on community--so bring a friend for no extra dollars!

Smoke Signals with Leah Brennan Renberg - SmokeLong Quarterly One of my favorite aspects of this story is the offhand way the narrator is giving us how to lessons. How to dress a mannequin. How to handle a Chloe …. There’s a hint of vulnerability when she seems ...

Inspiration in unexpected places. Our featured author this week is Leah Brennan Renberg. Read Elissa Field's interview with the author at SmokeLong. www.smokelong.com/interviews/l...

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A SmokeLong Summer 26 - SmokeLong Quarterly A SmokeLong Summer 26 is closer than you think. This year we’re starting early and staying late. The summer just got longer. As always, at the heart of A SmokeLong Summer is our peer-review workshop i...

What are you doing this summer? We're celebrating community. When you book A SmokeLong Summer 26, you can bring a friend. You don't need to write alone. www.smokelong.com/a-smokelong-...

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A SmokeLong Summer 26 - SmokeLong Quarterly A SmokeLong Summer 26 is closer than you think. This year we’re starting early and staying late. The summer just got longer. As always, at the heart of A SmokeLong Summer is our peer-review workshop in small groups of around 15 writers, drafting to 3 writing tasks each week. Our peer-review workshop is all in… Continue reading A SmokeLong Summer 26

Book by May 23rd! A SmokeLong Summer 26 is shaping up to be a fine party. This year's theme is "The Global Flash Village" with more than 20 online events and the usual peer-review workshop. We'd love to get everyone in the workshop by May 23rd. Find out more here... www.smokelong.com/a-smokelong-...

We are THRILLED for you. "Family Night" is such a great example of how flash moves. This is masterful stuff and so deserving.

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The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction 2026! - SmokeLong Quarterly The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction (The Smokey) is now an annual competition that celebrates and compensates excellence in flash. Our first grand prize winner in 2018 was “Whale Fall” by ...

It's the SOMETHING LIKE 32 DAYS TO ENTER ALERT! Disclaimer: Our numbers might be wrong. We hate numbers. But here's a nice one: almost $5k in the prize pot! The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction. Deadline: May 10th, midnight ET. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...