The SmokeLong Workshop Celebration – January/February 2026 - SmokeLong Quarterly Each month we celebrate our current and previous workshop participants’ publications reported to us through Submittable (The SmokeLong Workshop Prize). Each of the publications below, with the excepti...

Congratulations to all of your workshop participants who've reported publications in January and February! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

A tiger and a pig.

Showcasing my illustrations for this month's issue of Ghost Parachute.

This one is for "Oliver Nelson and the Pig Dissection" by Amy Allen. It's a wonderfully funny, sincere, and beautiful depiction of adolescence.

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Unbroken | Issue 48 | Winter 2026 Prose poems for y'all.

My prose poem, “Whalesong”, inspired by @serialproductions.bsky.social piece “The Good Whale” is out today in issue 48 of Unbroken @ambidextrouslit.bsky.social Check it out here! www.theunjournals.com/unbroken48

Oliver Nelson and the Pig Dissection — Ghost Parachute Everywhere that stupid backpack, at his feet during class, in his lap at the cafeteria, worn forward as he shuffles down the hallways alone. Faded orange, tattered, the black Sharpie drawing of a tige...

Read "Oliver Nelson and the Pig Dissection" written by @amyavt.bsky.social and illustrated by @brooksiesbooks.bsky.social.

"Everywhere that stupid backpack, at his feet during class, in his lap at the cafeteria, worn forward as he shuffles down the hallways alone."

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Honored to have my piece “Oliver Nelson and the Pig Dissection” included in the latest issue of Ghost Parachute! ghostparachute.com/issue/januar...

The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest — The Shortlist - SmokeLong Quarterly We were thrilled by the response to this year’s Grand Micro Contest, now an annual competition. Our judges—twelve of them from all over the world—read more than 1300 entries, and we are grateful for t...

A big round of applause please for our top 25 micros in The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 25! If you see your work on this list, please feel free to celebrate on social media but please do so without identifying your title(s). Anonymous judging is ongoing. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

Red yellow and grey retro geometric pattern. White space at the bottom with black lettering: The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2025 Long list

The long list for The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2025 is here! Congratulations and thank you to all who entered. The judging has been and continues to be extremely tough. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

Thank you @flashfrog.bsky.social