Drumroll please… @smokelong.bsky.social

Smoke & Mirrors with Sam Matin - SmokeLong Quarterly Nadiya is from Detroit while Ali is Arab and Persian and Areeba is Bangladeshi. How important was it for you to choose characters who might not come from the same geographic area or ethnicity but shar...

Our featured author from the current issue of SmokeLong Quarterly this week is @sammatin.bsky.social⭐ Read Sam's interview by @sudhab.bsky.social here: www.smokelong.com/interviews/s...
The text and audio of Sam's story, "People Of Color Monologue", is here: www.smokelong.com/stories/peop...

Writing Co-Lab Almond Joy: 4 Classes to Kickstart Your Writing with Steve Almond Tuesdays, Feb 11-March 4 www.writingco-lab.com/classes

Our month of Steve Almond masterclasses starts tomorrow! Brilliant openers, unforgettable characters, irresistible narrators, and the wrangling of time! Register for one or for all: www.writingco-lab.com/classes

The Barrelhouse Conference: Conversations and Connections, Practical Advice on Writing — Barrelhouse Conversations and Connections is a one-day conference organized by Barrelhouse in person at American University in Washington, DC on April 12, 2025.

Writers we're a little over 1/3 sold out for the @barrelhouse.bsky.social DC conference on 4/12/25!

Which means:

1. We still have tickets, but
2. They're going faster than usual so far, and
3. We've sold out the past 2 years in DC

Join us for a great day! www.barrelhousemag.com/conference

If you've never had the joy of taking a writing class from @finnwritesstuff.bsky.social, you're in for a treat🙂

Congratulations to all the writers whose terrific micros made this list! Bravo! 🎉🎊

Time 4 you to submit

Just signed up for @writesofkathryn.bsky.social’s Flash Collection &Flash Novella workshop at Cleaver Magazine. Can’t wait 🔥💥

Galatea, Pygmalion, and @kimmagowan.bsky.social up @havehashad.com 🔥🔥

It’s here! 🎊🎉

A peak at tomorrow’s treat 🔥

Time as a snowstorm: An exploration of time in 'Wolf Cry' by Sara Lippmann - SmokeLong Quarterly The following review is part of SmokeLong’s 20th-anniversary series looking back at beloved narratives in our archive. If you write reviews and you want to celebrate a particular narrative from the ...

Very excited to have new words out today as part of
@smokelong.bsky.social's 20th anniversary celebrations. A craft essay about time in @saralippmann.bsky.social's #flashfiction "Wolf Cry":
www.smokelong.com/time-as-a-sn...

Barrelhouse Conference Conversations and Connections — Barrelhouse Conversations and Connections is a one-day conference organized by Barrelhouse in person at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA on September 23, 2023.

Writers! Join us at the @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference in Philly on 9/23 for a great day talking craft/publishing, meeting w editors, and supporting some great litmags and presses! More than half your $75 reg fee goes directly to those presses! www.barrelhousemag.com/conference

Cicadas are clumsy flyers who fly up to 500 feet. This one visited me yesterday. I live on the 25th floor of a high rise. Surely a sign if he can do this I can finish writing my story collection.

Barrelhouse Conference Conversations and Connections — Barrelhouse Conversations and Connections is a one-day conference organized by Barrelhouse in person at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA on September 23, 2023.

Seems like a good night to sign up for the
@barrelhouse.bsky.social conference in Philly on 9/23! Registration is $75, spots are limited. Gonna be a great day nerding out about writing/publishing with other writer/editor nerds of all kinds. Hope to see you there! www.barrelhousemag.com/conference/

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cwnx5bTvDHL/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Have you ever re-read a flash fiction piece because of its imagery, atmosphere, or just to linger over the lines?

Join me for my SmokeLong Afterglow module, where we'll read and unpick some fab flash, and then produce prose that POPS! 🫧

And do check out the rest of the programme, here:

The SmokeLong Workshop Prize - SmokeLong Quarterly SmokeLong began offering workshops in person in 2019. We toured the UK–London, Norwich, Birmingham, and Manchester (which is definitely NOT in the Midlands)–and we had the best time. Then COVID ca...

Familiar with the SmokeLong Workshop Prize? If you've published anything that began in any SmokeLong workshop, your work is eligible. Deadline in November. Entry is free. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

Watching Teletubbies, singing the Hallelujah Chorus, and drinking rosé with my daughter and 2 and 5 yr. old granddaughters (wine adults only). Just your typical long weekend.

Someone actually just booked a FOUR-pack because they couldn't decide on just three. If you want to do more than three, just email us and we'll work out a price. editor@smokelong.com

Speculative Fiction: Sci-fi, Fantasy, & More | Writers.com Speculative fiction isn't just warp drives and magic wands; it's anything that makes us question reality. Learn how to wield the fantastic in your fiction.

Starting in 2 days!

4 weeks, #SFF #writing #Onlineclass

Read and write your own fantastical stories, at your own pace.

writers.com/course/specu...

Each of these shiny gems of flash wisdom is also available as a live webinar-only option for $29, or you can book all 8 webinars-only at the respectable discount of $185. Afterglow. Keeping the hot writing-person summer alive a bit longer. www.smokelong.com/product/afte...

Join @shorterbc.bsky.social to discuss @sfreligh.bsky.social's A Brief Natural History of Women on September 19th at 7:30 PM! Sarah will be coming by for a Q&A!

RSVP: abriefnaturalhistoryofwomen.eventbrite.com

A purple square against a background of trees. The text reads: "Novel Editing Structural Review Feedback report on your novel as a whole – narrative, structure, characterisation, emotional journey & thematic progression (prices from £350) Submission Review Feedback report on opening 10k extract, query letter & synopsis (£120)"

I've had a lovely day working on feedback reports for a novella & a novel. Would love to have more novel(la) editing projects to work on in the autumn. If this sounds like it might be useful for you, get in touch. Details here: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/novel-editing

#writers #histfic #fantasy #flash

Four cupcakes.

Free online writing workshops: there's enough in the Crow Collective Tip Jar to cover 3 workshops. If you can really use a free writing workshop spot, please get in touch, I will provide one. No questions asked. crowcollectiveworkshops.com/contact/

#WritingCommunity #Flash #FlashLit #Writers

Minnie Mouse floating on a cloud?

I’m with you! 100%!

Blue sky smiling at me, nothing but blue sky do I see 🎵🎶