SmokeLong Quarterly

FAQ – The March Micro Marathon 26 - SmokeLong Quarterly Where can I find the schedule of events for SmokeLong’s March Micro Marathon? HERE!  What should I expect to achieve in the 24 days? If you are a prolific writer who loves a prompt, you should have at...

Are you thinking about doing SmokeLong's March Micro Marathon 26 but have questions? We have answers. www.smokelong.com/faq-the-marc...

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1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.

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Wherever you are this March, you can write with us. youtu.be/HPLSk1kPSu4

The March Micro Marathon 2026 - SmokeLong Quarterly Please book by February 20th! In its third year, The March Micro Marathon will be, as usual, a prompt-a-day whirlwind for 24 days. You’ll exchange drafts of micro fiction, non-fiction, and prose poetr...

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...

Good Sign of Future Happiness - SmokeLong Quarterly Let’s agree that it was an accident, what happened when the tourist interrupted us choosing our king. All 12 of us boys were climbing on each other’s shoulders, turning our forearms into lances, charg...

Read and/or listen to Katherine Plumhoff's story "Good Sign of Future Happiness" here:
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Smoke Signals with Katherine Plumhoff - SmokeLong Quarterly The reader is invited to be complicit with the action of this story through the use of first-person-plural point of view and literal invitations, using “Let’s” to begin paragraphs several times, for e...

"Effortful drafting for effortless reading: that’s flash." Katherine Plumhoff is our featured author this week. Read Laurie Biggs Marshall's interview with the author at SmokeLong. www.smokelong.com/interviews/s...

The March Micro Marathon 2026 - SmokeLong Quarterly Please book by February 20th! In its third year, The March Micro Marathon will be, as usual, a prompt-a-day whirlwind for 24 days. You’ll exchange drafts of micro fiction, non-fiction, and prose poetr...

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 SmokeLong Workshop Prize — Finalists and Winners! - SmokeLong Quarterly We’re behind. We know! The problem with The SmokeLong Workshop Prize competition is that the stories are all good. Choosing winners is like choosing a favorite child. This is famously bad parenting. B...

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 ⭐

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Dark teal background for graphic of mustard/gold prize cup with stars behind. Text: The SmokeLong Quarterly Workshop Prize. 1st place: Kate Horsley

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

Dark teal background for graphic of mustard/gold prize cup with stars behind. Text: The SmokeLong Quarterly Workshop Prize. 2nd place: Travis Flatt

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

Dark teal background for graphic of mustard/gold prize cup with stars behind. Text: The SmokeLong Quarterly Workshop Prize. 3rd place: Allison Field Bell

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 ❤️

Dark teal background for graphic of mustard/gold prize cup with stars behind. Text: The SmokeLong Quarterly Workshop Prize. 1st place: Kate Horsley

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

Dark teal background for graphic of mustard/gold prize cup with stars behind. Text: The SmokeLong Quarterly Workshop Prize. 2nd place: Travis Flatt

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

Dark teal background for graphic of mustard/gold prize cup with stars behind. Text: The SmokeLong Quarterly Workshop Prize. 3rd place: Allison Field Bell

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 SmokeLong Workshop Prize — Finalists and Winners! - SmokeLong Quarterly We’re behind. We know! The problem with The SmokeLong Workshop Prize competition is that the stories are all good. Choosing winners is like choosing a favorite child. This is famously bad parenting. B...

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...

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Smoke Signals with Christopher Lee Chilton - SmokeLong Quarterly This piece is structured in five sections, each separated with a question asked, whether directly or imagined, to our narrator, Walter. What drew you to this particular structure for this story? There...

"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...

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