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Dedicated to bringing the best flash narratives to the web, by widely published authors or those new to the craft. Est.2003. Paying up to $150. www.smokelong.com. No Trump supporters. Follow also @heyflashvillage.bsky.social
We can't wait for Chicago and to spend an evening with old and new friends in the flash community! We've planned a 5-hour eventapalooza just to make sure you can stop by even if you have another off-site on Thursday.
The Village with All of the Flash Writers@heyflashvillage.bsky.social · 18h agoSave the Date! March 18th! Six flash/flash-adjacent journals, five hours, karaoke. AWP Chicago! A Chicago charitable org. to be chosen. Fun.
We're grateful to have you working with us, Dawn!
Dawn Miller 🇨🇦@dawnwriter.bsky.social · 16h agoWhen I joined @smokelong.bsky.social Summer workshops a number of years ago, I was hooked right from the start. SmokeLong workshops are a fantastic way to hone your craft! Amazing community and learning. I’m so honoured to be part of the submissions team now ❤️❤️❤️❤️ #flashlit #flash #writing #writer
What do our submissions editors look for in a story? We're running an interview series to introduce you to our team. Next up is the amazing Dawn Miller! And of course her pooch, Maizie! @dawnwriter.bsky.social www.smokelong.com/meet-our-sub...
Meet Our Submissions Editors – Dawn Miller - SmokeLong Quarterly
Over the next few months, we’ll be introducing our submissions editors so that you, dear writers and readers, might have a clearer idea of who we are, who reads your work first at SmokeLong, and what ...
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We can't wait for Chicago and to spend an evening with old and new friends in the flash community! We've planned a 5-hour eventapalooza just to make sure you can stop by even if you have another off-site on Thursday.
The Village with All of the Flash Writers@heyflashvillage.bsky.social · 18h agoSave the Date! March 18th! Six flash/flash-adjacent journals, five hours, karaoke. AWP Chicago! A Chicago charitable org. to be chosen. Fun.
Promptember has begun! You can still jump in anytime you want even if you haven't already registered. Go to smokelong.com and check out Promptember in the Community menu. youtu.be/UG1n1X7hfxY?...
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"Is this a statement on capitalism?" Read Courtney Leigh Burton's interview with Ryne Ryne, or featured author this month. We're excited to publish Ryne Ryne's debut fiction narrative. www.smokelong.com/interviews/s...
Smoke Signals with Ryne Ryne - SmokeLong Quarterly
Would you prefer the story to be read as absurdist or with symbolism attached (no pun intended) to the themes? I’m a writer who has no preference when it comes to how a reader engages with my work. I’...
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"...Monpere builds a constellation of sixty stories that continually shift between the microscopic and the immense, the domestic and the cosmic." I love this phenomenal review by @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social on @claudiamonpere.bsky.social's brilliant collection! 💙💙💙
SmokeLong Quarterly@smokelong.bsky.social · 5d agoGill O'Shaughnessy @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social reviews Claudia Monpere's stunning @claudiamonpere.bsky.social collection The Periodic Family at SmokeLong. Out soon! SmokeLong book celebration on Oct 18! More info soon! www.smokelong.com/review-claud...
Join me for some spooky writing fun on Halloween Eve 🦇⚡️ we'll be talking about how horror contributes to every genre & how to capitalize on each deliciously bloody drop of it in your stories
SmokeLong Quarterly@smokelong.bsky.social · 6d agoIf you're participating in Promptember or you're in SmokeLong Fitness, this webinar/workshop with K.C. Mead-Brewer is on us! But even if you're not participating, you can still come! www.smokelong.com/product/trou...
Gill O'Shaughnessy @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social reviews Claudia Monpere's stunning @claudiamonpere.bsky.social collection The Periodic Family at SmokeLong. Out soon! SmokeLong book celebration on Oct 18! More info soon! www.smokelong.com/review-claud...
Gill O'Shaughnessy @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social reviews Claudia Monpere's stunning @claudiamonpere.bsky.social collection The Periodic Family at SmokeLong. Out soon! SmokeLong book celebration on Oct 18! More info soon! www.smokelong.com/review-claud...
Congratulations and much success to our Monarch Queer Literary Awards nominees 2027!
Come join me for a night of exploring all things disturbing, eerie, & uncanny in your prose! 🦇⚡️
SmokeLong Quarterly@smokelong.bsky.social · 6d agoIf you're participating in Promptember or you're in SmokeLong Fitness, this webinar/workshop with K.C. Mead-Brewer is on us! But even if you're not participating, you can still come! www.smokelong.com/product/trou...
This will be great! Sign up for a workshop with @kcmeadbrewer.com !
SmokeLong Quarterly@smokelong.bsky.social · 6d agoIf you're participating in Promptember or you're in SmokeLong Fitness, this webinar/workshop with K.C. Mead-Brewer is on us! But even if you're not participating, you can still come! www.smokelong.com/product/trou...
If you're participating in Promptember or you're in SmokeLong Fitness, this webinar/workshop with K.C. Mead-Brewer is on us! But even if you're not participating, you can still come! www.smokelong.com/product/trou...
Troubling Tales: How to Coax Forth Any Story's Sinister Side - SmokeLong Quarterly
Join author K.C Mead-Brewer for a 90-minute workshop all about accentuating and celebrating the horror elements in your stories, no matter the genre. Be prepared for an evening with plenty of teeth in...
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Gillian O’Shaughnessy@gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social · 7d agoThe proudest moments of my writing life was having a story accepted by @smokelong.bsky.social and then being invited on to the team. I love working with these guys. It’s such a community. I’m so lucky. www.smokelong.com/meet-our-sub...
Check out my installment in @smokelong.bsky.social’s series introducing Submission Editors sharing insights from reading the queue. www.smokelong.com/meet-our-sub... #flashfiction #elissafield
Meet Our Submissions Editors - Elissa Field - SmokeLong Quarterly
Over the next few months, we’ll be introducing our submissions editors so that you, dear writers and readers, might have a clearer idea of who we are, who reads your work first at SmokeLong, and what ...
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"Do not ever doubt that we are here, reading the queue, cheering for you." Meet our submissions editors. This week, @elissafield.bsky.social Elissa Field. www.smokelong.com/meet-our-sub...
Meet Our Submissions Editors - Elissa Field - SmokeLong Quarterly
Over the next few months, we’ll be introducing our submissions editors so that you, dear writers and readers, might have a clearer idea of who we are, who reads your work first at SmokeLong, and what ...
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Come learn with me and Sara Burge and Adele Williams and Joel Coltharp. Contact me at mczyzniejewski@missouristate.edu if you have questions!
@kplumhoff.bsky.social is one of my favorite writers, and you can’t go wrong with anything of hers, but I’ve always thought this one at @smokelong.bsky.social was ruin your life good: www.smokelong.com/stories/good...
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...
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Final day to enter our 34th Award! £1460 in prizes Judge @jmgatford.bsky.social Double and triple entries reduced. Up to 300 words. Thankyou to all the last minuters! Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter
We've posted the Zoom links to the Promptember events in The Village, and we'll be sending out the invitation to join The Village to those of you who've booked. So many! We're excited. smokelong-quarterly.mn.co/posts/prompt...
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Andrea Damic@damicandrea.bsky.social · 2w agoThrilled to be included in the 10th-anniversary issue of Ghost Parachute. Thank you @brettpribble.bsky.social & @genevievetyrrell.bsky.social. 🙏 A gratitude is also owed to @smokelong.bsky.social MMM where this was born. Amazing workshop! #indiepress #writingcommunity #visualart #flashfiction
Please help us celebrate these publications reported to us in September by our previous and current workshop participants! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
The SmokeLong Workshop Celebration — September 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...
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"...how being in the world often feels to me." Nicola Caroli is our featured author this week. Read Ashley Jones' interview with the author at SmokeLong. www.smokelong.com/interviews/s...
Smoke Signals with Nicola Caroli - SmokeLong Quarterly
This is a very tightly controlled yet evocative story. Did you find it difficult to keep the word count so low, or does it come more easily to you? Actually, it comes easily to me as I’m primarily a p...
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We love our community of flash journals. If you want to learn more about flash journals and the flash community, follow @heyflashvillage.bsky.social and then click on the invitation link pinned to the account.
