SmokeLong Quarterly

AWP 2026 - SLQ off site event YouTube video by SmokeLong Quarterly

We had a time! SmokeLong in Baltimore! youtu.be/iC3cCVSSAyQ?...

Thank you to everyone who came. What a joy that was. We'll have pictures soon!

Can't wait!

Grave - SmokeLong Quarterly content warning: sexual violence   listen honey gentle be gentle there will be time enough for us I promise I promise there is no need to rush no need to ask the planet to slow or halt for us there is...

Read and/or listen to "Grave" by CJ Scruton. It's an amazing experience. www.smokelong.com/stories/grave/

Tonight!!!!!! Come early!!!!! We'll be there around 4:30pm to eat, drink, and be merry before the reading. At Old Major!!!! Excited!!!

Yay!!!!

Smoke Signals with CJ Scruton - SmokeLong Quarterly Your essay features a powerful through line featuring things that are stuck or ensnared, including “a flood roaring underneath a sheet of ice,” “words … trapped in a snow globe,” and even a “ghost … t...

"I want the words do something, to feel like something. I want the words to require me to do something." -- CJ Scruton is our featured author this week. Read Joel Coltharp's interview with the author at SmokeLong. www.smokelong.com/interviews/s...

Yay!!!!!

Yay!!!! Can't wait!

Yay!!!!!!

Yay!!!!!

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...

SmokeLong Fitness — The Community Workshop - SmokeLong Quarterly In September 2022 SmokeLong launched a workshop environment/community christened SmokeLong Fitness. This community workshop is happening right now on our dedicated workshop site. If you choose to join...

It's sign-up time! We're letting new members in already for March. Come write with us! We bite.
www.smokelong.com/smokelong-fi...

Yay!!!!

This is going to be so fun! Come hang out!

Black and white dot image of handheld megaphone. Yellow background with cut out collage of definitions of the word "flash". Text: Offside Reading SmokeLong Quarterly, AWP 2026, 03.05, 6-8pm, Old Major, 900 S. Carey St, Baltimore. Reader list: Ani King, Beth Sherman, Christopher Allen, Daniel DiFranco, Elissa Field, Erin Vachon, Helen Rye, Melissa Llanes Brownlee, Michael Czyzniejewski, Pegah Ouji, Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar, Shareen Murayama, Shasta Grant, Sherrie Flick

Meet the SmokeLong Eds! Thursday March 5, 6-8pm, Old Major, free entry. Come early to get your drinks in and hang out. Can't wait to catch up. ❤️ #AWP

So true!

The March Micro Marathon 2026 - SmokeLong Quarterly 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 poetry in small groups and gather f...

PSA! It's sign-up time for SmokeLong Fitness to start March 1. And/or you can still sign up for The March Micro Marathon. It's a bit late, but if you can jump in quickly, come on!
Just 4 places left.
www.smokelong.com/the-march-mi...

We'd love to see you! We're getting there at around 4:30 to hang out, eat and drink before the reading, so even if you have obligations later, please stop by and say hello!

Smoke Signals with t.r. san - SmokeLong Quarterly I know you also write poetry. How does poetry influence your flash, and how does flash inform your poetry? I think most writers working with poetry and flash, or the intersection(s) sometimes occupied...

"...flash, much like poetry, gives us ample space for play..." t.r. san is our featured author this week. Read Kelly Pedro's interview with the author at SmokeLong. www.smokelong.com/interviews/s...

Black and white dot image of handheld megaphone. Yellow background with cut out collage of definitions of the word "flash". Text: Offside Reading SmokeLong Quarterly, AWP 2026, 03.05, 6-8pm, Old Major, 900 S. Carey St, Baltimore. Reader list: Ani King, Beth Sherman, Christopher Allen, Daniel DiFranco, Elissa Field, Erin Vachon, Helen Rye, Melissa Llanes Brownlee, Michael Czyzniejewski, Pegah Ouji, Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar, Shareen Murayama, Shasta Grant, Sherrie Flick

Meet the SmokeLong Eds! Thursday March 5, 6-8pm, Old Major, free entry. Come early to get your drinks in and hang out. Can't wait to catch up. ❤️ #AWP

Congratulations, Emily!

Yay!!!!! Fantastic news!

Boys - SmokeLong Quarterly So, you are a hamburger, aren’t you? So, you are a hamburger, aren’t you? So, you are a hamburger, aren’t you? So, you are a hamburger, aren’t you? – Aung Cheimt, “Hamburger Eater”, trans. Zeyar Lynn ...

Read "Boys" by t.r. san! www.smokelong.com/stories/boys/

Smoke Signals with t.r. san - SmokeLong Quarterly I know you also write poetry. How does poetry influence your flash, and how does flash inform your poetry? I think most writers working with poetry and flash, or the intersection(s) sometimes occupied...

"...flash, much like poetry, gives us ample space for play..." t.r. san is our featured author this week. Read Kelly Pedro'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 ...

We're reading for the 2026 SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction. Prize pot: $4700. Be sure to read the previous years' issues before you enter. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

SmokeLong Fitness Monthly Subscription Starter - SmokeLong Quarterly Are you thinking about signing up for SmokeLong Fitness but aren’t sure you can commit to an entire year (of lively, productive, supportive) workshopping? You can now pay for the first month through t...

It's sign-up time to start SmokeLong Fitness March 1st! www.smokelong.com/product/smok...

Yay!!!!!

Congratulations, Louise! 🎉❤️

Smoke Signals with Brandon McNeice - SmokeLong Quarterly I’ve always been fascinated by second-person stories. In “Slack,” the point of view character has few specific details which lets each reader project themselves into the story. Yet even a moment like ...

"The story eventually tells you what it needs." Brandon McNeice is our featured author this week. Read Brendan Stephens' interview with the author at SmokeLong. www.smokelong.com/interviews/s...