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SmokeLong Quarterly

SmokeLong Quarterly has been dedicated to publishing the best flash narratives since 2003.

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Issue Eighty-Nine

September 2025

From the Editor

I have so much to tell you. We have a banger of an issue to share with you. As usual “we” are a village that spans the global flash community—so many dedicated, talented writers, editors, interviewers, reviewers, readers, and artists. Producing an issue of SmokeLong always relies on the efforts of around 60 people. As… Continue reading New Front (continue reading)

Smokelong Quarterly Issue Eighty-Nine

The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest

Deadline November 15th!

The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest (The Mikey) is now an annual competition celebrating and compensating the best micro fiction and nonfiction online.

The grand prize winner of The Mikey is automatically nominated for Best Small Fictions and any other prize we deem appropriate. In addition, we will pay the grand prize winner $1000. Second place: $500. Third place $300. Finalists: $100. All finalists and placers will be published in the December ’25 issue of SmokeLong.

Previously published as well as previously unpublished work will be considered.

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Promptember Nov 8-Dec 14!

Join the SmokeLong workshop community for a mysterious month between November and December that we’ve christened Promptember! We’ll be meeting several times a week online with write-in and open mic events at various times to suit participants around this spinning globe. And the wonderful thing about Promptember is that it’s free. All of the live… Continue reading Promptember Nov 8-Dec 14!

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SmokeLong en Español — Número Cuatro

Es nuestra primera edición del año y estamos súper contentos de compartir con ustedes cuatro historias que nos ofrecen perspectivas únicas sobre la vida, la salud mental, el desarraigo, la frontera e incluso qué pasa después de la muerte. Agradecemos a los autores que nos enviaron cuentos y nos confiaron sus palabras: ustedes hacen posible… Continue reading SmokeLong en Español — Número Cuatro

Featuring stories by: Paul BritoDidier Andrés CastroMatías da CostaIliana Pichardo Urrutia

Vaibhavi Kerkar

Vaibhavi Kerkar (she/her) is a writer from the Goa, India. She is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree at St. Xaviers College, Goa. Her work has previously appeared in Invisible City Literary Journal. Find her on Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/vaibhavi_kerkar_/ (@vaibhavi_kerkar_).

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