Stace Budzko holds an MFA in creative writing from Emerson College where he currently teaches composition and creative writing. In addition, he is the writer-in-residence at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. He was a finalist for the Raymond Carver Short Story Award as well as the 2006 Richard Yates’ Short Story Award and World’s Best Short-Short Story and has work forthcoming in Rose Metal Press’ Brevity and Echo and The Binnacle. At present, he is working on his first novel.
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The March Micro Marathon 25
We’re doing it again! We’re homing in on the micro: 100-word, 250-word, and 400-word stories. In March 2025 SmokeLong is hosting The March Micro Marathon, a 24-day workshop with a new writing task each day, peer review in small groups, 3 webinars, a reading and interview with Michelle Ross and the editors of 100 Word Story, and 3 competitions with cash prizes.