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jj peña

jj peña (pronouns he/they) is a queer, burrito-blooded writer. jj’s one of 92NY Discovery Contest winners (2023) & has won a few creative non-fiction flash/hybrid contests. jj’s work is included in the Best Microfiction 2020 anthology & Wigleaf’s Top 50 (Very) Short Fictions (2020). jj’s stories have appeared or are forthcoming in Washington Square Review, Cincinnati Review, Massachusetts Review, & elsewhere. jj serves as a flash fiction reader for SplitLip Magazine.

Stories in Smokelong Quarterly

Story: the sky did~~n’t~~ slip inside
Interview: Smoke & Mirrors with jj peña

Story: strangers breathe air into you
Interview: Smoke & Mirrors with jj peña

Story: in the belly of a whale
Interview: Smoke & Mirrors with jj peña

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The March Micro Marathon 25

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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.

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