From June 4 to August 27 2023, SmokeLong is hosting the superworkshop, A SmokeLong Summer, for the second year. We want to spend the summer with you, the flash community. Our workshops take place on a devoted website where you can create a profile, interact with the flash community, and take part in group written discussions on craft, but A SmokeLong Summer is much more.
- Three writing tasks each week (June 5-Aug 20)
- Peer critique in small groups of 10-15 participants (remixed each fortnight)
- Regular Flash Parties (Zoom) for various time zones
- Author Readings (Zoom) — Denne Michele Norris, Carmen Maria Machado, K-Ming Chang, and Michelle Ross!
- Panel Discussions (Zoom)
- Competitions with large cash prizes (open only to workshop participants)
- Discounts on intensives with star workshop leaders in the fall
- On top of all this, we’ll also be publishing a special “A SmokeLong Summer 23” issue of SmokeLong Quarterly with the best stories of the summer!
View the Events Calendar of A SmokeLong Summer 2023!
A SmokeLong Summer has already begun, but If you book SmokeLong Fitness for the year between now and August 1, you can jump into A SmokeLong Summer with the August modules/events at no extra charge.
The core workshop of SmokeLong Fitness is all in writing, so you can take part from anywhere at anytime. We are excited about creating a supportive, consistent and structured environment for flash writers to work on their craft in a community. We are thrilled and proud to say that our workshop participants have won, placed, or been listed in every major flash competition. Community works.