With A SmokeLong Summer 24 taking every brain cell we’ve had over that last couple of months, we’ve just now had the chance to catch up with the landslide of publications by SmokeLong workshop participants. Usually, we’d do a video (you can watch previous Celebration videos on our YouTube channel); but now there are just too many for a video. For May-July we’ve listed the publications reported to us below with links, which is in some ways better. Reading through the publications below is also a great way to get an impression of journals publishing flash.
We are so proud of everyone in our workshops. More than 50 publications since May! And these are just the people who took the time to let us know. Remember that if you participate in a SmokeLong workshop and subsequently get something published you started in that workshop, you are eligible to enter The SmokeLong Workshop Prize (on our Submittable page)–and you might just win $500. That’s some sweet cherry gravy* on top! So please do let us know about your successes (always once the narrative has been published). We are rooting for you.
The following list is comprised of narratives that began in a SmokeLong Workshop, were subsequently published, and were reported to us between May and July 2024. Please browse the titles below and click on a few that invite you in. They are in chronological order starting with May.
“How Do Crows Say I Love You” by Beth Sherman
“Such Good Care” by Ani King
“Don’t fall in love with a twink who winks and introduces himself as Sisyphus” by Ani King
“Altitude” by Beth Sherman
“Good Morning, Max” by Beth Sherman
“The Day the Bank isn’t Robbed” by Laura Nagle
“Story Hour” by Laura Nagle
“Proof” by Beth Sherman
“When Bebe and Kumar Met Halloween Night at the Lizard Lounge in Vegas” Kathryn Silver-Hajo
“Caught in a Trap” by Sarah Holloway
“Lost & Found” by Farriz Mashudi
“Supernova” by Raymond Brash
“Radium Girls” by Kathryn Silver-Hajo
“Claw” by Kim Magowan
“Angel in the Medifold” by Paul Rousseau
“Children of the Banyan” by Kathryn Silver-Hajo
“Opportunistic Feeders” by Shira Musicant
“The Bird Lady in the Attic Stitches Robins Together by Moonlight” by Beth Sherman
“Lilac Time” by Beth Sherman
“Targeted” by Patience Mackarness
“BE UR BOYFRIEND??” by Ani King
“Yellow Straw, Red Straw” by Kathryn Aldridge-Morris
“Postcards from Snowdonia” by Patience Mackarness
“Mom’s new boyfriend is a liver fluke” by Cole Beauchamp
“Today it hasn’t happened yet” by Cole Beauchamp
“The Publix Cashier that We Hate” by Ly Faulk
“Still Life with Wild Turkey” by Beth Sherman
“Two Truths and a Lie” by Nora Nadjarian
“What a Seventeen-Year-Old Aspiring Artist Packs After the Ban” by Kathryn Silver-Hajo
“Kitchen Dancing” by Ani King
“A Small Death” by Heidi Kasa
“A Sky Full of Clouds” by Nora Wagner
“The Ugliest Places in America” by Jess Golden
“Horchata for My Homesick Wife” by Jess Golden
“Swiftly, Swiftly Over Ice” by Linda Bayley
“Shelter” by Linda Bayley
“Still me, with Cameron Diaz’s Face” by Cole Beauchamp
“Almost Sisters” by Kathryn Silver-Hajo
“How to Write a Story on Skin” by Ann Yuan
“Rearview” by Rachel Laverdiere
“Melons” by Rachel Laverdiere
“Disturbances” by Rachel Laverdiere
“Fourteen to Twenty-Nine” by Dawn Miller
“Ruins” by Beth Sherman
“Only You Can Prevent Wildfires” by Beth Sherman
“How to Bury a Word” by Beth Sherman
“It’s not my fault Riley Kajowski doesn’t like me anymore” by Beth Sherman
“Gretel and Me” by Beth Sherman
“How to Turn Bird” by Beth Sherman
*Sounds gross but I’d bet it would be yum.
