David Ryan ’s work is forthcoming in The Southhampton Review and DIAGRAM, and has recently appeared in The Kenyon Review, Conjunctions, Bellevue Literary Journal, and Epiphany. He’s the author of the story collection Animals in Motion (Roundabout Press) and a hybrid memoir/literary criticism Malcolm Lowry’s Under the Volcano: Bookmarked. He teaches in the writing programs of Sarah Lawrence College and New England College.
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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.