H.M. Cotton is a graduate student at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She works on staff with the Birmingham Poetry Review and is the poetry editor for PoemMemoirStory. She is on staff with UAB’s English Department and hopes to one day write/illustrate children’s books.
Story:
Grains and Names
Interview: Smoke and Mirrors: An Interview with H.M. Cotton
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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.