Jay Merill is the winner of the Salt Short Story Prize with her story “As Birds Fly,” which is now included in the Salt Anthology of New Writing, 2013. Her two recent short story collections, (both Salt), were nominated for the Frank O’Connor Award. Jay has an award from the Arts Council England and is writer in residence at Women in Publishing.
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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.