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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In September 2022 SmokeLong launched a workshop environment/community christened SmokeLong Fitness. This community workshop is happening right now on our dedicated workshop site. If you choose to join us, you will work in a small group of around 15-20 participants to give and receive feedback on flash narratives—one new writing task each week.