Joseph Scapellato was born in the suburbs of Chicago and earned his MFA in Fiction at New Mexico State University. He teaches English/Creative Writing as an adjunct professor at Susquehanna University and Bucknell University. His fiction appears/is forthcoming in The Collagist, Unsaid, Gulf Coast, Prick of the Spindle, Willows Wept Review, and Fringe.
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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.