Melanie Rae Thon’s fiction has been translated into French, Italian, German, Spanish, Croatian, Finnish, and Farsi. Her most recent work appears in the O. Henry Prize Stories 2006, Pushcart Prize XXX, and the literary journals Agni, Five Points, and Antioch Review. Before coming to Utah in 2000, she taught literature and writing at Emerson College, Boston University, University of Massachusetts, Syracuse University, and Ohio State University. She teaches fiction at the University of Utah.
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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.