Originally from Long Island, Michelle Orabona is an MFA candidate at George Mason University in Virginia. She was the recipient of the 2017 Mary Roberts Rinehart Fiction Award and her work has appeared in dogzplot, Eunoia Review, The Journal of Hermeneutic Chaos, and others. Michelle is the assistant fiction editor for phoebe, the fiction editor at hellscape press, and the editor-in-chief of Double Dessert Press. She likes ponies, hates clowns, and thinks life would not be worth living without peanut butter.
Stories in Smokelong Quarterly
Story:
The Loneliness of the Siberian Chipmunk
Interview: Smoke & Mirrors: An Interview with Michelle Orabona
The core workshop of SmokeLong Fitness is all in writing, so you can take part from anywhere at anytime. We are excited about creating a supportive, consistent and structured environment for flash writers to work on their craft in a community. We are thrilled and proud to say that our workshop participants have won, placed, or been listed in every major flash competition. Community works.