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SmokeLong Quarterly

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In 2018, SmokeLong took the step to start paying writers for their work. We cautiously began with $25. We now pay writers $100 per narrative. In the meantime, we have also begun paying editors. When you purchase senior editor feedback, you’ll pay less than what we pay the editors because we are big fans of win-win situations. We also pay reviewers when they’ll take the money. And we sponsor The SmokeLong Workshop Prize, a free-to-enter competition for previous participants of SmokeLong workshops who’ve published their workshop stories. Despite the rumors, we do not have a yacht.

If you would like to send a little money our way, we promise to use it prudently.

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Your donation helps writers, editors, reviewers, workshop leaders, and artists get paid for their work. If you’re enjoying what you read here, please consider donating to SmokeLong Quarterly today. We also give a portion of what we earn to the organizations on our "We Support" page.

The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest

Deadline November 15th!

The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest (The Mikey) is now an annual competition celebrating and compensating the best micro fiction and nonfiction online.

The grand prize winner of The Mikey is automatically nominated for Best Small Fictions and any other prize we deem appropriate. In addition, we will pay the grand prize winner $1000. Second place: $500. Third place $300. Finalists: $100. All finalists and placers will be published in the December ’25 issue of SmokeLong.

Previously published as well as previously unpublished work will be considered.

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If you want to be on our workshop mailing list, contact us at editor@smokelong.com.

We are dedicated to bringing the best flash narratives to the web quarterly, whether written by widely published authors or those new to the craft.

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