Matt Semke exists in a world where the collective brilliance and beauty of the universe could be channeled directly through a granular being. Creating art in mass quantity is helpful in removing ego, greatly increasing the one’s odds of becoming that being. A prolific creator throughout many mediums, Semke has posted a new work of art to his website catswilleatyou.com every single day for the past six years (and counting). Semke is 31 years old but will be dead someday.
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The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest
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Previously published as well as previously unpublished work will be considered.