SmokeLong Quarterly

For almost two decades SmokeLong has supported emerging writers, initially through The Kathy Fish Fellowship, later renamed The SmokeLong Quarterly Emerging Writer Fellowship. As we have grown, we’ve decided to offer a program that will help not only one emerging writer each year but up to four. Are you excited about taking the next step with your writing?

Have you come to a place where you’re getting work published, but you could use a workshop/feedback experience to give your writing life more structure, more discipline? Maybe you write in isolation, and you’re sitting on a mountain of drafts that you’ve shared with no one? You crave community but haven’t figured out how to find the right people?

You can watch our latest SmokeLong fellows read their work HERE. And you can read what previous fellows have said about their experience with SmokeLong HERE. You can also find more interviews with previous fellows by searching “fellow interview” at SmokeLong.

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The SmokeLong Quarterly Emerging Writer Fellowship 2027 — January to June

As a SmokeLong Fellow you will read the SmokeLong submissions queue for six months with our team of 19 submissions editors, gaining valuable experience behind the scenes at one of the liveliest literary journals around. Reading submissions is the best way to learn what works and what doesn’t in any form.

You will also have free access to SmokeLong Fitness, the community workshop of SmokeLong Quarterly for six months. Active participation in this workshop is expected from SmokeLong fellows.

You will receive feedback on two drafts under 1000 words each month from the senior SmokeLong editors.

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Application Requirements

Applicants must be

• emerging, meaning writers who have not published a book-length work of fiction or non-fiction;
• passionate about the form and future of the flash narrative;
• eighteen years of age or older;
• willing to spend 5-7 hours a week reading submissions;
• committed to being a lively participant in SmokeLong Fitness, the community workshop of SmokeLong;
• excited about learning.

What we want to see:

• three examples of your writing (each under 1000 words). Please try to show us as much variety as possible.
• a statement of your commitment including your reasons for applying for this fellowship (300 words)

Ready to apply? Deadline December 15th, midnight NYC!

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