At the end of A SmokeLong Summer 25, the participants will have the opportunity to enter all five of the summer competitions. Each participant may enter each competition once. These competitions—for the novella-in-flash/memoir-in-flash, novel excerpt, narrative poetry, flash fiction, and flash CNF—are open only to participants of A SmokeLong Summer 25. Individual guidelines will be published in the workshop in June. In general, all work must have been workshopped in A SmokeLong Summer 25.
For more information about A SmokeLong Summer, go HERE.
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The Competitions
Novella-in-Flash Prize
A range of mentoring and coaching options from Michael Loveday including the follow:
- 6x 60-minutes monthly coaching sessions.
or - 90-minute Zoom meeting (+audio recording) + reading 9,500 words of novella-in-flash manuscript + 1-page bullet point summary appraisal
or - 3. 2-hr Zoom meeting (+audio recording) + reading 7,000 words of NIF manuscript + 3-page manuscript appraisal.
Value: $400
Novel Excerpt Prize
A developmental manuscript consultation from Shasta Grant of the first 50 pages
Value: $400
Narrative Poetry Prize
$200 + publication in the September issue of SmokeLong Quarterly
Flash Fiction
$200 + publication in the September issue of SmokeLong Quarterly
Flash CNF/Essay
$200 + publication in the September issue of SmokeLong Quarterly
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.