Issue Eighty-Six

December 2024

From the Editor

I have so much to tell you. It’s been a crazy few months. The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest is in the bag, and we have the top six micros in this issue. Writing a memorable, fresh micro is hard. It’s an art. A burst, a spark. And we are in love. In March we are… Continue reading Issue Eighty-Six

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These Things We Not Saying Banchiwosen Woldeyesus(Read author interview)
People of Color Monologue Sam Mainz(Read author interview)
As a 90s Supermodel Priya Ele(Read author interview)
By the Way, Now That I Think of It, I Do Have One or Two Things I’d Like to Say to You Karen Kao(Read author interview)
strangers breathe air into you jj peña(Read author interview)
the sky did~~n’t~~ slip inside jj peña(Read author interview)
The Shell Georgie Morvis(Read author interview)
Obit Mitch James(Read author interview)
In War, Daughters Bury Their Fathers. Chidera Solomon Anikpe(Read author interview)
I See You Christine H. Chen(Read author interview)

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Previously published as well as previously unpublished work will be considered.

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