Issue One – BluntLong Quarterly
April 2025
From the Editor
Our inaugural issue of BluntLong Quarterly is finally here. Is it late? Is anything really late if it’s here? And what is here? As you know, SmokeLong has enjoyed a rad rep over the last 22 years for publishing killer narratives, all under 1000 words. Apparently, we’ve been “a little bitch” about the word count… Continue reading Issue One – BluntLong Quarterly
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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Previously published as well as previously unpublished work will be considered.