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AJ O’Reilly

AJ O’Reilly (they/them) is a nonbinary writer, performer, and walk-taker living in Portland, OR. Recently nominated for Best of the Net, their recent short nonfiction appears or is forthcoming in HAD, Alocasia, Door Is A Jar, and Six Sentences. Right now — like really right now, no matter what time it is where you are reading this — they are listening to The Mountain Goats. Find them on Instagram @your.human.writes.

Stories in Smokelong Quarterly

Story: Code of the Mosh Pit
Interview: Smoke Signals with AJ O’Reilly

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Previously published as well as previously unpublished work will be considered.

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