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Alex V. Cruz

Alex V. Cruz es el primer escritor dominicano en asistir a Clarion West 2022 donde descubrió su pasión por el realismo mágico y su cultura dominicana. Alex asistió al taller de Tin House: Young Adult y es graduado de la Universidad de Columbia en la ciudad de Nueva York. Su más reciente cuento, “Marisol and the Gallina Dichosa,” puede ser encontrado en Quislaona: A Dominican Fantasy Anthology. @avcruzwriter

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Previously published as well as previously unpublished work will be considered.

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