Amy Cipolla Barnes is the author of three collections: Mother Figures, Ambrotypes, and Child Craft. She has words at The Rumpus, The New Territory Mag, In Short, Literary Namjooning, MER Literary, Linton Press, The Citron Review, SmokeLong Quarterly, Spartan Lit, JMWW Journal, No Contact Mag, Paragraph Planet, Complete Sentence, Gone Lawn, Trampset, The Bureau Dispatch, Stanchion, X-R-A-Y Lit, McSweeney’s, -ette review, Reckon Review, Cease, Cows, and many other sites. Her writing was included in Best Microfiction 2025, Best Small Fictions 2022, and longlisted for the Wigleaf Top50 in 2021 through 2025. She’s a Fractured Lit associate editor, Gone Lawn co-editor, Narratively Chief Submissions Reader, reads for The MacGuffin, and an instructor for the Narratively Academy and Writing Workshops.
Stories in Smokelong Quarterly
Story:
Drowning on Main Street
Interview: Smoke & Mirrors with
Amy Cipolla Barnes
Story:
My mother is an abandoned Kmart
Interview: Smoke & Mirrors
with Amy Cipolla Barnes
Interviewer in Smokelong Quarterly
Interview: Smoke Signals with L.A. Strycker
Interview: Smoke Signals with Valerie Fox
Interview:
Smoke & Mirrors with
Dana Brewer Harris
Interview: Smoke & Mirrors with Lindy Biller
Interview:
Smoke & Mirrors with
Katie Coleman
Interview: Smoke & Mirrors with Melissa Llanes Brownlee
Interview: Smoke & Mirrors with Natalie Warther
Interview: Smoke and Mirrors with Grace Q. Song
Interview: Smoke & Mirrors with Sudha Balagopal
Interview: Smoke & Mirrors with Sara Hills
In September 2022 SmokeLong launched a workshop environment/community christened SmokeLong Fitness. This acclaimed community workshop is happening right now on our dedicated workshop site. If you choose to join us, you will work in a small group of around 15-20 participants to give and receive feedback on flash narratives.