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David Hansen

David Hansen’s stories have appeared most recently in South Carolina Review, Chicago Review, Puerto del Sol, Necessary Fiction, Fairy Tale Review, and Conjunctions. In 2019, his story “Hell” was a finalist for the Shirley Jackson Prize. He has a master’s from Washington University in St. Louis, and now he teaches fiction at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York.

Stories in Smokelong Quarterly

Story: A Feast in My Honor
Interview: Smoke and Mirrors with David Hansen

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Previously published as well as previously unpublished work will be considered.

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