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Denise Howard Long

Denise Howard Long’s short fiction has appeared in Pithead Chapel, Journal of the Compressed Creative Arts, The Tishman Review, The Evansville Review, and elsewhere. Her short story “Recuerdos Olvidados” was runner-up for the Larry Brown Short Story Award, and her story “Where It’s Buried” won Five on the Fifth’s Annual Short Story Contest in 2016. Denise lives in Nebraska, with her husband and two young sons.

Stories in Smokelong Quarterly

Story: A Smooth, Shallow Cut
Interview: Smoke and Mirrors: An Interview with Denise Howard Long

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Previously published as well as previously unpublished work will be considered.

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