Emma Smith-Stevens is the author of the novel The Australian (Dzanc, 2017). Her writing has appeared in BOMB Magazine, Literary Hub, Conjunctions, SmokeLong Quarterly, Subtropics, Wigleaf, Joyland, and elsewhere; and her essay “The Sun” is forthcoming in the anthology Not That Bad: Dispatches From Rape Culture (Ed. Roxane Gay, Harper Perennial). She’s had two stories included in Wigleaf‘s Top 50 (Very) Short Fictions and received a Special Mention in the 2016 Pushcart Prize anthology. Originally from New York City, she lives in New York and is fiction editor at The Mondegreen.
In September 2022 SmokeLong launched a workshop environment/community christened SmokeLong Fitness. This 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—one new writing task each week.