Jen Michalski is the author of the novels The Tide King (Black Lawrence Press, 2013; winner of the Big Moose Prize) and The Summer She Was Under Water (Queens Ferry Press, 2016); of two collections of fiction, Close Encounters (So New, 2007) and From Here (Aqueous Books, 2014), and a couplet of novellas Could You Be with Her now (Dzanc Books, 2013). She also edited the anthology City Sages: Baltimore in 2010. She is the founding editor of the literary quarterly jmww, hosts the monthly reading series Starts Here! in Baltimore, and interviews writers at The Nervous Breakdown.
The core workshop of SmokeLong Fitness is all in writing, so you can take part from anywhere at anytime. We are excited about creating a supportive, consistent and structured environment for flash writers to work on their craft in a community. We are thrilled and proud to say that our workshop participants have won, placed, or been listed in every major flash competition. Community works.