Janika Oza is a writer based in Toronto. She was the winner of the 2019 Malahat Review Open Season Award in Fiction for her short story, “Exile”, and was longlisted for the 2019 CBC Short Story Prize. She has received fellowships from VONA, Tin House, and One Story. Her writing is published or forthcoming in Guernica, The Best Small Fictions 2019 Anthology, The Columbia Review, Into The Void, and SmokeLong Quarterly, among others. She is currently at work on a novel. Find her at www.janikaoza.com.
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.