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Jo Gatford

Jo Gatford is a short writer who writes (mostly) short things. Her work has been published widely and was selected for Best Small Fictions and Best Microfictions 2024. Sometimes it even wins stuff. She edits other people’s words for her supper and writes about writing at The Joy of Fixion. Read her work at www.jogatford.com and find her on various socials @jmgatford

Stories in Smokelong Quarterly

Story: Next of Kin
Interview: Smoke and Mirrors with Jo Gatford

Story: Lacrimosa
Interview: Smoking With Jo Gatford

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Previously published as well as previously unpublished work will be considered.

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