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Paul Asta

art by Ashley Inguanta

Paul Asta was born in South Korea and raised in the Chicago suburbs. He is a founding member of Frontier Slumber, and edits poetry for Hobart. You can find more at www.paulasta.com.

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Notes as Guest Reader/Editor in Smokelong Quarterly

Notes: A Smooth, Shallow Cut

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Previously published as well as previously unpublished work will be considered.