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Sara Hills

Sara Hills is the author of The Evolution of Birds (Ad Hoc Fiction, 2021), winner of the 2022 Saboteur Award for best story collection. Her flash-length stories have been taught internationally in schools and workshops as well as widely published in anthologies and journals, including The Best Small Fictions, SmokeLong Quarterly, Bath Flash Fiction Award, Fractured Lit, Cease Cows, Flash Frog, New Flash Fiction Review, Fictive Dream, and elsewhere. Originally from the Sonoran Desert, Sara lives in Warwickshire, UK. Find her online at sarahillswrites.com.

Stories in Smokelong Quarterly

Story: Zombie Duck
Interview: Smoke Signals with Sara Hills

Story: Hey Lisa I Hope You Like
Interview: Smoke & Mirrors with Sara Hills

Story: Hurt Me
Interview: Smoke & Mirrors with Sara Hills

Story: Lions in the Amazon
Interview: Smoke & Mirrors with Sara Hills

Interviewer in Smokelong Quarterly

Interview: Smoke & Mirrors with Emily Devane

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Previously published as well as previously unpublished work will be considered.

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