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Steven J. McDermott

Steven J. McDermott is the editor of Storyglossia. Among the journals his stories have appeared in are Aethlon: The Journal of Sports Literature, Anthology, Carve, Passages North, Red Wheelbarrow, The Rockford Review, Scarecrow, Timbercreek Review, Westview, and The Angler. His story “Oxygen” received Honorable Mention in the Passages North 2002 Wassmode Fiction Contest. His stories have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, and “Blue Jeans and Black Leather” was produced as a short film and shown at several film festivals.

Stories in Smokelong Quarterly

Story: Tough Act

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Previously published as well as previously unpublished work will be considered.

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