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The 2020 SmokeLong Nominations for The Best Small Fictions!

December 22, 2019

Congratulations to the SmokeLong nominees for The Best Small Fictions 2020! We are so proud of all the stories we publish. We wish we could nominate them all. The decision is always beyond hard.

“Flyover” by Jen Julian

“Panda Breeder” by Tang Fei, translated by Tony Huang

“From Your Jerry” by Kevin Sterne

“Friday Night at Debra Jo’s Phone Sex Emporium” by Amy Rossi

“Mortality Event” by Hadiyyah Kuma

We’re crossing our fingers for you all. All of these stories do something amazing with the word count.

The SmokeLong Team

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Previously published as well as previously unpublished work will be considered.