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The SmokeLong Emerging Writer Fellowship 2025

September 29, 2024

For over a decade SmokeLong has supported emerging writers through The Kathy Fish Fellowship, later renamed The SmokeLong Emerging Writer Fellowship. As we have grown, we’ve decided to offer a program that will help not only one emerging writer per year but up to four. Are you excited about taking the next step with your writing? Read what our most recent SmokeLong Fellows, Pegah Ouji, Kelly Pedro, Dawn Miller, and Chey Dugan have said about their time with SmokeLong.

The SmokeLong Emerging Writer Fellowship 2025 — January to June

As a SmokeLong Fellow you will read the SmokeLong submissions queue for six months with our team of 17 submissions editors, gaining valuable experience behind the scenes at a lively literary journal. Reading submissions is the best way to learn what works and what doesn’t in any form.

You will also have free access to SmokeLong Fitness–the Community Workshop of SmokeLong Quarterly for six months. Active participation in this workshop is expected from SmokeLong Fellows.

You will receive feedback on two drafts under 1000 words each month from at least one senior SmokeLong editor.

Apply for the fellowship here! 

Application Requirements

Applicants must be

  • emerging writers, meaning writers who have not published a book-length work of fiction or non-fiction;
  • passionate about the form and future of the flash narrative;
  • eighteen years of age or older;
  • willing to spend 5-7 hours a week reading submissions;
  • committed to being a lively participant in SmokeLong Fitness, the community workshop of SmokeLong;
  • excited about learning.

What we want to see:

  • two examples of your writing (each under 1000 words)
  • a statement of your commitment including your reasons for applying for this fellowship

Ready to apply? Deadline December 15th, midnight NYC! Our new SmokeLong Emerging Writer Fellows will be announced on December 26th.

Apply for the fellowship here! 

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SmokeLong Fitness--The Community Workshop

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Included in the price of SmokeLong Fitness:

The Community Workshop in small groups
One live Zoom webinar each month with killer workshop leaders (recorded for participants unable to attend).
One open-mic party each month (or other live Zoom events)
Discounts on intensive workshops
Discounts on senior editor feedback
Surprises (good ones)