The Village with All of the Flash Writers
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The village with all of the flash writers
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Are you in need of a village? We are The Village with All of The Flash Writers. And here's the invitation link:
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The results of this year's SmokeLong Workshop Prize are finally here! We have 11 wonderful finalists. And (drumroll):
Third Prize winner: @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social
Second Prize: @travisflatt.bsky.social
First Prize: @katehorsleywriter.bsky.social ⭐
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Third Prize winner: @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social
Second Prize: @travisflatt.bsky.social
First Prize: @katehorsleywriter.bsky.social ⭐
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The SmokeLong Workshop Prize — Finalists and Winners! - SmokeLong Quarterly
We’re behind. We know! The problem with The SmokeLong Workshop Prize competition is that the stories are all good. Choosing winners is like choosing a favorite child. This is famously bad parenting. B...
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February 5, 2026 at 4:27 PM
The results of this year's SmokeLong Workshop Prize are finally here! We have 11 wonderful finalists. And (drumroll):
Third Prize winner: @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social
Second Prize: @travisflatt.bsky.social
First Prize: @katehorsleywriter.bsky.social ⭐
www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
Third Prize winner: @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social
Second Prize: @travisflatt.bsky.social
First Prize: @katehorsleywriter.bsky.social ⭐
www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
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Are you in need of a village? We are The Village with All of The Flash Writers. And here's the invitation link:
smokelong-quarterly.mn.co/plans/191340...
smokelong-quarterly.mn.co/plans/191340...
The Village
The village with all of the flash writers
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January 8, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Are you in need of a village? We are The Village with All of The Flash Writers. And here's the invitation link:
smokelong-quarterly.mn.co/plans/191340...
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Our featured collection in Feb/March is @tcboudreau.bsky.social Timothy Boudreau's Love You, Miss You, Goodbye Forever! Read more in The Village. Thank you to Stanchion for giving the Villagers and SmokeLong Fitness participants a discount. That's cool. smokelong-quarterly.mn.co/posts/march-...
February 5, 2026 at 6:37 AM
Our featured collection in Feb/March is @tcboudreau.bsky.social Timothy Boudreau's Love You, Miss You, Goodbye Forever! Read more in The Village. Thank you to Stanchion for giving the Villagers and SmokeLong Fitness participants a discount. That's cool. smokelong-quarterly.mn.co/posts/march-...
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Just popping in for a quick reminder that our submission portal is open to new, unpublished flash 500-1,000 words. Please visit our Submittable page for more info! Happy Writing!!
#writingcommunity #amwriting #literary #fantasy #horror #sciencefiction
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#writingcommunity #amwriting #literary #fantasy #horror #sciencefiction
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Flash Fiction Online Submission Manager
Update 2/1/2026: We are OPEN to general submissionsOur first call for general submissions has opened, and will remain open until we reach 1,000 submissions.Our first themed call is for speculative fic...
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February 2, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Just popping in for a quick reminder that our submission portal is open to new, unpublished flash 500-1,000 words. Please visit our Submittable page for more info! Happy Writing!!
#writingcommunity #amwriting #literary #fantasy #horror #sciencefiction
ffo.submittable.com/submit
#writingcommunity #amwriting #literary #fantasy #horror #sciencefiction
ffo.submittable.com/submit
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In these troubling times, it feels meaningful to be able to harness the AWP community to support the local Baltimore literary community. Join us! Support CHARM! And enjoy these incredible readings!
PLEASE RSVP as space is limited! Thank you! splitlipthemag.com/lip-service/...
PLEASE RSVP as space is limited! Thank you! splitlipthemag.com/lip-service/...
February 2, 2026 at 3:09 PM
In these troubling times, it feels meaningful to be able to harness the AWP community to support the local Baltimore literary community. Join us! Support CHARM! And enjoy these incredible readings!
PLEASE RSVP as space is limited! Thank you! splitlipthemag.com/lip-service/...
PLEASE RSVP as space is limited! Thank you! splitlipthemag.com/lip-service/...
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February 2, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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A new batch of flash to stumble upon. Check out Issue 16.4. #flashfiction
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Volume 16, Issue 4
The Built Ones Burn Last by David Jordan Rain on Chichén Itzá by Emma Wenger The Mother Made of Wax at Dawn by Meredith A. Bak
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February 2, 2026 at 6:09 PM
A new batch of flash to stumble upon. Check out Issue 16.4. #flashfiction
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Claret Press (Fiction Nonfiction; Open, General, Act-Adv; pays) opened to submissions https://duotrope.com... #amwriting
Re-opening: Claret Press
Claret Press (Fiction Nonfiction; Open, General, Act-Adv; pays) opened to submissions https://duotrope.com/publisher/claret-press-25174 #amwriting
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February 2, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Claret Press (Fiction Nonfiction; Open, General, Act-Adv; pays) opened to submissions https://duotrope.com... #amwriting
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The final interview in our series is with microfiction judge Emily Devane @devaneemily.bsky.social Emily talks about desert islands, her favourite book & offers advice to new flash writers: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/ne...
Subs up to 100 words open till 15 Feb!
Subs up to 100 words open till 15 Feb!
February 2, 2026 at 10:09 AM
The final interview in our series is with microfiction judge Emily Devane @devaneemily.bsky.social Emily talks about desert islands, her favourite book & offers advice to new flash writers: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/ne...
Subs up to 100 words open till 15 Feb!
Subs up to 100 words open till 15 Feb!
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So much greatness in this issue! Including a review of ALL THE DEAD WE HAVE YET TO BURY. Including stories by @thedrevlow.bsky.social @fionamckay.bsky.social @sudhab.bsky.social and a review of @mynachang.bsky.social's book!!!!
East Coast midnight on the first Monday of the month. . . 🥁. . . Its time for Claudine!! 🐈⬛
Please enjoy our February Issue!!!! 🔥
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Please enjoy our February Issue!!!! 🔥
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Claudine: A Literary Magazine
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February 2, 2026 at 3:14 PM
So much greatness in this issue! Including a review of ALL THE DEAD WE HAVE YET TO BURY. Including stories by @thedrevlow.bsky.social @fionamckay.bsky.social @sudhab.bsky.social and a review of @mynachang.bsky.social's book!!!!
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We Love Short Shorts Contest for Flash Creative Nonfiction (Nonfiction; pays) opened to fee-based nonfiction submissions. https://duotrope.com... #amwriting
Re-opening: We Love Short Shorts Contest for Flash Creative Nonfiction
We Love Short Shorts Contest for Flash Creative Nonfiction (Nonfiction; pays) opened to fee-based nonfiction submissions. https://duotrope.com/contest/we-love-short-shorts-contest-flash-cnf-38387 #amwriting
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February 2, 2026 at 10:59 PM
We Love Short Shorts Contest for Flash Creative Nonfiction (Nonfiction; pays) opened to fee-based nonfiction submissions. https://duotrope.com... #amwriting
February 3, 2026 at 3:46 AM
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We're excited to announce our readers for the Split Lip Magazine & Friends Benefit for CHARM at AWP! 🎉 😁 Have you marked your calendar yet? Details & RSVP link here: buff.ly/AiaUbPG
February 2, 2026 at 2:45 PM
We're excited to announce our readers for the Split Lip Magazine & Friends Benefit for CHARM at AWP! 🎉 😁 Have you marked your calendar yet? Details & RSVP link here: buff.ly/AiaUbPG
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Two Thirty West alumni are part of this. You going?
We're excited to announce our readers for the Split Lip Magazine & Friends Benefit for CHARM at AWP! 🎉 😁 Have you marked your calendar yet? Details & RSVP link here: buff.ly/AiaUbPG
February 3, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Two Thirty West alumni are part of this. You going?
SmokeLong's March Micro Marathon! Book by Feb 20th! youtu.be/HPLSk1kPSu4
March Micro Marathon 2026 - clip 1
YouTube video by SmokeLong Quarterly
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February 3, 2026 at 3:39 AM
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And we're off! Reading has officially begun for The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction 2026! Grand prize $2500! Total prize pot almost $5000! We can't wait to read your work! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
February 1, 2026 at 5:22 AM
And we're off! Reading has officially begun for The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction 2026! Grand prize $2500! Total prize pot almost $5000! We can't wait to read your work! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
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I have submitted to the Blue Frog twice now. The first time was a rejection and the second, I made the finals. Both times, I waited until the last half of the last day. And here we are...the last half of the last day. Time to feed the frog! (I'm really trying to get that to catch on...)
🚨‼️💙🐸 LAST DAY ‼️🚨💙🐸
The Blue Frog closes tonight @ 11:59pm PST
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The Blue Frog closes tonight @ 11:59pm PST
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January 31, 2026 at 8:40 PM
I have submitted to the Blue Frog twice now. The first time was a rejection and the second, I made the finals. Both times, I waited until the last half of the last day. And here we are...the last half of the last day. Time to feed the frog! (I'm really trying to get that to catch on...)
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Still time to guess the colour of the Last minute badge today & win an anthology. And still time to enter a story of up to 300 words before the deadline of our 32nd Award tomorrow 1st Feb at midnight GMT
Bathflashfictionaward.com:enter
Bathflashfictionaward.com:enter
a drawing of a clock with the word now at the center
ALT: a drawing of a clock with the word now at the center
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January 31, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Still time to guess the colour of the Last minute badge today & win an anthology. And still time to enter a story of up to 300 words before the deadline of our 32nd Award tomorrow 1st Feb at midnight GMT
Bathflashfictionaward.com:enter
Bathflashfictionaward.com:enter
Today and tomorrow to enter our first £1460 prize fund award of 2026. Today’s the day you can guess the colour of The Last Minute Club badge which entrants tomorrow receive. Reply here with guesses & read all about it in Jude’s post www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/01/everybody-loves-a-badge/
Everybody loves a badge
It’s the final day of our 32nd £1460 prize fund Award tomorrow, Sunday 1st February at midnight GMT. In case you didn’t know, we issue Last Minute Club badges to everyone entering on th…
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January 31, 2026 at 11:15 AM
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Request an invitation here, or email us. Jan 31st. 9pm NYC. www.smokelong.com/reading-inte...
Reading/Interview with Patricia Q. Bidar - SmokeLong Quarterly
We’re going to be hosting a reading and interview with Patricia Q. Bidar on January 31st at 9pm NYC. We hope you’ll come and help us celebrate the publication of Patricia’s debut short fiction collect...
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January 30, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Request an invitation here, or email us. Jan 31st. 9pm NYC. www.smokelong.com/reading-inte...
Coming this Monday, humans! 🐈⬛🔥🐈⬛
@sudhab.bsky.social @thedrevlow.bsky.social @fionamckay.bsky.social @marioaliberto3.bsky.social @mynachang.bsky.social
@sudhab.bsky.social @thedrevlow.bsky.social @fionamckay.bsky.social @marioaliberto3.bsky.social @mynachang.bsky.social
January 31, 2026 at 5:16 AM
Last day to jump in alert! If you want to start writing with the SmokeLong Fitness community in February, today is the last day to join the workshop. We're already onboarding new members... www.smokelong.com/smokelong-fi...
SmokeLong Fitness — The Community Workshop - SmokeLong Quarterly
In September 2022 SmokeLong launched a workshop environment/community christened SmokeLong Fitness. This community workshop is happening right now on our dedicated workshop site. If you choose to join...
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January 31, 2026 at 5:08 AM
Request an invitation here, or email us. Jan 31st. 9pm NYC. www.smokelong.com/reading-inte...
Reading/Interview with Patricia Q. Bidar - SmokeLong Quarterly
We’re going to be hosting a reading and interview with Patricia Q. Bidar on January 31st at 9pm NYC. We hope you’ll come and help us celebrate the publication of Patricia’s debut short fiction collect...
www.smokelong.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:32 AM
Free micro submissions at The Offing, open until March 1, 10 to 560 character (not word) micros:
@heyflashvillage.bsky.social
#LitMags #WritingCommunity
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@heyflashvillage.bsky.social
#LitMags #WritingCommunity
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The Offing Submission Manager
Thanks so much for your interest, and we look forward to reading your work. Please be familiar with the magazine and our mission before you submit.For 2026, there will be no submission fees thanks to ...
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January 30, 2026 at 3:40 AM