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 automatical...

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...

Courtesy of Unsplash+ And the Winners Are!!! Peg Mokrass and I enjoyed reading the submissions for Gooseberry Pie’s first writing contest in celebration of National Gooseberry Month. And with over nin...

An engaging and surprising retelling of Little Red Riding Hood that follows Lu (aka Little Red) and her grandmother into the wolf’s belly—a magical dimen...

This story is such a perfect image of gay panic, and it encapsulates the insecurity of youth and self-discovery. Was there a particular moment or image that inspired this story? It started with the ph...

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...

By Matt Kendrick It was the first painting we looked at on our visit to the gallery. I said it was kind of beautiful. The tongue had a sensual quality. But Hadley didn’t see it. She said the painti…

Fighting Against Total Nihilism, AWP, Good Hangs

When Margo takes off her shirt, we all know what’s coming. Margo, who we all say has the best tits in the senior class, has a shot of tequila in one hand and the shirt in the other. It’s a flimsy litt...

For the 2026 Spring Arts Guide, a roundup of local book clubs to help you discover new reads, new friends, and maybe a new bookstore.

Still recovering from AWP… I totally didn’t do a talk story last week and that’s okay (I tell myself). It was a whirlwind of seeing all of my wonderful friends, off-site readings and working the Sant...