The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction
Open now for flash fiction.
Last updatedSmokeLong Quarterly publishes flash fiction, nonfiction, and hybrid narratives up to 1000 words, and currently runs a micro narrative contest for pieces up to 250 words.
Response time info: within two weeks for contest entries; within four weeks for free submissions; within one week for paid submissions; within three days for tip-jar or…
Read the full guidelines at smokelong.submittable.com↗Submission calls
Open to: Entrants must be 18 or older.
The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2026: Submit up to two micros (250 words or fewer each, fiction, nonfiction, or hybrid; previously published or unpublished; English or any language with English translation; must be 18+). $14 fee for up to two micros. Prizes: $1000 (grand), $500 (second), $300…
Open to: Entrants must be 18 or older.
The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2026: Submit up to four micros (250 words or fewer each, fiction, nonfiction, or hybrid; previously published or unpublished; English or any language with English translation; must be 18+). $23 fee for up to four micros. Prizes: $1000 (grand), $500 (second), $300…
SmokeLong General Submissions: Flash narratives (fiction, nonfiction, hybrid) up to 1000 words; submit one unpublished piece at a time. Multiple submissions allowed via paid form. Simultaneous submissions allowed. Next free-submissions window opens August 16, 2026. $100/story or $150/story with…
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