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This is your roughly 24-day notice to get your entries in. The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest. Deadline Nov 15th. And go vote before November 3rd. smokelong.com/the-smokelong-…

The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2026 - SmokeLong Quarterly

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 automati...

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If you're participating in Promptember or you're in SmokeLong Fitness, this one's on us! But you can still attend even if you're not! We can't wait to write with K.C. Mead-Brewer on October 30th! smokelong.com/product/troubl…

Troubling Tales: How to Coax Forth Any Story's Sinister Side - SmokeLong Quarterly

Join author K.C Mead-Brewer for a 90-minute workshop all about accentuating and celebrating the horror elements in your stories, no matter the genre. Be prepared for an evening with plenty of teeth...

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We'll continue reading for The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest (The Mikey) until November 15th. This comp is open to previously published work, so why not give that micro you published 10 years ago a second chance?
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Please don't send us AI-generated stories. This age of taking credit for something you didn't do is such a pain. We will now have Zoom calls with all writers we consider accepting. And we will delay payment to avoid paying bad actors. This bullshit.
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“The puzzle gave me a reason to linger without having to say it too baldly, too awkwardly—we don’t know how much time you’ll have, I’d like to be with you while I can. Even more awkwardly: the sickroom is boring.” Amalia Gladhart | @lit_namjooning literarynamjooning.wixsite.c…
Two Young Women Seated by a Kotatsu Playing Cat's Cradle:Suzuki Harunobu (ca. 1765): Met Museum Public Domain

ALT Two Young Women Seated by a Kotatsu Playing Cat's Cradle:Suzuki Harunobu (ca. 1765): Met Museum Public Domain

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“She understands now why crones and wizards live on mountaintops.” A beautiful story of landscapes and families and distances by @DawnSteffler in @lit_namjooning
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Monday morning in Singapore. Let's turn on the author spotlight, shall we? It's on the talented @DawnSteffler and her moving NF piece. And that title! literarynamjooning.wixsite.c…

Of all the landscapes her life has led her through by Dawn Tasaka Steffler

this is her favorite; there’s something about the windsweptness of this coastline. Scruffy trees bent from wind the sharp smell of cold. On a cliff overlooking the ocean she has created a sort of...

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So much to relate with in this piece (for me, personally). Love this piece <3
Literary Namjooning | Subs Open!@lit_namjooningSep 21
Monday morning in Singapore. Let's turn on the author spotlight, shall we? It's on the talented @DawnSteffler and her moving NF piece. And that title! literarynamjooning.wixsite.c…

Of all the landscapes her life has led her through by Dawn Tasaka Steffler

this is her favorite; there’s something about the windsweptness of this coastline. Scruffy trees bent from wind the sharp smell of cold. On a cliff overlooking the ocean she has created a sort of...

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"Because of all the raggedy people in our unfinished house smelling of sawdust, cigarettes, and beer, I loved you best." The spotlight's on @NBrogdonWrites - and her fabulous Space Sisters against the world. 💜💜 literarynamjooning.wixsite.c…

Space Sisters by Nicole Brogdon

Let’s pretend I never broke your arm—though it was an accident—when you were little, oneof those days we climbed up the pitched chicken coop and I lay down against sticky asphaltshingles under the...

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✨Light Chemical Sea | Unboxing Video✨ Only a few more months until 'Light Chemical Sea' is officially released on November 10, 2026.  I'm so excited!!! youtu.be/PJ9zOu6cZ_4 Pre-orders available directly from Bull City Press or from Amazon, Indigo-Chapters and others!
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ICYMI: Short work up @lit_namjooning literarynamjooning.wixsite.c…

Deciphering by Andrew Bertaina

At night, we search for the darkness. We stumble around inside of ourselves. Someone says they can still see the fireflies, and I think, perhaps, I can still see my lover—pale pink lips.We cannot...

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Author Spotlights, let's go! First is Govind Gupta--a high-school student from India whose NF piece blew our socks off. Spirituality and the mundane come together in this beautifully deep essay - What the Monkeys Know. Don't miss it. Seriously, don't. literarynamjooning.wixsite.c…
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For the evening crowd literarynamjooning.wixsite.c…

Deciphering by Andrew Bertaina

At night, we search for the darkness. We stumble around inside of ourselves. Someone says they can still see the fireflies, and I think, perhaps, I can still see my lover—pale pink lips.We cannot...

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New ephemera up @lit_namjooning Link in reply
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literarynamjooning.wixsite.c… New story of mine, for my sister, in a dream publication,the uplifting @lit_namjooning Namjooning.

Space Sisters by Nicole Brogdon

Let’s pretend I never broke your arm—though it was an accident—when you were little, oneof those days we climbed up the pitched chicken coop and I lay down against sticky asphaltshingles under the...

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Check out our latest issue @lit_namjooning ❤️❤️❤️
Literary Namjooning | Subs Open!@lit_namjooningSep 12
It's finally the 12th! Which means, Issue 3 is LIVE, folx! 23 fabulous pieces of fiction and non-fiction. Come on in, grab a beanbag, your beverage of choice, and read! And if any of the pieces speak to you, let the author know! And so, here we go! literarynamjooning.wixsite.c…

ISSUE 3 | Litnamjooning

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It's finally the 12th! Which means, Issue 3 is LIVE, folx! 23 fabulous pieces of fiction and non-fiction. Come on in, grab a beanbag, your beverage of choice, and read! And if any of the pieces speak to you, let the author know! And so, here we go! literarynamjooning.wixsite.c…

ISSUE 3 | Litnamjooning

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While we’re fixing the nuts and bolts on Issue 3, take a calming stroll with @lumchanmfa (and her drone) through somewhere in Japan! 💜💜💜
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Issue 3 vibes…calm with hints of dark & stormy. Intrigued? Do come back on Sept 12! #namjooning #namjooningbutliterary
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Why read @lit_namjooning ?
Literary Namjooning | Subs Open!@lit_namjooningSep 4
While we’re fixing the nuts and bolts on Issue 3, take a calming stroll with @lumchanmfa (and her drone) through somewhere in Japan! 💜💜💜
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Woo hoo!
Literary Namjooning | Subs Open!@lit_namjooningSep 2
Happy first day of September! We're thrilled to share our dazzling list of contributing authors! Issue 3 out on Sept 12. #namjooning #namjooningbutliterary
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