Markets / SmokeLong Quarterly
SmokeLong Quarterly
Flash narratives
Guidelines summary
- Pays
- $100, or $150 with audio (on publication)
- Length
- Up to 1,000 words
- Wants
- Flash narratives
- Simultaneous submissions
- Yes
- Multiple submissions
- Not stated
- Reprints
- No (except the Grand Micro Contest)
- Response time
- Up to four weeks in free windows; about one week in paid windows
- Submissions
- General reading periods February 1 to May 10 and August 16 to November 15
- Submission or entry fee
- Free during announced free windows; a small charge after those close
- Rights
- Exclusive electronic rights for 6 months, then non-exclusive archive and print rights
- Last checked
- October 31, 2026
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