{"id":800,"date":"2014-03-22T13:22:11","date_gmt":"2014-03-22T20:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/?p=800"},"modified":"2014-03-22T13:22:11","modified_gmt":"2014-03-22T20:22:11","slug":"smokelong-publishes-flash-fiction-up-to-1000-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/smokelong-publishes-flash-fiction-up-to-1000-words\/","title":{"rendered":"SmokeLong publishes flash fiction up to 1000 words"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smokelong.com\/home.asp\" target=\"_blank\"><em>SmokeLong<\/em><\/a> <em>Quarterly<\/em> publishes flash fiction up to 1000 words.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>SLQ<\/em> aesthetic remains an ever-changing, ever-elusive set of principles, but it most likely has to do with these kinds of things:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0language that surprises<\/li>\n<li>narratives that strive toward something other than a final punch line or twist<\/li>\n<li>pieces that add up to something, oftentimes (but not necessarily always) meaning or emotional resonance<\/li>\n<li>honest work that feels as if it has far more purpose than a writer wanting to write a story<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We have a special place in our hearts, more often than not, for narratives we haven&#8217;t seen before. For the more familiar stories\u2014such as relationship break-ups, bar scenarios, terminal illnesses\u2014we tend to need something original and urgent in the writer&#8217;s presentation.<\/p>\n<p>Click <a title=\"SLQ Submission Guidelines\" href=\"http:\/\/smokelong.com\/sub_guidelines.asp\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> for submission guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>Sonoma County author and writing teacher <a title=\"Stephanie Freele\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stefaniefreele.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stephanie Freele<\/a> has been published in <i>SLQ<\/i>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/smokelong.com\/flash\/stefaniefreele22.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Breathing Oysters<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Have you, or someone you know, been published in Smokelong?\u00a0 Let me know, and I&#8217;ll post on my<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MarleneCullensWritingWorkshops?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"> Facebook Writing Page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Submit, so we can add your name to the list!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Freele.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-804\" alt=\"Freele\" src=\"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Freele.jpg\" width=\"112\" height=\"176\" \/><\/a> Stephanie Freele<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SmokeLong Quarterly publishes flash fiction up to 1000 words. 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