SmokeLong Quarterly
Description
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The SLQ aesthetic remains an ever-changing, ever-elusive set of principles, but it most likely has to do with these kinds of things:
language that surprises
narratives that strive toward something other than a final punch line or twist
pieces that add up to something, oftentimes (but not necessarily always) meaning or emotional resonance
honest work that feels as if it has far more purpose than a writer wanting to write a story
We have a special place in our hearts, more often than not, for narratives we haven't seen before. For the more familiar stories—such as relationship break-ups, bar scenarios, terminal illnesses—we tend to need something original and urgent in the writer's presentation.
The SLQ aesthetic remains an ever-changing, ever-elusive set of principles, but it most likely has to do with these kinds of things:
language that surprises
narratives that strive toward something other than a final punch line or twist
pieces that add up to something, oftentimes (but not necessarily always) meaning or emotional resonance
honest work that feels as if it has far more purpose than a writer wanting to write a story
We have a special place in our hearts, more often than not, for narratives we haven't seen before. For the more familiar stories—such as relationship break-ups, bar scenarios, terminal illnesses—we tend to need something original and urgent in the writer's presentation.
Market Genres
Genres
GeneralMarket Types, Lengths & Pay Scale
Flash
0 to 1000 words
5 cents/word
Market Submission Types
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: Yes
Reprints/Originals?: Originals Only
Translations: Original Language Only
Estimated Response: 28 days
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: Yes
Reprints/Originals?: Originals Only
Translations: Original Language Only
Estimated Response: 28 days
Market Response Data
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Count:
There are 250 completed reports in the past 12 months.
Averages and Boundaries:
Min: 0 | Average: 4.60 | Median: 4 | Max: 38
Responded:
98.80%
Accepted:
2.00% - avg 14 days
Rejected:
96.80% - avg 4 days
(6.19% of rejections are personal)
Rewrites:
-
Dead Letters:
-
Lost/Returned:
-
Never Responded:
-
Withdrawn:
1.20%
Pending:
There are 5 pending responses.
(0 min | 6 average | 2 median | 24 max days waiting)
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Listing added: 9 January 2013
Last officially checked: 24 March 2022