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Tonight (in the ET time zone) at 8pm! Join us and Tara Campbell for a SmokeLong webinar on getting weird in micro. If you're taking part in SmokeLong's March Micro Marathon, this is included and you should have received the Zoom link already (also in the workshop). www.smokelong.com/product/lets...

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And just like that, we're at our final author spotlight! This week, it's on the uber-talented @jenwithwords.bsky.social. On self-care, Jenny writes, "I’m learning how to self-care in micro-moments." Read her work here: literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/... #namjooning #namjooningbutliterary

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Check out Melissa’s latest work in Ghost Parachute!

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Trans friends, if you're looking for eyes on an op-ed or short essay that you want to pitch to a newspaper or journal, let me know. I'll give you feedback for free. Your story is so important. ❤️

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No matter where you live on this planet, you can participate in SmokeLong's March Micro Marathon. Sign up by Feb 28. We'll start letting people into the workshop tomorrow, Feb 27! www.smokelong.com/the-march-mi...

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This week the spotlight's on @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social and her moving fiction piece "Camping." On self-care, Allison writes, "I think self-care is less about the action, more about the intention." How we love this! Read her work here: literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/... #namjooning

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Important info for the workshop obsessed: It's sign-up time for SmokeLong Fitness to start in March, or you can sign up for The March Micro Marathon 25 and get April and May in Fitness on top of the most liveliest bestest wildest writing-task marathon on earth* *we're partial but also not a cult.

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This week, the spotlight's on @akm52.bsky.social and her incredible NF "MotherChild." Amy's self-care is her chair. She writes, "...it supports me in such a way that sets me free to enter the worlds of others." Read Amy's piece here: literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/... #namjooning

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A gentle reminder to look up. 💜 #namjooning #namjooningbutliterary

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Happy Valentine's Day, all! Hope you're feeling loved today. #namjooning is all about self-love, so don't forget to do things that nourish your soul. We're celebrating our love for words. Check out what our editors are currently reading. Comment if you've read/are reading something amazing.

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In the spotlight this week is the inimitable @aniking.bsky.social! On self-care, Ani writes, "I go for a lot of walks so I can look at trees--I'm stupid for trees, y'all..." 😍Read their flash fiction "Parole Day, Acrylic on Canvas" here: literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/... #namjooning

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We're back! @francesgapper.bsky.social is still in the spotlight for her brilliant non-fiction. When she's #namjooning, Frances says, "I sometimes meet a fox, who only appears when I’m thinking about something else..." Read "Is That All There is?" here: literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...

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5-day weekend for Chinese New Year in Singapore, so we’re off #namjooning (which is mostly eating—going to a lo hei followed by a hot pot party today!) More author spotlights next week. Sending best wishes to all for the Year of the Snake! Xin Nian Kuai Le! Gong xi, gong xi!

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In the spotlight this week is @christytending.bsky.social! On self-care Christy writes, "My self-care is deeply rooted in subverting capitalism’s expectations and definitions of me." yes, yes,& yes!😍 Read their tender NF here: literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/... #namjooning #litnamjooning

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This week's Issue 86 author is jj peña! jj's CNF, "the sky didn̶'t̶ slip inside", won the SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2024. jj's interview about the story with @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social is here: www.smokelong.com/interviews/s... Read the story: www.smokelong.com/stories/the-... @jjpena.bsky.social

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Yay!! This is happening! Cannot wait! Thank you, Sumitra! 💜💜

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We've arrived in VERY RAINY Singapore and can't wait to read with you! If you're in Singapore, come read or listen or both!

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One more sleep for @smokelong.bsky.social On the Road in Singapore! Looking forward to reading with these amazing writers.

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Yoo-hoo! Author Spotlights are back! This week it's on @lynnmundell.bsky.social and her NF "A Prayer for the Pool." On self care, Lynn writes, "I now look forward to the drive. I have uninterrupted, precious time to think..." literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/... #namjooning

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Really stunned by this! My first Best Small Fictions nom! Thank you, @m-ixedbag.bsky.social, @lumchanmfa.bsky.social, and @lakshgiri.bsky.social! My work is in great company, too.

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Please join us in celebrating our Best Small Fictions'25 nominees! Congrats and good luck to @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social, @andrewbertaina.bsky.social, @aniking.bsky.social, Emma Phillips, and @jaredpovanda.bsky.social!

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@smokelong.bsky.social is coming to Singapore! if you're a flash writer and are interested in reading your work on Jan 11, pls DM me! Come spend a fun evening Book Bar with fellow flash writers! We have few slots left! #writingcommunity #singaporewriters

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As we head towards midnight in Singapore and the end of 2024, we’d like to take a moment to wish everyone a very Happy New Year! We cannot wait to read your beautiful words in 2025! May the next year be full of love, joy, and #namjooning! Lakshmi, Melissa, and Hema

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Selfishly Manifesting some of that elusive joy for myself in 2025.

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"You will be visited by three spirits." The three spirits: Oh to be really visited by these spirits (and the other four too!) 😭💜

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Our final author spotlight of the year! Go read Cole's work while we wind down for the year and go #namjooning. Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year from all of us at Literary Namjooning! 💜💜

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Our last author spotlight for this year is on @nomad-sw18.bsky.social! Self-care to Cole means "connecting with friends, a midweek dash to Tate Modern, pilates and yoga..." Read her brilliant flash fiction "A New Trio" here: literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...

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This has been my annus horribilis (personally), but there were some shining moments, thanks to these wonderful litmags who believed in the words I wrote. All my gratitude to @emergejournal.bsky.social, @hexliterary.bsky.social, Tiny Molecules, Porch Literary and @rfpress.bsky.social!

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DM me if you want to read! We have some slots open.

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DM me if you want to read! We have some slots open.

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Where are my Singaporean flash friends at? Come read with @smokelong.bsky.social! It’ll be fun!

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This week, the spotlight's on the lovely @mmschreier.bsky.social! Self-care to Maggie means "...solitude, often solo hiking or kayaking. The ocean is my happy place..." Read "A Keepsake Afternoon" here: literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/... #namjooning #namjooningbutliterary

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DM me if you’d like to read at Flashing Singapore with @smokelong.bsky.social!

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Where are my Singaporean flash friends at? Come read with @smokelong.bsky.social! It’ll be fun!

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Next Thursday! Join us for an hour of fantastic readings! Registration link: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #flashfiction @avitusbcarle.bsky.social @coocoo4afropuffs.bsky.social @tarazambrano.bsky.social @taracampbell.bsky.social @demisty.bsky.social

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It's time for our Issue 86 cover reveal! It's a beauty. We can't wait for you to read it. Featuring the winners and finalists of the SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2024, plus four stories chosen from the 3,000 general submissions we received this quarter. Thank you all so much. Out Monday December 16

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