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Wednesday, May 28, 2008
two new literary ventures
Here are two new ventures you might find interesting:
1) Author Matthew M. Quick has set up a new blog about writing and publishing. It’s an interactive experience called Questioning Q. Please visit http://questioningq.blogspot.com and feel free to ask a question.
2) http://www.bearcreekfeed.com/ is a journal for full-length stories online. The first issue features the very fine work of Kim Chinquee, Happy Birthday To Me.
Labels: Kim Chinquee, Matthew M. Quick
posted by Myfanwy Collins at 5:10 AM 0 commentsTuesday, May 27, 2008
Microsoft for Perverts
While getting our stats working again, I requested something that's never worked that I felt we should have: referrer information. So we have that now, almost a week's worth of data. People searching on Google seem to find what they're looking for:
| Phrase | Visits |
| smokelong quarterly | 29 |
| smokelong | 14 |
| very short story | 8 |
| very short stories | 5 |
| Ethnic Girls | 3 |
| ellen parker | 3 |
| greg ames | 3 |
| smoke long quarterly | 3 |
| Claudia Smith | 2 |
| pasha malla | 2 |
People searching on Microsoft? Not so much:
Microsoft Network
| Phrase | Visits |
| porno | 17 |
| panties | 4 |
| fotos porno | 2 |
| pornography | 1 |
| no panties | 1 |
| NO bras | 1 |
| PUNCK ART | 1 |
| euclid | 1 |
| magritte fish | 1 |
| bra + panties | 1 |
To all the Microsoft searchers seeking bras, panties, no bras, no panties, and each combination of said undergarments, I deeply apologize for exposing you to literature.
Labels: search engines, SmokeLong Quarterly, stats
posted by Dave Clapper at 11:17 AM 0 commentsSaturday, May 24, 2008
new venue: Freight Stories
Got an email about this new ezine:
Freight Stories seeks to publish a range of fiction. As our first issue shows, we're comfortable with the very short story -- not uncommon for an online journal, as you well know -- and with longer works (such as Debra Spark's novella), and everything in between.posted by Myfanwy Collins at 6:52 AM 0 comments
Finding My Dad - Dead Hero WWII - 2008, by Beverly Jackson
If you read nothing else today, please do give yourself a hearty portion of time to sit down and indulge in this poignant, heartbreaking, and uplifting photo essay by Beverly Jackson: Finding My Dad - Dead Hero WWII - 2008
Labels: Beverly Jackson
posted by Myfanwy Collins at 6:38 AM 0 commentsThursday, May 22, 2008
The Definitive Flash
The Definitive Flash is now LIVE on the Smokelong Quarterly Features section. As you'll see, there's plenty of space for the input of flash writers and readers. I look forward to seeing what everyone has to say. posted by Randall Brown at 12:28 PM 0 comments
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Top Ten Page Views for April 2008 (stats are back!)
Woohoo! Stats are working again! I'd like to apologize for the downtime we had with the site for a couple days over the weekend and hope it didn't panic anyone too much. On the plus side, having to talk to our web host prompted me to mention that we'd really like to have our stats working again. And now they are! I've gone through and backfilled the missing top tens. If you click here, you should be able to see all of them that were missing (and, at some point, I'll go back and put tags on all of the top tens ever, so they'll all be viewable on one page). April saw another new #1, David Barringer's cockroach micro.1. (3) The Cockroach by David Barringer (3/15/08)
2. (2) Pornography by Steve Almond (6/15/05)
3. (6) Worried & Wondering by Aaron Burch (3/15/08)
4. (5) Trestle by Matt Briggs (3/15/08)
5. (1) Ten Very Short Stories by John Leary (3/15/07)
6. (NR) Scrape by Utahna Faith (3/15/08)
7. (NR) We by Patricia Parkinson (3/15/08)
8. (8) Dead Dog Rising by Kate Hill Cantrill (3/15/08)
9. (NR) Last Fall by Katherine Grosjean (3/15/08)
10. (NR) Raymond Carver by Dan Chaon (9/15/07)
SO glad to have stats working again. I'll be compiling the stats for the last two issues in a bit, and will be posting them as well.
Labels: Aaron Burch, Dan Chaon, David Barringer, John Leary, Kate Hill Cantrill, Katherine Grosjean, Matt Briggs, Patricia Parkinson, SmokeLong Quarterly, Steve Almond, Top Ten, Utahna Faith
posted by Dave Clapper at 12:38 PM 0 commentsFriday, May 16, 2008
wigleaf top 50 and other news
The excellent folks at wigleaf have announced their top 50 online stories. Nice foreword and introduction from the series and selecting editors.
The Kenyon Review announced KROnline described by David Lynn as:
"a lively and innovative bridge between the world of the very best print literature and the emerging potential of the electronic universe."A new issue of Narrative Magazine is live. Go on and read it.
Last, but definitely not least, check out this Quick Fiction Interview with Kim Chinquee
Labels: Kenyon Review, Kim Chinquee, Narrative Magazine, Quick Fiction, Wigleaf
posted by Myfanwy Collins at 10:00 AM 0 commentsIn Profile: Writer Michelle Tandoc-Pichereau
Michelle was a finalist in the 2008 Kathy Fish Fellowship award. Read her story "Blank" in issue 20. Read more about her at Writers in Profile. posted by Kelly Spitzer at 9:32 AM 0 comments
Saturday, May 03, 2008
Five-Star Literary Stories
Check out this cool new site--Five-Star Literary Stories:
Five Star Literary Stories combines three integral facets of the writing life: publisher, story, and reviewer. Each story is editor nominated and considered one of the best the mag has published.posted by Myfanwy Collins at 5:18 AM 0 comments
Narrative Magazine Contest Announcements
Catching up on news from this week:
NARRATIVE MAGAZINE CONGRATULATES THE WINNERS AND FINALISTS IN THE 2008 LOVE STORY CONTEST
First Place ($2,500) Elizabeth Stuckey-French Interview with a Moron
Second Place ($1,500) Maud Newton Conversations You Have at Twenty
Third Place ($750) Janet Burroway Blackout
Ten Finalists ($100 each)
Heather Brittain Bergstrom Shallow Sea
Mermer Blakeslee Digger’s God
William Borden The Real Thing
Beth O’Gara Connor Accommodations
Masha Hamilton It Always Does
Christian Lewis It’s a Joy to Serve You
Ron Tanner Renovation
Sarah Towers On the Universal Tendency Toward Debasement in the Sphere of Love
Lesley C. Weston I Believe
Yuvi Zalkow Blue
The Narrative First-Person Story Contest with $7,000 in prizes opens May 1,
for entries of fiction and nonfiction. Entry deadline: July 31. posted by Myfanwy Collins at 5:18 AM 0 comments
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