Zoe Reay-Ellers
@zreayellers.bsky.social
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Wants to be napping 24/7 // EIC
@dishsoapquart.bsky.social
// helps out a few other places
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I have a gay little orchid poem in here :)
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8 months ago
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Dishsoap Quarterly
about 21 hours ago
We're starting Dishsoap's 2026 off right with a lovely, voice-y, dog-filled micro. Stay in bed a little longer and read "Description is one thing among a number of things" from
@hughbehmsteinberg.bsky.social
Link:
dishsoap-quarterly.com/1-6-26
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Dishsoap Quarterly
6 days ago
It's been a wild year, thank you so much to everyone that's submitted, read, or engaged with us in any way. Before diving headfirst into the new year, we wanted to give y'all a little look behind the curtain at what Dishsoap's been up to in 2025 :)
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Dishsoap Quarterly
8 days ago
Funky little poem that's half narrative, half musing, and completely wonderful. Hop into "did you know kramerās name was originally kessler?" from Ben Starr Link:
dishsoap-quarterly.com/12-30-25
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Dishsoap Quarterly
18 days ago
Congratulations to our nominees for Best Microfiction 2026!!! All of the pieces are absolutely fire, 100% go give them a read if you missed any :)
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Dishsoap Quarterly
22 days ago
Piece up this week with a momentum build so strong you'll have lost your breath by the end of it. Ready, set, go read "Tennis Players" from
@alicerowilson.bsky.social
Link:
dishsoap-quarterly.com/12-16-25
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Dishsoap Quarterly
about 1 month ago
wondering what to submit? This week we're especially interested in: burnout, snow, giraffes, Undertale, airports, pothos, highland cattle, illness, buried things (real and metaphorical), Jojo's, birds, daydreaming, and fire
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Dishsoap Quarterly
about 1 month ago
Gorgeous shortie up today. Savor "The Marriage" from
@ezhang77.bsky.social
Link:
dishsoap-quarterly.com/12-2-25
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Dishsoap Quarterly
about 1 month ago
Lovely piece that scopes absolutely wonderfully across time + space up for y'all this week. Enjoy "fossils" from
@kmhanslik.bsky.social
Read it on our site:
dishsoap-quarterly.com/11-25-25
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Dishsoap Quarterly
about 1 month ago
It's our first year doing this, but -- here's our nominations for the 2026 Pushcart Prize! If you haven't checked these lovely pieces out already, you should go give them a read :)
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Dishsoap Quarterly
about 2 months ago
Incredibly voice-y and hilarious piece that meanders in absolutely mesmerizing patterns. Enjoy "In Fields and Bookshelves and Pockets" from
@hmwilson.bsky.social
Link:
dishsoap-quarterly.com/11-18-25
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Dishsoap Quarterly
2 months ago
Gorgeous little poem up today that features ducks, among other things. Enjoy "Imagine a Future Where Nobody Has to Hide Their Tenderness" by
@justinkarcher.bsky.social
Link:
dishsoap-quarterly.com/10-28-25
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Dishsoap Quarterly
2 months ago
Beat Silksong last night and it reminded me how badly I want to see more pieces about video games in the sub q! AA, AAA, Indie, Flash, only found in the recesses of your mind-- send it in!!!
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Dishsoap Quarterly
3 months ago
Vivid, nostalgic piece that scopes through time and space wonderfully up on the site this week. Enjoy "2014, reframed" from Michelle Li Link:
dishsoap-quarterly.com/10-21-25
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Dishsoap Quarterly
3 months ago
Wondering what to submit? This week we're especially interested in: trucks, berries of all kinds, birds, quatrains, niche hobbies, survival, birds, tv shows and movies, birds, the vastness of the ocean, snowstorms, prose poems, working a 9 to 5, and birds.
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Stone Circle Review
3 months ago
Stone Circle Replay Wednesday poem: "Thereās a guy in my friendās group chat whose texts about making plans always get ignored" by Zoe Reay-Ellers (
@zreayellers.bsky.social
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stonecirclereview.com/theres-a-guy/
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Thereās a guy in my friendās group chat whose texts about making plans always get ignored
by Zoe Reay-Ellers Ā And I want to send him Siken, send him Detail of the Woods. He speaks abrasively and often, scared the words are going to fly away like any good bird at cold, any bad showerer at...
https://stonecirclereview.com/theres-a-guy/
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Dishsoap Quarterly
3 months ago
Our piece for this week is bursting with ghosts and peak fall vibes. Put on a sweater and enjoy "None of Us Are Elected" from Robert McDonald Link:
dishsoap-quarterly.com/10-14-25
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Dishsoap Quarterly
3 months ago
Incredible little shortie up today for y'all. Enjoy "Horoscope" from Michael Favala Goldman Link:
dishsoap-quarterly.com/10-7-25
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Dishsoap Quarterly
3 months ago
Incredibly lovely poem that feels like a portrait up for y'all today! Take a good look at "Miriam" from Natalie Korman Link:
dishsoap-quarterly.com/9-30-25/
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Dishsoap Quarterly
3 months ago
We were inspired by the lovely Venn diagram that
@afterdinnerconversation.com
posted earlier today--so, if you want a quick lowdown of what we're typically into and the kinds of pieces you can find in our archive, this one's for you :)
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Dishsoap Quarterly
4 months ago
New flash up this week that's absolutely bursting with vivid imagery. Lose yourself in "The Lizard That Lives in My Chest" from Sharon Aruparayil Link:
dishsoap-quarterly.com/9-23-25/liza...
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Dishsoap Quarterly
4 months ago
Congratulations to our nominees for the first ever Monarch Queer Literary Awards!!! You should 100% go give these wonderful pieces a read if you haven't already.
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Dishsoap Quarterly
4 months ago
Incredibly sweet & lovely piece up about space & aliens & life this week. Enjoy "On Mars" from c. rivera Link:
dishsoap-quarterly.com/9-9-25/mars/
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Dishsoap Quarterly
4 months ago
Wondering what to send our way? This week we're especially digging: dirt, rabbits, moon phases, Hollow Knight (+ Silksong), laundry, strangers, package thieves, queerness, the color green, salt, Over the Garden Wall, garden gnomes, apple-related desserts, deserts, and alligators
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Dishsoap Quarterly
4 months ago
First time doing this, but -- here's our BOTN nominations for 2026! If you haven't given any of these wonderful pieces a read, you should check them out :)
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Chris Scott
4 months ago
Giant thank you to the always amazing Dishsoap for nominating my story! I have a big soft place in my heart for this odd little number and I'm so grateful to
@zreayellers.bsky.social
for believing in it.
dishsoap-quarterly.com/5-27-25/moon...
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Dishsoap Quarterly
4 months ago
Funky, gorgeously specific piece up this week. Enjoy "The Other Side of Town" from
@christyhartman.bsky.social
Link:
dishsoap-quarterly.com/9-2-25/town/
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Dishsoap Quarterly
4 months ago
Piece with imagery so strong you can practically taste it up this week. Inhale "Smoke" from
@benfowlkes.bsky.social
Link:
dishsoap-quarterly.com/8-26-25/smoke/
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Dishsoap Quarterly
5 months ago
Gorgeous, gorgeous poem about friendship, community & spring up this week. Throw on a movie and then read "ode to the silver screen" from Grace Sleeman Link:
dishsoap-quarterly.com/8-19-25/ode/
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Dishsoap Quarterly
5 months ago
Summer-filled stunner up this week. Soak up "We Wanted to Save the Planet, Then Summer Called" from Mathieu Parsy Link:
dishsoap-quarterly.com/8-12-25/summ...
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Dishsoap Quarterly
5 months ago
Lovely, funky flash up this week. Sink into "The Sea of Tranquility" from Marc Simon. Link:
dishsoap-quarterly.com/8-5-25/sea/
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Dishsoap Quarterly
5 months ago
Like a fancy mustard, this week's piece is poignant, sweet, and lovely. Enjoy "For the Love of Hot Mustard" from
@tracieadams.bsky.social
Link:
dishsoap-quarterly.com/7-29-25/must...
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Dishsoap Quarterly
6 months ago
Wondering what to submit? This week weāre especially interested in: cats, the cosmos, sequoias, onions, bonsai, tea (the drink), tea (the slang), pieces āafterā somebody or something, odes, itty bitty poems, tercets, orcas, flying south, doorknobs, and grapes.
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Dishsoap Quarterly
6 months ago
Short story out this week that's so good you'll lose your marbles. Enjoy "Legacy" from
@tombusillo.bsky.social
Link:
dishsoap-quarterly.com/7-15-25/lega...
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Ewen Glass
6 months ago
Thanks so much to
@zreayellers.bsky.social
for publishing this one in the ever ace
@dishsoapquart.bsky.social
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Dishsoap Quarterly
6 months ago
Short & gorgeous poem up this week for all of you tortured insomniacs out there. Can't sleep? Read "Turning up the volume on my rain app to drown out the rain" from
@ewenglass.bsky.social
Link:
dishsoap-quarterly.com/7-8-25/rain/
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Dishsoap Quarterly
6 months ago
Piece up this week with gorgeous imagery that cascades wonderfully down the page. Enjoy "Bougainvillea" from Chelsea Allen Link:
dishsoap-quarterly.com/7-1-25/bouga...
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Dishsoap Quarterly
6 months ago
Wondering what to submit? This week we're especially interested in: dinosaurs, space, apocalypse, hermit crabs, maple trees, baking, transportation, FPS games, gender, propagation, lists, hot days, deterioration, robots, gum, google searches, and poems with really long titles
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Dishsoap Quarterly
7 months ago
Lovely, funky, buggy piece up today that'll have you reconsidering any rules against insects running for office. Enjoy "I want to be the first insect politician" from
@gooneroclock.bsky.social
Link:
dishsoap-quarterly.com/6-24-25/inse...
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Dishsoap Quarterly
7 months ago
OPEN NOW!!!
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Dishsoap Quarterly
7 months ago
Looking for somewhere to send your work? Everything submitted to us this weekend will receive a response in 24 hours or less!
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Dishsoap Quarterly
7 months ago
Piece up today that has imagery so incredible you'll feel like you've become beach-sandy and damp with salt water. Lose yourself in "Sifting" from
@weathermansam.bsky.social
Link:
dishsoap-quarterly.com/6-17-25/sift...
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Bulb Culture Collective
7 months ago
You have until midnight EST tonight to send us your previously published pieces before we temporarily close our General Submissions category! Tonight! A little under 12 hours! We're reading for early 2026! (If you miss this deadline, worry not. Good things are coming right over the horizon...āļø)
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Dishsoap Quarterly
7 months ago
"Business ideas: a leaf blower but instead of leaves it blows you into an alternate dimension where everything is okay." (Notes App Poem Written on an Unseasonably Warm November Day While the Dishwasher Runs //
@sarahmillswrites.bsky.social
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dishsoap-quarterly.com/4-1-25/dishw...
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Notes App Poem Written on an Unseasonably Warm November Day While the Dishwasher Runs | dishsoap quarterly
https://dishsoap-quarterly.com/4-1-25/dishwasher/
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ALOCASIA
7 months ago
10 days left! Send us your best! ALOCASIA is open for creative writing for an all-Indigenous issue to be published this summer. ALOCASIA publishes writing about plants by Indigenous queer writers from around the world. Deadline: June 25th
alocasia.org/about-send-w...
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Genrepunk Magazine
7 months ago
Submissions close 6/15. Please remember: no more than 5 pieces and no more than 15 pages!
genrepunkmag.wordpress.com/submissions/
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Submissions
Submissions will close after June 15th, 2025. Submissions will re-open on September 1st, 2025. TL;DR: No more than 15 pages. Simultaneous submissions & reprints accepted. Response time generallā¦
https://genrepunkmag.wordpress.com/submissions/
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Dishsoap Quarterly
7 months ago
Caught up on subs + have my first free day in weeks = extra speedy response times for anything submitted for the next 12ish hours :)
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Dishsoap Quarterly
7 months ago
Shoutout to all the lovely people that email back after a rejection and have nothing but positive things to say about the mag & our communication <3
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Dishsoap Quarterly
7 months ago
Wondering what to submit? This week we're especially interested in: queerness, sand, humidity, constellations, found forms, sea glass, birds, fun facts, Balatro, maps, how-tos, campfires, all-nighters, parrotfish, bad habits, the color green, and yarn
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Dishsoap Quarterly
7 months ago
Reminder that we love and have published HAD reject pieces-- so if you got a no, feel free to send that work our way!!!
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Dishsoap Quarterly
7 months ago
Gorgeous piece about questions & love & death & all those questions you never really say out loud up today. Sink your teeth into "Would You Bring Me Back to Life if I Got Bitten by a Dead Blue-eyed Bear?" by
@kingrobertj.bsky.social
Link:
dishsoap-quarterly.com/6-10-25/bear/
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