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 :)

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...

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.

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/

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

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 :)

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...

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/

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/

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/

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...

Lovely, funky flash up this week. Sink into "The Sea of Tranquility" from Marc Simon. Link: dishsoap-quarterly.com/8-5-25/sea/

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...

Wondering what to submit? This week we’re especially interested in: cats, the cosmos, sequoias, onions, bonsai, tea (the drink), tea (the slang), pieces “after” somebody or something, odes, itty bitty poems, tercets, orcas, flying south, doorknobs, and grapes.

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...

Thanks so much to @zreayellers.bsky.social for publishing this one in the ever ace @dishsoapquart.bsky.social

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/

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...

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

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...

OPEN NOW!!!

Looking for somewhere to send your work? Everything submitted to us this weekend will receive a response in 24 hours or less!

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...

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...☀️)

"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) dishsoap-quarterly.com/4-1-25/dishw...

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...

Submissions close 6/15. Please remember: no more than 5 pieces and no more than 15 pages! genrepunkmag.wordpress.com/submissions/

Caught up on subs + have my first free day in weeks = extra speedy response times for anything submitted for the next 12ish hours :)

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

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

Reminder that we love and have published HAD reject pieces-- so if you got a no, feel free to send that work our way!!!

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/

Wondering what to submit? This week we're especially interested in work related to (PRIDE EDITION): queer people kissing and being in love, houseplants, dysphoria, euphoria, found family, blåhaj, intersectionality, clownfish, aros + aces, magic, any queer media, and rainbows

So many great venues opening for subs this week. If you’re making packets to send around, hit us up too :)

"and i don’t / have six ice cubes / like google recommends / like she pries / from freezing plastic / for you / just / water / from my bathroom sink" —Zoe Reay-Ellers :: “Unread texts sent to my orchid that finally bloomed after two years...”

Wacky and wonderful new piece for y'all this week that sticks the landing so well. Enjoy "Don’t Worry, This is My Second Rodeo; Let Me Tell You How Rodeos Work" from @supernaturalfeat.com Link: dishsoap-quarterly.com/6-3-25/rodeo/

I'm psyched to have this on @dishsoapquart.bsky.social today! They are great to work with. It's fun to go ham on something and then have a pub be like this ham is good ham and then high five.

Like a prepubescent tee-ball player, our piece for this week is short and hard-hitting. Get the breath knocked out of you by "Tests to Determine Whether Moonboy Has a Soul" from @iamchrisscott.bsky.social Link: dishsoap-quarterly.com/5-27-25/moon...

Wondering what to submit? This week we’re especially interested in: sandwiches, sand, pelicans, sunflowers, the color pink, abecedarians, search engines, bricks, queer joy, tarot cards, telescopes, kaleidoscopes, roguelikes, quatrains, text messages, fossils, and confessions

"and i don’t / have six ice cubes / like google recommends / like she pries / from freezing plastic / for you / just / water / from my bathroom sink" —Zoe Reay-Ellers :: “Unread texts sent to my orchid that finally bloomed after two years...”

my copy of garland 3 from @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social arrived! pictured here with some of my ace pin collection - grab your copy today fifthwheelpress.myshopify.com/products/garla…

So unbelievably stoked that "They fired up the laser" from @timothycgoodwin.bsky.social is in Best Small Fictions 2025!!! Go read it: dishsoap-quarterly.com/12-31-24/las...

Gorgeous piece up for y'all this week that builds and cascades down the page in the best way. Enjoy "PRAYER TO SAINT MICHAEL" from Katherine Oung Link: dishsoap-quarterly.com/5-20-25/pray...

I had so much fun adding as many weird, silly details as I could to what is one of my most “I know writers who use subtext and they’re all cowards” stories. I’m really happy it has a home! Check out some trans people infesting the future!

Submissions are now closed for Gone Lawn 60, scheduled for June 11. We are also now considering submissions for Gone Lawn 61. gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...

Wondering what to submit? This week we're especially interested in: hot weather, coral reefs, bodies, nighttime, prose poems, How I Met Your Mother, gardening, moving away, pieces that are mostly dialogue, ren faires, ghosts, broken appliances, and dystopia.

Incredible piece up today that provides some very necessary trans utopia vibes for these trying times. Enjoy "Tomorrow" by @lilliekoi.bsky.social: Link: dishsoap-quarterly.com/5-13-25/tomo...

jsyk we have *two* OKD staff in this, @zreayellers.bsky.social and @cms.bsky.social!

We are still open for submissions for our Autumn, 2025 issue! Give us your resonant narratives, wonderful artwork, and thoughtful language. 30 day turnaround $120 paid upon publication Submit! Submit! chestnutreview.submittable.com/submit

Monthly reminder that we are always happy to give a new home to pieces that were previously placed somewhere defunct or that vanished from this plane of existence