Wondering what to send our way this week? We'd love to see work about: rock (skipping), rock (music), rock (Dwayne), rock (gently), rock (back & forth with panic), rock (positive), rock (misspelled bird), rock (support), rock (river), rock (et), or rock (not a boulder)

Hello, friends! We're Monarch Queer Literary Awards, a project of @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social. Monarch is a new anthology recognizing the best new queer writing and art published by literary magazines and independent presses. 🦋 Submissions open September 1. Until then, get to know us: monarch.gay

Hey, what's up, what'd JAKE miss?

"what on bug's green earth could help you understand that what you are is already a dream that you had?" ("I want to be the first insect politician" / @gooneroclock.bsky.social) Link: dishsoap-quarterly.com/6-24-25/inse...

Bored? Doomscrolling? Stop n send us some work :)

Looking for something to do this weekend? Send some work our way :)

Sad, but absolutely gorgeous piece up for y'all this week. Enjoy "Chuck & Rose" from @keithjpowell.com Link: dishsoap-quarterly.com/9-16-25/chuck/

New story up today at @dishsoapquart.bsky.social! This is another one that started life in @megpokrass.bsky.social's fantastic workshops. Many thanks to Zoe and Aster for saying yes to this one and their thoughtful feedback.

Our December issue is open for submissions! Poetry, visual art, and music. Free to submit using our Submittable: redogrereview.submittable.com/submit/33695...

It wasn't easy, but here are our nominations for Best of the Net 2026!

I love this story!

"Nobody knew where it came from, the baby blue Airstream trailer with the mirrored windows, sitting in front of the abandoned shed at the end of 14th Street" (The Sea of Tranquility / Marc Simon) Read more: dishsoap-quarterly.com/8-5-25/sea/

I really enjoy the clever and eclectic work Dishsoap Quarterly puts out and I’m so proud they liked this story! Here it is, if you missed it: dishsoap-quarterly.com/5-13-25/tomo...

Honored to be among these nominees! Thank you @dishsoapquart.bsky.social ☺️🫧

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/

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 :)

Happy Monday! Anything is possible! The sun is shining! The geese are honking! Send us your whimsy! Your light! Your screaming! We 🫶🏻 you! sillygoosepress.submittable.com/submit

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

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...

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 :)

editors, have you fed the butterfly yet? bc it hungers

if you're not nominating your contributors for the @genrepunkmag.bsky.social awards, wyd?

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/

Wondering what to submit? This week we're especially interested in: reeds, light filtering through a forest, coffee, chronic illness, bread sticks, unicorns, weather patterns, fate, Undertale, soap, sonnets, hiking, ekphrastic work, things that are really really small, and legs

Starting my morning in tears with this stunner from @tracieadams.bsky.social in @dishsoapquart.bsky.social dishsoap-quarterly.com/7-29-25/must...

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/

The Smart Search List of the Day is: Fee-Free General Literary Poetry feat. @dishsoapquart.bsky.social @thequasarreview.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...

Wondering what to submit? This week we’re very especially interested in: road trips, texts (phone), texts (ancient), doomed love, sunflowers, snails, animal sightings, lawn mowing, golden shovels, jazz, pieces that started in a notes app, family history, and balloons

If you missed this yesterday, you should go give it a read

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...

Going to be embarking on a 45 hour road trip tomorrow morning and would love to dig into some great writing when it's not my shift to drive-- send work Dishsoap's way & spread the word :)

Wondering what to submit? This week we’re especially interested in: bugs, lizards, queer love, list poems, fried rice, video games, old growth forests, trees in general, concrete, the tv show or movie that you’re currently obsessed with, prose poems, and early mornings

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

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

Reminder: this is tomorrow (Sunday) at 11 am (EST)!! Reminder 2: Electric Boogaloo: these go FAST. like, it'll probably hit the 150 cap in under a minute and then the call be closed. be prepared!

"the thick smell / of peat at our backs, old creeks / draining to estuary, these brackish / waters of our lives" (Sifting // @weathermansam.bsky.social) Read more: dishsoap-quarterly.com/6-17-25/sift...

Would love to see some more poetry (including prose poetry!) sent our way :)

“Visions of your hospital bed littered with dropped bits of cabbage and soy sauce.” Food, memory, and grief encapsulated in this beautiful piece by @tracieadams.bsky.social in @dishsoapquart.bsky.social

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...

Huge thanks to the wonderful Zoe @dishsoapquart.bsky.social for publishing my CNF “For the Love of Hot Mustard” This one’s for Josh, who went to be with Jesus last summer. dishsoap-quarterly.com/7-29-25/must...

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...

“Hats are a prison for hair. That’s my stance. Just don’t tell my dad (bald), my brother (baseball nut), or the guy who sells hats (successful retailer)” (H.A.T.S. // James Callan) Read more: dishsoap-quarterly.com/1-21-25/hats/

A bizarre but perfectly simple image and a really well stuck landing; this is great

"I think some people just don’t understand how bad a thing can be, like sometimes it must be nice to still believe there’s a cartoon center to everything, that couldn’t possibly hurt." (They fired up the laser // @timothycgoodwin.bsky.social) Read more: dishsoap-quarterly.com/12-31-24/las...

your reminder that subs close Sunday night so go ahead’n bleed out of your eyes and wipe it on a word doc for us if you’re feeling raunchy this weekend

"...and—between you and me—the secret best thing about mamas is that they're temporary." "The Way My Mother, Who Refuses to Die, Is Like A Ford Taurus" by @daniellebarrwrites.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD. 📝