Wondering what to submit? This week we're especially interested in: snow, hadestown, kitchens, how-tos, hot air balloons, meadows and plains, succulents, video games, magical realism, love poems, text exchanges, pieces that are one really long sentence, and alternate realities.

Thank you for this generosity, @dishsoapquart.bsky.social!

Gorgeous piece about cabbages and your place in the world. Lose yourself in "Wake" from @m-demarco-words.bsky.social Link: dishsoap-quarterly.com/2-10-26

dishsoap-quarterly.com/1-27-26 I really like the quietness of this story by Stephanie Rick published by @dishsoapquart.bsky.social

Happy friday! Here’s a few places you should check out if u haven’t already! @cosmicdaffodil.bsky.social @okaydonkeymag.com @stonecirclereview.bsky.social @splitlipthemag.bsky.social @the-engine-idling.bsky.social @underscoremag.bsky.social @ghostcitypress.bsky.social

The results of this year's SmokeLong Workshop Prize are finally here! We have 11 wonderful finalists. And (drumroll): Third Prize winner: @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social Second Prize: @travisflatt.bsky.social First Prize: @katehorsleywriter.bsky.social ⭐ www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

Here is Travis Flatt's @travisflatt.bsky.social story from @dishsoapquart.bsky.social, “Cadillacs on the Moon”, which won second place in this year's SmokeLong Workshop Prize for published stories begun in an SLQ workshop: dishsoap-quarterly.com/11-4-25

@esmepromise.bsky.social's flash piece JELLYFISH searches for a change of heart in the very darkest part of the ocean. Here, they share just one thing about the piece: buff.ly/REF7Oom

Happy to have two poems in @periodicities.bsky.social! Thanks @robmclennan.bsky.social for giving them a home!

Beautiful flash piece up today that flows so incredibly well from one sentence to the next. Try saying "Kijiji Couch" five times fast, then give @lindsaymcdonald.bsky.social's lovely piece a read. Link: dishsoap-quarterly.com/2-3-26

squeaked into the top 20 😎

One of mine in @bruisermag.com #smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social

Have you been following Dishsoap and thought to yourself: 'wow, super cool people must run that awesome lit mag'??? Yes. They do. And we want EVEN MORE! STAFF APPS OPEN!!! Application form w/ more info: forms.gle/qmAFGjDJW2jK...

"Late summer and we are engulfed. Put your head inside the black half-moon of an old charcoal grill and breathe deeply. You’ll know what I mean." (Smoke // @benfowlkes.bsky.social) Link: dishsoap-quarterly.com/8-26-25/smoke/

Wondering what to submit? This week we're especially interested in: birds, boys, unmowed lawns, She-Ra, winter weather, poems with really long titles, fishing but only in video games, garages and other semi-liminal spaces, arts & crafts, lineage, and pieces with exactly 116 words

Reminder to give this a read if u missed it earlier this week :)

Another great list of music and words from @keersteemack.bsky.social (and psyched that my story in @dishsoapquart.bsky.social is included here) 🌓🌓🌓

✂️ Collage, Collage, Collage! ✂️ Get your work in! SUBS for Issue 8 close on Jan 31st! Guidelines: buff.ly/W6Q0BoP #writingprompt #writingcommunity #poetry #poetrycommunity #indielit #indiemag #litmag #collage #artistcommunity

LAST DAY OF WINTER WHIMSY WEB SERIES! And we're ending with a bang: Take a gander at SONNET AS LIST OF THINGS TO DO WITH YOUR PARTNER DURING THE SUMMER INSTEAD OF HAVING SEX by the one and only @zreayellers.bsky.social here: sillygoosepress.com/winter-whims...

If you like my work, you can read more here! :) kmhanslik.com

Please meet Shae, who brings us their poem “Four O’Clock,” on healthy towns, mothers in trouble, and cones that are too sweet to swallow at www.unlikelystories.org/content/four... #poetry #litmag #smallpress

Flash that's absolutely jam-packed with lovely imagery and meditations on the universally harrowing experience that is a break-up. Enjoy "What Work" from @wildflowerred.bsky.social Link: dishsoap-quarterly.com/1-27-26

Wondering what to submit? This week we're especially interested in: snow, trains, rainforests, houseplants, the queer experience^tm, cutting boards, boots, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, the meaning of home, February, ekphrasis, evenings, and pavement

I am *SO* excited to have The Great Metro Detroit Flood in this week’s Dishsoap Quarterly. They are such a sweet little online mag. THRILLED (AHH!) to have a piece with them. Huge thanks to @zreayellers.bsky.social for accepting this. I hope you enjoy it!

Wonderous little Michigan-oriented flash up this week. Hook, line, and sink into "The Great Metro Detroit Flood" from @vernorsofficial.bsky.social: Link: dishsoap-quarterly.com/1-20-26

Our Best Small Fictions 2026 Nominations!!! All of these writers are wonderful & all of these pieces 100% deserve a read if you haven't given them one yet :)

reminder that we're always open for subs :)

Big congratulations to @esmepromise.bsky.social, @taralabovich.bsky.social, @dinodysphoria.bsky.social, & J. J. Carey!!!

Issue 8 is OPEN FOR SUBS! Remix our works! Mind the Off Limits List: buff.ly/xboarlD Rules: buff.ly/W6Q0BoP Deadline: Jan 31 #writingcommunity #artistcommunity #collage #art #indiepublishing #indielit #litmag #poetry #poetrycommunity #writingprompt

January is still a FREE SUB month ✨but✨ we recommend submitting early! Sometimes we have to close free subs early due to an amazing but overwhelming response (AKA: when submittable maxes out)⁉️

Actually jaw-dropping imagery in the poem that's up for y'all this week. Read, and then proceed to get blown away by "Cargo" from Daniel Kim. Link: dishsoap-quarterly.com/1-13-26

Make sure u give this a read if you missed it earlier this week!!! Such a great piece.

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

Made her wear boiled / wool sewn into the most unflattering stripes

⚠️ DASHBOARD AWARDS ANNOUNCEMENT⚠️ #writingcommunity unite! We wanna give out 3 awards to poetic pieces published in 2025 in OTHER online litmags! Deadline: 1/31/26. Writing Peers, Readers, & Editors can ALL nominate via Google Form: buff.ly/FMfhtG5 Rules & Details: buff.ly/vdm5FlB ⬇️ ⬇️

Subs are OPEN for a very special Issue #8. Theme: Collage We're inviting submitters to remix the works in our archive! Rules: buff.ly/W6Q0BoP #poetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #writers #callforsubs #indielit #indiepublishing #litmags #art #artists #artistcommunity

applications are rolling in, where's yours?

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 :)

Wondering what to submit? This week we’re especially interested in: shadows, fish, wheelbarrows, rain, Infinity Train, cardboard, love of all kinds, forests, errands, ornaments, elk & other antlered animals, mail, football, and wheels.

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 :)

Recappin' publications for 2025. My photography work kinda fell off the table after a great start, but this year was full of personal highlights elsewhere!

Funky little poem that's half narrative, half musing, and completely wonderful. Hop into "did you know kramer’s name was originally kessler?" from Ben Starr Link: dishsoap-quarterly.com/12-30-25

Weird & haunting & wonderful piece up for y'all this week. Sink into "Forty-Seven Angles" from @raymondbrunell.bsky.social. Link: dishsoap-quarterly.com/12-23-25

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 :)

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

It leaned towards my throat in the mornings and towards your voice in the evenings.

No more endless waiting. Just, you know, regular waiting. Plus, if you submit today, you can get a response before the next episode of Pluribus! Submit here: www.chillsubs.com/lists/fastes... #writing #writers #writingcommunity

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Punchy, wonderful micro up this week for y'all to enjoy. Dig into "Last Week I Was Thinking of You, and I Confess I Am Thinking of You Still" from Blake HC Mihm Link: dishsoap-quarterly.com/12-9-25