I have a new story in @okaydonkeymag.com and I am so excited about it! I hope you like it as much as I do! okaydonkeymag.com/2025/09/19/1...

There is always a moment, writing in a second language, that we think we’re not ready, that we’re not ‘good enough’, as @heidimarjamaki.bsky.social explains in this last episode of Season 4. In the end, we realise there is no such thing as ‘good enough.’Language is always evolving, and so are we.

Had the pleasure to join the wonderful @norami.bsky.social on Chosen Tongue podcast. We had a great chat about writing in a second (or third!) language and all the feels that come with it.

New from me today. This one is close to my heart - a short fiction built around some artists & works that have lingered with me. Not straight ekphrasis but an attempt to write about some of the ways that art can work on us My deep thanks to Heidi & Steve at OKD for all their care with this one ❤️

"It's time to see Joel, but Pat says he can't – he doesn’t want to see him this way, which is dead." "Travel & Leisure" and "The Farm" by Linda Drach, new flash fiction out today at OKD. 📝

"Robin insists that we discuss our respective literatures to keep our minds agile. They say we'll need our problem-solving abilities when things get worse." "A Reading List for the End of the World" by Julia Rose Greider, new flash fiction out today at OKD. 📝

Everyone who applied to be a Fiction Reader has been emailed with a decision! Check your spam folder if you don't see that in your inbox. Thanks again for applying 🫶

Our Associate Fiction Editor has a piece out today in @ergot.bsky.social 👀 (cc: @heidimarjamaki.bsky.social)

“Ah,” he said, holding me at arm’s length. I gasped, out of breath. His expression had changed. “I, the—” I licked my lips. They’d gone dry. “What’s wrong?” “Your back.” Today on ergot.: 'Scorpion Eggs' by Heidi Marjamäki ( @heidimarjamaki.bsky.social ) www.ergot.press/authors/Heid...

Kicking off the weekend with this little beastie 🦂

Just over a week left to apply to be a volunteer Fiction Reader for Okay Donkey! In this role, you'll read and vote "yes," "no," or "maybe" on up to 10 submissions per week. • Read what we publish: okaydonkeymag.com/flash/ • Apply by Friday, March 21: forms.gle/JPzvJMpKXf27GKXB8

We’re looking for volunteer Fiction Readers! Come join our lovely little team and get your hooves on some of the weirdest, bestest stories out there. We’re taking applications until March 21st 💖🫏

"Still, when she visits him, she does not want to look different, unfamiliar. He still has some recognition. He seems to know her even if he can't say who she is." Two stories by Lavina Blossom, new flash fiction out today at OKD. 📝

I stand with Ukraine. Every decent person should. It’s not just a strategic interest. It’s a moral imperative. Slava Ukraini. 🇺🇦

Our Shirley Jackson tribute issue opens tomorrow! Read the guidelines here: bit.ly/4iA6H8u

We're No. 12! We're No. 12! 🏆 So many great mags on here, not to mention a really intriguing methodology. Check this out:

OKD Staff Spotlight, Day 4: Meet our readers! Seven of them were generous enough to share a little more about themselves…

OKD Staff Spotlight, Day 3: Meet our social media team, Christine Salek and Ashley McCurry! (Fun fact: They're both also longtime OKD Fiction Readers.)

OKD Staff Spotlight, Day 2: Meet our poetry editors: Carolene Kurien, Eric Lochridge, and Jonah Meyer!

OKD Staff Spotlight, Day 1: Meet our fiction editors, Steve Chang and Heidi Marjamäki!

Hey there! May we have the honor of being your... community favorite? We'll even make it super easy - Copy this: Okay Donkey Paste into "Poetry" and/or "Flash & Micro": tally.so/r/mKPJ4A Thanks for being part of our community! 🥇

A note from OKD’s founders, Eric and Genevieve, on some changes you may have noticed around here lately…

Ooooo this looks like such a cool workshop! And Steve is very wise and an amazing teacher 💖

Meet OKD's Pushcart Prize nominees! Read the nominated pieces in the thread below.

Congratulations to OKD's Best Small Fictions nominees! Read the nominated pieces in the thread below.

We're officially on a publication break until 2025, but that doesn't mean we're going away! Stay tuned for our Best Microfiction, Best Small Fictions, and Pushcart nominations this week and a special OKD staff spotlight later this month. 🌟

"If there's a heaven I hope it's me walking in our front door like normal. I hope it's my kids barely looking up from their phones to say hello." Two new pieces of microfiction today by @jeffreyhermann.bsky.social! 📝

Another amazing cover! These novellas are going to be 🔥 so excited, can't wait.

"This wasn't some sort of Kafkaesque escapade, or a bildungsroman drenched in hay-bright nostalgia, but a matter-of-fact, oh god hit the panic button scenario." "Dragonfly" by Christian Ward, new poetry up today. 📝

"I shake my head to clear it, fake a smile and say, 'Absolutely stunning!' Really, it is. All of this is." "Almost Plea to My Ex-Therapist" by @rachellaverdiere.bsky.social, new flash fiction up today. 📝

Hey everyone - I've made a Talking Scared starter pack. This features everyone who has been on the show (that I can find over here) and some people that I just think are great. go.bsky.app/6Wzc6Nq

OKD is back on Bluesky! Please add us to your literary starter packs! #indielit 💫 By the way, we published this sensational poem yesterday by ALUKAH that you should check out:

I’ve been fortunate to have Philippa as a mentor over the last year and she’s incredibly insightful and astute about character psychology. This class looks super interesting! And it’s online! You can benefit from her wisdom from the comfort of your own home ✨

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Revisit OKD's Best Small Fictions 2024 selections! • "Like Real Women Do" by @avitusbcarle.bsky.social: okaydonkeymag.com/2023/01/20/l... • "Last Day Cupcakes" by Jeffrey Yamaguchi: okaydonkeymag.com/2023/09/01/l...

Psst! @wigleaf.bsky.social is open for submissions until Nov 15 #flashfiction www.wigleaf.com

Presenting the OKD starter pack! Here's to the contributors and staff who make OKD awesome — give it a follow. 💫

okay folks it's that time: I'm putting together the 2025 horror list in earnest. If you're an author/agent/editor/marketer etc with a scary book coming out next year, please tell me about it here: forms.gle/BBYwJCtziLkR... (it used to be a lot easier to source this on twitter, pls share!)

"She stood screaming drunk in my face and I was calm." ICYMI: Our most recent poem, "FLORIDA" by @poetalukah.bsky.social

If you are a writer, artist or other creative person and you are wondering if what you do still matters... ...this is a culture war. Which means that you are on the front line. You matter more than ever.

To my fellow dude creatives: The war on women people said wasn’t happening is fucking happening out in the open. The culture war is raging, but WE ARE THE CULTURE. Follow women creatives. Promote women. Produce their work. Hire them for your projects and rooms. Women can’t win this one alone.

OKD contributors! If we’ve ever published you, please reply with a link to the piece and we’ll add you to an OKD starter pack (and, of course, boost your work). ✍️