It's the first of the month, which means OKD's free subs are back open until we reach our cap! Check out what we're into, then submit your best poetry or flash fiction: okaydonkeymag.com/submissions/

I've found it, the perfect Monday poem

Absolutely chuffed that one of my favorite lit mags Okay Donkey have published my poem Hot-Desking! OKD is hilarious and wonderfully off-the-wall, have a read if you fancy a chortle or two. Huge thanks to the whole editorial team! #poetry

"This desk is a ping-pong ball with something alive inside it. This desk is in a lion's mouth. This desk is made of something called wood, I think." "Hot-Desking" by @maxminckler.bsky.social, new poetry out today at OKD. 📝

ICYMI: "13.1 Septillion Pounds," flash fiction by @emilyrinkema.bsky.social:

““She starts by calculating the weight of the earth,” he says. “She’s a baby,” says CT.” This brilliance!! Read @emilyrinkema.bsky.social @okaydonkeymag.com ❤️

Butter busts sashes expectation and identity, parenting and being you, so much in this beautiful @emilyrinkema.bsky.social story. She has a new story out in @okaydonkeymag.com, read that too. It’s a glorious day to read. templeinacity.com/fiction-emil...

I’m so proud of this story and to have it in the amazing @okaydonkeymag.com! It’s about parental expectations and a baby with a Sharpie—I hope you like it!

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...

"'She starts by calculating the weight of the earth,' he says. 'She’s a baby,' says CT." "13.1 Septillion Pounds" by @emilyrinkema.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD. 📝

Thank you so much to @okaydonkeymag.com for nominating me for Best of the Net! You can read my poem ‘i have an existential crisis on realising my reading list is finite’ at okaydonkeymag.com/2024/07/06/i...

Our Best of the Net picks are in! 💻 Congratulations to Julia Rose Greider, Nicola Koh, @casswhit.bsky.social, Gabe Montesanti, @karanchambers.bsky.social, @poetalukah.bsky.social, @danijanae.bsky.social, and Shagufta Mulla. Read the nominated works: okaydonkeymag.com/nominations-...

Love it when poems reference #kidlit such as this one by Emily Dressler in @okaydonkeymag.com okaydonkeymag.com/2025/09/12/p...

ICYMI: ‪"Pete the Cat: All Grown Up & Alone In His Car," poetry by Emily Dressler:

This is so good

"Pete the Cat Finds Joy, in which he learns how to love being alone, and eats vegetarian crunchwrap supremes in his car. He's happy, he really is." "Pete the Cat: All Grown Up & Alone In His Car" by Emily Dressler, new poetry out today at OKD. 📝

ICYMI: "All the Friends I Could Have Made are Having Fun Without Me," flash fiction by @mackenziemcgee.bsky.social:

I have a new story out! And I'm so proud of it! I hope you like it as much as I do ✨🎺🥤 Thanks to @stevexisxok.bsky.social for one of the most encouraging, enlightening editorial processes I've experienced. I can't recommend submitting to OKD enough!

"I'll walk through the front door and everyone will cheer, like I'm a fan favorite in a sitcom." "All the Friends I Could Have Made are Having Fun Without Me" by @mackenziemcgee.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD. 📝

ICYMI: "Vanishing Twin," poetry by @jessicaballen.bsky.social:

Our September newsletter is out now! This month, OKD Fiction Reader @eleanorball.bsky.social offers some encouragement and tips on getting back into a writing routine when it feels like your 2025 goals are long past attainable:

Happy first of the month! OKD's free subs are back open until we reach our cap. Learn more about what we're looking for, then submit your best poetry or flash fiction: okaydonkeymag.com/submissions

Our September newsletter hits inboxes tomorrow! Make sure you're subscribed, especially if you're in need of a mid-year writing reset... 👀

“I eat things that flit outside myself. digest them hard. I don’t make the rules.” “Vanishing Twin” by @jessicaballen.bsky.social, new poetry out today at OKD. 📝

It was nice enough to wear a cardigan today. Tomorrow's supposed to be cooler too, so I'll probably card-again.

ICYMI: "98.", flash fiction by Jordyn Damato:

items 76. and 97. are my favorites inevitable meets surprising (...but tasteful!)

This is devastating with not a single wasted word.

"20. My family is small and not very nice to me but I still don’t want to see them die. 21. I saw my twin brother die 22. When we were kids 23. I was not a fan. 24. I doubt he was, either." "98." by Jordyn Damato, new flash fiction out today at OKD. 📝

ICYMI: "Blue Persons," poetry by @emilywittenhagen.bsky.social:

“I felt like asking you, do you own all the planets? Or are you just this one? In my sleep you felt like the whole earth.” “Blue Persons” by @emilywittenhagen.bsky.social, new poetry out today at OKD. 📝

ICYMI: "The Passing of a Little More Than a Year," flash fiction by @elliswkim.bsky.social:

Hey, past OKD contributors! We'd love to promote your work — books, zines, lit mag publications, albums, workshops, readings, or even anything non-literary you'd like eyes on. Please reach out via our contact form to let us know what you've got going on: okaydonkeymag.com/about/

"She threw the ball and her dog fetched it. This much they did for each other. The two of them were not a gang, but they weren't nothing." "The Passing of a Little More Than a Year" by @elliswkim.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD. 📝

Thanks OKD for revisiting my poem through the lens of genre

ICYMI: "feelings come & go but teeth are forever," poetry by @klooky.bsky.social:

does genre ever really matter? i wrote about the utility of genre solely for publication goals— agree or disagree? let’s duke it out 🥊🥊 pop pop

Our August newsletter features an investigation into genre by OKD poetry/fiction reader @xpsychoxlinguistx.bsky.social, including a look at the poem "Breakfast, 3 a.m." (which OKD published in July) with the poet @yukondawn.bsky.social. Also, of course, news and updates from July. Enjoy!

It's the fourth of the month, and we've still got slots open for free submissions of poetry and flash 👀

The August issue of our monthly newsletter drops tomorrow! Make sure you're subscribed so it lands in your inbox:

wrote a poem called feelings come & go but teeth are forever. now it lives online, maybe forever, at @okaydonkeymag.com

it’s August 🌻 start #sealeychallenge version jess 🌻 read 1 poem per day from 31 different lit mags 🌻 @okaydonkeymag.com day 1 then @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social day 2 then day 3 ???? 🌻 suggestions welcome 🌻

"i ask so little, really—eight hours for sleep, eight hours outside, eight hours for what i will. what i will is water, mostly hot, to sit in til i’m decent." "feelings come & go but teeth are forever" by @klooky.bsky.social, new poetry out today at OKD. 📝

It's the first of the month, and you know what that means: free subs are back open at OKD until we hit our monthly cap! Familiarize yourself with your vibe, then submit your best flash fiction or poetry: okaydonkeymag.com/submissions/

Our past contributor Luigi Coppola has a book out now (with Mark Shuttleworth) called "Even God Gets Distracted Sometimes"! Learn more at the link below and at: linktr.ee/evengodgetsd...

“The secret best thing about mamas is that they’re temporary.” Wow, this story is good. Darkly funny and exquisitely written. I loved every word @daniellebarrwrites.bsky.social!

ICYMI: "The Way My Mother, Who Refuses to Die, Is Like A Ford Taurus," flash fiction by @daniellebarrwrites.bsky.social:

So proud of this zombie story about mother trauma over at Okay Donkey this week! Grateful for the chance to share it!

"...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. 📝

Y’all, weird little poems gonna be weird—thanks to the folks at @okaydonkeymag.com for taking this one