We need some new heartbreaks for the gallery. Doesn't have to be about someone who broke your heart. Maybe its a song or movie that always makes you tear up, a spot you used to love in your home town that's gone now, a lost family recipe. 50 words or less and one photo is all we need. Sub link ⏬️

My copy of The Haikuist out in the wild rainstorm ☔️ published by EIC G. Lynn Brown of @micromancemagazine.bsky.social

OKD is open for free subs until we reach our cap! Learn more about us and submit your best poetry or flash fiction: buff.ly/chQ4jpz Okay Donkey is always open for tip jar ($2.50) or expedited ($4.00) subs! Your contribution helps us pay our contributors and cover other mag-related expenses.

Take a moment and feel for the trees. Immerse yourself in this fantastic micro. @welkinpress.bsky.social by @karenc.bsky.social !! #writingcommunity

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Shortlisted in the Earth Prize, "The Boy Wraps His Arms Around You" by @karenc.bsky.social www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...

"You, of bark and roots and roar. You remember the seeding. The flowering." My lord, this perfect piece of writing by @karenc.bsky.social in @welkinpress.bsky.social 💙💙💙

The Welkin Press@welkinpress.bsky.social · 5d ago

Shortlisted in the Earth Prize, "The Boy Wraps His Arms Around You" by @karenc.bsky.social www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...

Oh they rhythm and urgency of this @karenc.bsky.social 👏🏼👏🏼 "You remember the match. The cigarette. The smolder. The silent scream of moss and leaves." Stunning shortlisted micro for the @welkinpress.bsky.social Earth prize.

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Shortlisted in the Earth Prize, "The Boy Wraps His Arms Around You" by @karenc.bsky.social www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...

Shortlisted in the Body Prize, "Issue" by Jeffrey-Michael Kane www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...

Issue | MattKendrick.co.uk

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Today's story is "Delicate" by Corrie Haldane. @corriehaldane #ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #micro #micros #mundanecryptids

Delicate

By Corrie Haldane

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Wanted: 2027 Not Quite Write Artist-in-Residence! Having partnered with the amazing @beingcam.bsky.social and Nora Tuck, we're now looking for fresh talent to bring life to our prompts! Learn more here: tinyurl.com/4bp6j5hu This is a paid gig. Please like & share with your visual artist friends!

Submitted! Now I wait. Good luck to all competing this weekend @notquitewrite.com !!

So happy to have my haikus published in this beautiful book! Get your copy today #haikus #poetry #WritingCommunity @micromancemagazine.bsky.social

It's Wednesday so it's time for the latest from @brokenheartslit.bsky.social. This week we have a piece from @emhall47.bsky.social who shares how a craft can ease sorrow. brokenheartsliterary.com/2026-heartbr... Send in your heartbreaks -- 50 words or less and a photograph that embodies your hurt.

2026 Heartbreaks

Knit Two Together By Emily Hall @shared_yarns     To process the loss of her sister, Mom-Mom taught me to knit. Yarn looped around our needles. Balm spread across her heart.    …

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A whole lot of Malarkey came my way! @malarkeybooks.bsky.social #bookclub

Congratulations to our contributors who published elsewhere recently: @caseymulliganwalsh.bsky.social • Salvatore Difalco • @finnwritesstuff • Meredith Asuru • Ebony Morman • @ninamiller.bsky.social • Héctor Hernández. Find out what they published and where at our substack - 5minutes100words.

"'Good, right? Expensive, but worth it,' said Toby, holding another slice. 'More?'" I love this tiny piece of writing by @ninamiller.bsky.social 💙💙💙

Nina Miller@ninamiller.bsky.social · 3w ago

My latest micro up now! Pulp Friction 101words.org/pulp-friction/

My latest micro up now! Pulp Friction 101words.org/pulp-friction/

Pulp Friction - 101 Words

“Sweetest of fruits with the thickest of skin,” said Toby, peeling a sumo orange. A slice was placed into my outstretched hand. One arm steered, one eye on his handsome face. I devoured it. Let its sw...

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I have new work at Trampoline Poetry - "Poet at Home, Shares Reflection". Thanks to Barnali Ray Shukla (amazing filmmaker, poet) for creating the photo that inspired the poem, and to Ed. Justin Lacour for believing in the piece. @trampolinepoetry.bsky.social www.trampolinepoetry.com

Trampoline Poetry

Trampoline Poetry

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Hey @flashficfestuk.bsky.social people - I'm bringing 10 copies of @pleomorphic2.bsky.social's amazing NiF - MOTHER KARMA - to the festival 🎉 🧘‍♀️ 🎉 Avoid paying postage & get the festival price of £8. DM me to reserve a copy. Review by @ninamiller.bsky.social thehooghlyreview.com/review-sumit...

Or you could, like, buy 16 and get 8 free...

Stanchion@stanchion.bsky.social · last mo.

I need to sell books. You want to buy books. Use code INDIE to get any 1 book or magazine issue free when you buy any 2. Now through Monday. Celebrate independence by shopping sooooo small and indie it's actually ridiculous. Please & thank you 🖤🤍 StanchionZine.com/shop

"Your hands always had a cake blossoming out of them." Two beautiful CNF pieces by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social up now for your reading pleaure! 💔

Sumitra Singam@pleomorphic2.bsky.social · last mo.

Friends, WHAT a day. I have two CNF pieces out today in The Sandy River Review. They’re both about my dear friend Jessica who passed 18 months ago. I’d love it if you gave them a read 🧡🙏🏾💔 sandyriverreview.com/2026/07/03/h... sandyriverreview.com/2026/07/03/s...

Congratulations @swethaamit.bsky.social @ninamiller.bsky.social

Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos@delgeo14.bsky.social · last mo.

Since we only publish 24 pieces a year (including poetry), having 4 stories listed in @wigleaf.bsky.social this year is incredible. Massive congratulations to Swetha Amit @swethaamit.bsky.social, Coleman Bigelow, Chris Cottom @chriscottom.bsky.social & Nina Miller @ninamiller.bsky.social🥰

Congrats to this Queen of raw words!

Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos@delgeo14.bsky.social · last mo.

Absolutely chuffed to find my name on the @Wigleaf top 50 2026 longlist this morning. Thank you so much @sudhab.bsky.social and @andrewporter01.bsky.social. What an honour to make the list. "The Woman You Knew Nothing About" in @trashcatlit.bsky.social / Spring 2025. trashcatlit.com/the-woman-yo...

Absolutely chuffed to find my name on the @Wigleaf top 50 2026 longlist this morning. Thank you so much @sudhab.bsky.social and @andrewporter01.bsky.social. What an honour to make the list. "The Woman You Knew Nothing About" in @trashcatlit.bsky.social / Spring 2025. trashcatlit.com/the-woman-yo...

The Woman You Knew Nothing About

Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos Listen to Delphine read her story Content Warning grief Breathe in the chill winter air blowing through the window you left open for her spirit to be set free. Free…

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Since we only publish 24 pieces a year (including poetry), having 4 stories listed in @wigleaf.bsky.social this year is incredible. Massive congratulations to Swetha Amit @swethaamit.bsky.social, Coleman Bigelow, Chris Cottom @chriscottom.bsky.social & Nina Miller @ninamiller.bsky.social🥰

"A few scrapes and a minor case of claustrophobia are better than eating my lunch on the toilet again or streaming Yellowjackets with my parents on a Friday night. " Check out this fabulous tale by @tomljanovic.bsky.social !!

T.L. Tomljanovic@tomljanovic.bsky.social · last mo.

ICYMI “The Cheese Grater scrapes my bare arms and legs. I squeeze through the limestone crevice and my skin goose pimples.” Read “Cave Party” short-edition.com/en/story/sho...

We're delighted to see so many Raw Lit stories & contributors in this year's @wigleaf.bsky.social short & long lists. Congratulations to Swetha Amit @swethaamit.bsky.social - top 50 winner with "Dressed as a Donut" rawlit.weebly.com/7_7.html

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“The singular focus that comes with indulging.”

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Longlisted 🥳 Coleman Bigelow - "Cricket Cake" rawlit.weebly.com/6_12.html Chris Cottom @chriscottom.bsky.social - "How You Know Your Father's Heart is in the Military" rawlit.weebly.com/6_11.html Nina Miller @ninamiller.bsky.social - "Alone in an Endless Blue" rawlit.weebly.com/6_1.html

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Coleman Bigelow 's work has appeared recently in BULL, Cleaver, Ghost Parachute and Gooseberry Pie Lit . His first flash fiction collection: "In Rare Cases & Other Unfortunate Circumstances" was...

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"society that has no respect for a girl needing a night out because she’s an angry apple pissed off with her tree" A rush of feelings from @delgeo14.bsky.social

The Pride Roars@theprideroars.bsky.social · last mo.

Up at The Pride Roars, a new breathless micro by @delgeo14.bsky.social 'this society that has no respect for a girl needing a night out because she’s an angry apple pissed off with her tree' Read "I'm sorry" theprideroars.blogspot.com/2026/06/im-s...

Woohoo! Over the moon to find one of my stories on the Wigleaf @wigleaf.bsky.social long list! My first time! Thanks to the team at @susurrusmag.bsky.social www.susurrusthemagazine.com/my-grandmoth...

My Grandmother's Hands, — Susurrus

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