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Okay Donkey Magazine
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A literary magazine for the odd, the off-kilter, and the just plain weird. Flash fiction & poetry that may or may not contain animals. 🫏 Est. May 2018. Newsletter: okaydonkeymag.beehiiv.com Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/shop/okaydonkey
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Okay Donkey Magazine@okaydonkeymag.com · 5d ago“Spry, how the afternoon light lands on a vase of flowers. A-glow, as in someone sliding a magic carpet into the DMs of memory.” “Ode to Serotonin” by Cynthia Atkins @catkinspoet.bsky.social new poetry out today at OKD: okaydonkeymag.com/2026/07/31/o...
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Okay Donkey Magazine@okaydonkeymag.com · 5d ago“Spry, how the afternoon light lands on a vase of flowers. A-glow, as in someone sliding a magic carpet into the DMs of memory.” “Ode to Serotonin” by Cynthia Atkins @catkinspoet.bsky.social new poetry out today at OKD: okaydonkeymag.com/2026/07/31/o...
Are you a little odd? And are you hoping to read poetry for a lit mag? Then look no further, because we want YOU to read poetry for Okay Donkey! Apply now at forms.gle/ZZ8wJB6ptBtW... Form open through August 31st.
This is a special one in @okaydonkeymag.com First story published by Nelson Taylor in 25 years! Father-son hunting trip and a duck that doesn’t die Brilliant
Okay Donkey Magazine@okaydonkeymag.com · 2w ago“Gonna have to choke it, I guess, he said. No telling how long the bastards can hold their breath. Thumb into the trachea, son. Come on now.” “Taxidermy” by Nelson Taylor, new flash fiction out today at OKD: okaydonkeymag.com/2026/07/24/t...
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.
“Spry, how the afternoon light lands on a vase of flowers. A-glow, as in someone sliding a magic carpet into the DMs of memory.” “Ode to Serotonin” by Cynthia Atkins @catkinspoet.bsky.social new poetry out today at OKD: okaydonkeymag.com/2026/07/31/o...
me of @okaydonkeymag.com, Derek Askey of @thesunmagazine.bsky.social, and Rachel Dillon of @pshares.bsky.social chat about experimental fiction 🙏to: @mmkaufman.bsky.social @benloory.bsky.social @mackenziemcgee.bsky.social @heidimarjamaki.bsky.social www.theforeverworkshop.com/p/729-editor...
Weird for a Reason: What Editors Want From Experimental Fiction
Editors from The Sun, Ploughshares, and Okay Donkey Weigh in
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"I would need to kill him without damaging feathers. He suggested a drowning. So I knelt at the edge. Held him under longer than either of us thought it would take." Stunning story by Nelson Taylor that made me tear up.
Okay Donkey Magazine@okaydonkeymag.com · 2w ago“Gonna have to choke it, I guess, he said. No telling how long the bastards can hold their breath. Thumb into the trachea, son. Come on now.” “Taxidermy” by Nelson Taylor, new flash fiction out today at OKD: okaydonkeymag.com/2026/07/24/t...
The other half of OKD’s socials team is Social Media Manager Dani Kuntz @danikuntz.com! About OKD, Dani says, “It's great to be a part of a literary magazine that takes the work seriously but not necessarily itself as an ‘institution.’” Read her full interview at buff.ly/xNjHAVz
![TEXT: What would you like to do (for socials) that's rarely been done?
"Overall, just be cooky and fun. It's great to be a part of a literary magazine that takes the work seriously but not necessarily itself as an 'institution.' [...] We are all writers, and our involvement in the community extends beyond Okay Donkey. So we bring a lot of passion and earnestness to our communication, which is a dream to be a part of."
IMAGE: A holographic type of background with several pastel colors and a floating pink ribbon. Dani's quote is in the center on top of a dark pink bumpy oval, which is outlined in a lighter pink.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:m4c5xc5mcclqoudfs3qkf2bl/bafkreihndgnbb7vobg2irurpjko4blctwvt3d4alnt33w637ki6tjzq5vu)
“Gonna have to choke it, I guess, he said. No telling how long the bastards can hold their breath. Thumb into the trachea, son. Come on now.” “Taxidermy” by Nelson Taylor, new flash fiction out today at OKD: okaydonkeymag.com/2026/07/24/t...
Yay for our Lead Fiction Reader, Justin!
Lit Match Collective@litmatchcollective.com · 2w agoLit Match Collective’s very own Justin Gibson is a Pushcart Prize WINNER!!! His winning story, “Rasputin Loses Employee of the Month,” was published in The Pinch last year. LMC’s Firelight Readaround Host and Social Media Associate, Emily Afifi, asked him all about it.
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Okay Donkey Magazine@okaydonkeymag.com · 3w ago“[...] I tell her sometimes people don’t understand they are standing in the middle of a miracle until all that’s left of it is an afterthought.” “Case of Missing Animals” by Sarp Sozdinler, new poetry out today at OKD: okaydonkeymag.com/2026/07/17/c...
We’re finally revealing the wizard behind the curtain…our Social Media Associate, Cassey Abella! For OKD’s social media presence, she “envision[s] Sad Jack subconsciously permeating everyone’s minds [...] TLDR: WORLD DOMINATION.” Read Cassey’s interview at okaydonkeymag.beehiiv.com/p/bid-farewe...
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What's your vision for Okay Donkey's social media presence?
"[...] I envision Sad Jack subconsciously permeating everyone's minds such that they wonder what his next move is and what Okay Donkey will publish next. TLDR: WORLD DOMINATION."
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“[...] I tell her sometimes people don’t understand they are standing in the middle of a miracle until all that’s left of it is an afterthought.” “Case of Missing Animals” by Sarp Sozdinler, new poetry out today at OKD: okaydonkeymag.com/2026/07/17/c...
OKD and its contributors were fêted in the Wigleaf Top 50 2026 for “On Your 60th Birthday, Resembling Our Mother, Dead at 61” by Patricia Q. Bidar and “Fireflies” by Rina Olsen. Several pieces also made the longlist— see the full list in our newsletter at okaydonkeymag.beehiiv.com/p/bid-farewe...
“Maybe everything people thought was lost was really alive somewhere, hiding from the brutal grab of the world, waiting for a quiet moment to reappear.” @writesofkathryn.bsky.social in @okaydonkeymag.com
Winter’s Tales: Two Micros by Kathryn Kulpa
That Winter In quilted bedrooms we gathered around clock radios and cheered on announcers counting up inches of snow. More, we chanted. More! And there was more. Car antennas poked from mounds of s…
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"That winter felt like a giant, lumbering snowman, only human enough to feel malice, cast his pallid curse on us all. We hunkered." Two terrific winter themed micros.
Okay Donkey Magazine@okaydonkeymag.com · 4w ago“Days and nights melted together. I remember it rained, and I stood outside under a tree, catching runoff from leaves in my mouth.” “Winter’s Tales,” two micros by Kathryn Kulpa @writesofkathryn.bsky.social new flash fiction out today at OKD: okaydonkeymag.com/2026/07/10/w...
“Days and nights melted together. I remember it rained, and I stood outside under a tree, catching runoff from leaves in my mouth.” “Winter’s Tales,” two micros by Kathryn Kulpa @writesofkathryn.bsky.social new flash fiction out today at OKD: okaydonkeymag.com/2026/07/10/w...
OKD contributor T.J. Martinson (Jan. 2026) has a thrilling new novel out with Counterpoint Press! You can check out T.J.’s book, “Blood River Witch,” at bookshop.org/p/books/bloo...
This month’s newsletter features Lead Fiction Reader Ellie Amos on outwitting writer's block, and we (Dani & Cassey, socials team) answer some interview questions! Plus, other members of the OKD community have some exciting news to share… Read the full newsletter at buff.ly/gBgcxWk
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Okay Donkey Magazine@okaydonkeymag.com · last mo.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.
“[...] The red taillights make fingertips. Blinking, they both turn left, then dark.” “Planet” by Kary Wayson, new poetry out today at OKD: okaydonkeymag.com/2026/07/03/p...
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.
So proud and honored. Grateful to @sudhab.bsky.social @andrewporter01.bsky.social, Scott Garson, and the Wigleaf 50 associate editors. Thank you, @okaydonkeymag.com, for working with me!
Sudha Balagopal@sudhab.bsky.social · last mo.Clang the bells! The @wigleaf.bsky.social Long List and Top 50 list is up www.wigleaf.com.🎈 Special thanks to Guest Selecting Editor, @andrewporter01.bsky.social. Gratitude also to our team who spent countless hours reading. And big 🙏 to Scott Garson without whom this list wouldn't exist! 🌷🌷