Okay Donkey Magazine
@okaydonkeymag.com
A literary magazine for the odd, the off-kilter, and the just plain weird. Contains flash fiction and poetry, which may or may not contain animals. Est. May 2018.
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The holidays are upon us, and we continue to be enraptured by gratitude for this weird and wonderful life. Here at OKD, we're especially grateful for our many staff readers who enable us to treat every submitted piece with care. Learn more about our readers at okaydonkeymag.com/masthead/.
The holidays are upon us, and we continue to be enraptured by gratitude for this weird and wonderful life. Here at OKD, we're especially grateful for our many staff readers who enable us to treat every submitted piece with care. Learn more about our readers at okaydonkeymag.com/masthead/.
December 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The holidays are upon us, and we continue to be enraptured by gratitude for this weird and wonderful life. Here at OKD, we're especially grateful for our many staff readers who enable us to treat every submitted piece with care. Learn more about our readers at okaydonkeymag.com/masthead/.
We are proud to be lucky number 7 in the Bold and Weird category of Chill Subs Best Lit Mags of 2025! The donkey is always happy to receive compliments (but only when we pass on the message to him, since he really can't read, despite his protests). Check out all the winners here: buff.ly/Xw4HXk6
December 22, 2025 at 10:32 PM
We are proud to be lucky number 7 in the Bold and Weird category of Chill Subs Best Lit Mags of 2025! The donkey is always happy to receive compliments (but only when we pass on the message to him, since he really can't read, despite his protests). Check out all the winners here: buff.ly/Xw4HXk6
Presenting OKD’s Best Microfiction nominees! Read the nominated pieces in the thread below.
December 18, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Presenting OKD’s Best Microfiction nominees! Read the nominated pieces in the thread below.
Congratulations to OKD’s 2026 Best Small Fictions nominees! Read the nominated pieces in the thread below.
December 16, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Congratulations to OKD’s 2026 Best Small Fictions nominees! Read the nominated pieces in the thread below.
Meet OKD’s Pushcart Prize nominees! Read the nominated pieces in the thread below.
December 15, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Meet OKD’s Pushcart Prize nominees! Read the nominated pieces in the thread below.
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So take a peek at those chats👆
Who knows if 'good writing' is teachable but craft for sure is.
Stories by
@robroensch.bsky.social
@lindspetersberg.bsky.social
Rina Olsen
Brittany Ackerman
🔥Sign up for (Better Than) MFA-Style Writing Workshops
here
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Who knows if 'good writing' is teachable but craft for sure is.
Stories by
@robroensch.bsky.social
@lindspetersberg.bsky.social
Rina Olsen
Brittany Ackerman
🔥Sign up for (Better Than) MFA-Style Writing Workshops
here
www.litmatchcollective.com/writing-workshops
Writing Workshops | Lit Match Collective
www.litmatchcollective.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
So take a peek at those chats👆
Who knows if 'good writing' is teachable but craft for sure is.
Stories by
@robroensch.bsky.social
@lindspetersberg.bsky.social
Rina Olsen
Brittany Ackerman
🔥Sign up for (Better Than) MFA-Style Writing Workshops
here
www.litmatchcollective.com/writing-workshops
Who knows if 'good writing' is teachable but craft for sure is.
Stories by
@robroensch.bsky.social
@lindspetersberg.bsky.social
Rina Olsen
Brittany Ackerman
🔥Sign up for (Better Than) MFA-Style Writing Workshops
here
www.litmatchcollective.com/writing-workshops
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ICYMI
4 craft chats w/ Editor Steve @ The Forever Workshop
Comparing pre- and post-revision versions of work @okaydonkeymag.com
Think 'nothing happens' in your writing? You might be surprised by these chats
www.theforeverworkshop.com/p/editor-ins...
Members get 1 month of Forever Workshop, free
4 craft chats w/ Editor Steve @ The Forever Workshop
Comparing pre- and post-revision versions of work @okaydonkeymag.com
Think 'nothing happens' in your writing? You might be surprised by these chats
www.theforeverworkshop.com/p/editor-ins...
Members get 1 month of Forever Workshop, free
December 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
ICYMI
4 craft chats w/ Editor Steve @ The Forever Workshop
Comparing pre- and post-revision versions of work @okaydonkeymag.com
Think 'nothing happens' in your writing? You might be surprised by these chats
www.theforeverworkshop.com/p/editor-ins...
Members get 1 month of Forever Workshop, free
4 craft chats w/ Editor Steve @ The Forever Workshop
Comparing pre- and post-revision versions of work @okaydonkeymag.com
Think 'nothing happens' in your writing? You might be surprised by these chats
www.theforeverworkshop.com/p/editor-ins...
Members get 1 month of Forever Workshop, free
Hi, friends! As you might know, Okay Donkey operates a little differently in December:
- We don't publish new works (but we'll be back in January!)
- Expedited subs ($4.00) will close Sunday, December 7 so our staff can still promise a quick turnaround before we take a break
(cont.)
- We don't publish new works (but we'll be back in January!)
- Expedited subs ($4.00) will close Sunday, December 7 so our staff can still promise a quick turnaround before we take a break
(cont.)
December 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Hi, friends! As you might know, Okay Donkey operates a little differently in December:
- We don't publish new works (but we'll be back in January!)
- Expedited subs ($4.00) will close Sunday, December 7 so our staff can still promise a quick turnaround before we take a break
(cont.)
- We don't publish new works (but we'll be back in January!)
- Expedited subs ($4.00) will close Sunday, December 7 so our staff can still promise a quick turnaround before we take a break
(cont.)
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Thank you, editors. I recommend this lit journal nonpareil! #writingcommunity #dirtyrealism #gritlit
ICYMI: "On Your 60th Birthday, Resembling Our Mother, Dead at 61," flash fiction by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social:
On Your 60th Birthday, Resembling Our Mother, Dead at 61 by Patricia Q. Bidar
You emerge from your apartment, wheatfield hair ablaze in the afternoon sun. My big sister, skinny in a form-fitting dress. Today you are 60. I smooth my Hawaiian shirt over my paunch. “Birth…
okaydonkeymag.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Thank you, editors. I recommend this lit journal nonpareil! #writingcommunity #dirtyrealism #gritlit
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Love this story (not just for shouting out my old neighborhood) and looking forward to posting our episode with @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social soon 📚💙
"We two share memories of being taken to the movies, her slipping alone to the back row where her married boyfriend waited."
"On Your 60th Birthday, Resembling Our Mother, Dead at 61" by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD:
"On Your 60th Birthday, Resembling Our Mother, Dead at 61" by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD:
On Your 60th Birthday, Resembling Our Mother, Dead at 61 by Patricia Q. Bidar
You emerge from your apartment, wheatfield hair ablaze in the afternoon sun. My big sister, skinny in a form-fitting dress. Today you are 60. I smooth my Hawaiian shirt over my paunch. “Birth…
okaydonkeymag.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Love this story (not just for shouting out my old neighborhood) and looking forward to posting our episode with @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social soon 📚💙
ICYMI: "On Your 60th Birthday, Resembling Our Mother, Dead at 61," flash fiction by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social:
On Your 60th Birthday, Resembling Our Mother, Dead at 61 by Patricia Q. Bidar
You emerge from your apartment, wheatfield hair ablaze in the afternoon sun. My big sister, skinny in a form-fitting dress. Today you are 60. I smooth my Hawaiian shirt over my paunch. “Birth…
okaydonkeymag.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
ICYMI: "On Your 60th Birthday, Resembling Our Mother, Dead at 61," flash fiction by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social:
Our December newsletter is here! This month, OKD's own Megan Hannay shares some tips for writing impactful flash fiction (and getting out of our slush pile!), we recognize a bunch of award nominees, and more:
Make your shortform writing stand out from the first sentence 🖋️
Plus so many award nominations, a recap of November, and more
okaydonkeymag.beehiiv.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Our December newsletter is here! This month, OKD's own Megan Hannay shares some tips for writing impactful flash fiction (and getting out of our slush pile!), we recognize a bunch of award nominees, and more:
Our December newsletter is coming your way tomorrow! Make sure you're subscribed so you see it in your inbox.
If you're into flash fiction (especially writing flash fiction), you'll want to see this one:
If you're into flash fiction (especially writing flash fiction), you'll want to see this one:
Okay Donkey Newsletter
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November 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Our December newsletter is coming your way tomorrow! Make sure you're subscribed so you see it in your inbox.
If you're into flash fiction (especially writing flash fiction), you'll want to see this one:
If you're into flash fiction (especially writing flash fiction), you'll want to see this one:
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Wonderful work from @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social in @okaydonkeymag.com! ⬇️
"We two share memories of being taken to the movies, her slipping alone to the back row where her married boyfriend waited."
"On Your 60th Birthday, Resembling Our Mother, Dead at 61" by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD:
"On Your 60th Birthday, Resembling Our Mother, Dead at 61" by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD:
On Your 60th Birthday, Resembling Our Mother, Dead at 61 by Patricia Q. Bidar
You emerge from your apartment, wheatfield hair ablaze in the afternoon sun. My big sister, skinny in a form-fitting dress. Today you are 60. I smooth my Hawaiian shirt over my paunch. “Birth…
okaydonkeymag.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Wonderful work from @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social in @okaydonkeymag.com! ⬇️
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"...you and I both hold an unfillable void inside, even as we participate now and then in life’s parade."
@patriciaqbidar.bsky.social in @okaydonkeymag.com 🔥🔥
@patriciaqbidar.bsky.social in @okaydonkeymag.com 🔥🔥
"We two share memories of being taken to the movies, her slipping alone to the back row where her married boyfriend waited."
"On Your 60th Birthday, Resembling Our Mother, Dead at 61" by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD:
"On Your 60th Birthday, Resembling Our Mother, Dead at 61" by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD:
On Your 60th Birthday, Resembling Our Mother, Dead at 61 by Patricia Q. Bidar
You emerge from your apartment, wheatfield hair ablaze in the afternoon sun. My big sister, skinny in a form-fitting dress. Today you are 60. I smooth my Hawaiian shirt over my paunch. “Birth…
okaydonkeymag.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"...you and I both hold an unfillable void inside, even as we participate now and then in life’s parade."
@patriciaqbidar.bsky.social in @okaydonkeymag.com 🔥🔥
@patriciaqbidar.bsky.social in @okaydonkeymag.com 🔥🔥
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Love this tiny gem
"We two share memories of being taken to the movies, her slipping alone to the back row where her married boyfriend waited."
"On Your 60th Birthday, Resembling Our Mother, Dead at 61" by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD:
"On Your 60th Birthday, Resembling Our Mother, Dead at 61" by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD:
On Your 60th Birthday, Resembling Our Mother, Dead at 61 by Patricia Q. Bidar
You emerge from your apartment, wheatfield hair ablaze in the afternoon sun. My big sister, skinny in a form-fitting dress. Today you are 60. I smooth my Hawaiian shirt over my paunch. “Birth…
okaydonkeymag.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Love this tiny gem
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“Except the sky has the vague look /
of a person who has said too much at a dinner party.“
of a person who has said too much at a dinner party.“
ICYMI: "Notes Toward the Month After May," poetry by Penny Wei:
Notes Toward the Month After May by Penny Wei
I have started to count the number of times the microwave hums before I eat. The evening it was seven I told myself that odd numbers are lucky. Like the women who wear ankle- length skirts and read…
okaydonkeymag.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:47 AM
“Except the sky has the vague look /
of a person who has said too much at a dinner party.“
of a person who has said too much at a dinner party.“
"We two share memories of being taken to the movies, her slipping alone to the back row where her married boyfriend waited."
"On Your 60th Birthday, Resembling Our Mother, Dead at 61" by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD:
"On Your 60th Birthday, Resembling Our Mother, Dead at 61" by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD:
On Your 60th Birthday, Resembling Our Mother, Dead at 61 by Patricia Q. Bidar
You emerge from your apartment, wheatfield hair ablaze in the afternoon sun. My big sister, skinny in a form-fitting dress. Today you are 60. I smooth my Hawaiian shirt over my paunch. “Birth…
okaydonkeymag.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:22 PM
"We two share memories of being taken to the movies, her slipping alone to the back row where her married boyfriend waited."
"On Your 60th Birthday, Resembling Our Mother, Dead at 61" by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD:
"On Your 60th Birthday, Resembling Our Mother, Dead at 61" by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD:
ICYMI: "Notes Toward the Month After May," poetry by Penny Wei:
Notes Toward the Month After May by Penny Wei
I have started to count the number of times the microwave hums before I eat. The evening it was seven I told myself that odd numbers are lucky. Like the women who wear ankle- length skirts and read…
okaydonkeymag.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
ICYMI: "Notes Toward the Month After May," poetry by Penny Wei:
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One of my favorite parts of the day is looking through all the comments on our Best Lit Mag Awards votes, like this super sweet one left for @okaydonkeymag.com!
Click here to show your favorite lit mags + editors some love <3: www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
#writing #writingcommunity #litmags
Click here to show your favorite lit mags + editors some love <3: www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
#writing #writingcommunity #litmags
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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We just published a really excellent feature on this with some sample answers depending on how snarky you want to be 🙂↕️
November 23, 2025 at 8:03 PM
We just published a really excellent feature on this with some sample answers depending on how snarky you want to be 🙂↕️
Ask our editors anything through November 30! We'll round up their answers for our January newsletter. 💬
Submit questions: forms.gle/NiBR9KQG2PHZzXqs7
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Have you ever wondered how...
• a literary magazine is run?
• decisions are made on submissions?
• to improve your chances of getting published by an established literary magazine?
Ask our editors (almost) anything by 11/30: forms.gle/NiBR9KQG2PHZ...
Answers coming in our January newsletter! 🫏
• a literary magazine is run?
• decisions are made on submissions?
• to improve your chances of getting published by an established literary magazine?
Ask our editors (almost) anything by 11/30: forms.gle/NiBR9KQG2PHZ...
Answers coming in our January newsletter! 🫏
November 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Ask our editors anything through November 30! We'll round up their answers for our January newsletter. 💬
Submit questions: forms.gle/NiBR9KQG2PHZzXqs7
Subscribe to our newsletter: okaydonkeymag.beehiiv.com
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This is awesome.
"The news says that the bees are
leaving but I'm still getting stung by things."
"Notes Toward the Month After May" by Penny Wei, new poetry out today at OKD:
leaving but I'm still getting stung by things."
"Notes Toward the Month After May" by Penny Wei, new poetry out today at OKD:
Notes Toward the Month After May by Penny Wei
I have started to count the number of times the microwave hums before I eat. The evening it was seven I told myself that odd numbers are lucky. Like the women who wear ankle- length skirts and read…
okaydonkeymag.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is awesome.
"The news says that the bees are
leaving but I'm still getting stung by things."
"Notes Toward the Month After May" by Penny Wei, new poetry out today at OKD:
leaving but I'm still getting stung by things."
"Notes Toward the Month After May" by Penny Wei, new poetry out today at OKD:
Notes Toward the Month After May by Penny Wei
I have started to count the number of times the microwave hums before I eat. The evening it was seven I told myself that odd numbers are lucky. Like the women who wear ankle- length skirts and read…
okaydonkeymag.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
"The news says that the bees are
leaving but I'm still getting stung by things."
"Notes Toward the Month After May" by Penny Wei, new poetry out today at OKD:
leaving but I'm still getting stung by things."
"Notes Toward the Month After May" by Penny Wei, new poetry out today at OKD:
ICYMI: "Bed Rot," flash fiction by Sarah Chin:
Bed Rot by Sarah Chin
On the first warm morning of spring, Tom arrives holding half-wilted tulips like a man holding a bouquet of blunt instruments. He says he’s leaving me. For Amsterdam. Not the city—he clarifies—a wo…
okaydonkeymag.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
ICYMI: "Bed Rot," flash fiction by Sarah Chin: