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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. đŸ«
Est. May 2018.

Re-designed site!: okaydonkeymag.com
Newsletter: okaydonkeymag.beehiiv.com
Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/shop/okaydonkey

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@okaydonkeymag.comOct 10, 2026, 12:00 AM

@josehernandezdz.bsky.social Author tag đŸ«

@okaydonkeymag.comOct 9, 2026, 10:01 PM

“They had a cake with a guitar, drum set and microphone as frostings. They played ‘Lateralus’ for the wedding song and or mosh pit. The crowd spun around them like a trance.”

“The Concert Lovers” by Jose Hernandez Diaz, new poetry out today at OKD: buff.ly/iNzjiMA

The background has layers that almost look like cut-out construction paper, with the very back being a red-orange with a faded drum kit on top, and the remaining three layers being a crowd of people in a gradient from gray-blue to dark-blue. In the center is a white-pink wedding cake tilted a few degrees to the right, and a swirly pale yellow decorative frame behind it, which marks the beginning of the lemon-yellow lower-third of the image. Most importantly, on top of the wedding cake is Sad Jack (or should we say Jill?) in a bride's veil with his face up against a black electric guitar wearing a tuxedo around the base of its neck.
@okaydonkeymag.comOct 6, 2026, 6:38 PM

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@okaydonkeymag.comOct 5, 2026, 10:01 PM

This month’s newsletter features OKD Lead Fiction Reader Rina Palumbo on “Open Mic Nights.” Plus, another interview with Poetry Editor Erin Malone, but this time it’s all about her upcoming project as Bainbridge Island Poet Laureate!

Read the full newsletter at buff.ly/6gw32ZJ

Red stage curtains and three separate spotlights frame Sad Jack performing in the middle of the stage, where he wears pink cowboy boots and a white-blue tutu.

TEXT: To Open Mic or Not to Open Mic
by Rina Palumbo

Okay Donkey
Newsletter
October 2026
@okaydonkeymag.com
@okaydonkeymag.comOct 4, 2026, 10:01 PM

Dear OKD Reader- We’ve been trying to reach you regarding your lack of work submitted to us. Our free submissions run out fast, so please send us your writing at your earliest convenience using this link: buff.ly/chQ4jpz. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Sincerely,
Corporate Sad Jack đŸ’ŒđŸ«

@okaydonkeymag.comOct 2, 2026, 11:27 PM

Personally I (Dani) just say the third one: Okay Donkey. Like as an entity. But considering we’re to doubt the literacy of the donkey, I think the first or second one would be the most accurate. đŸ€“

@okaydonkeymag.comOct 2, 2026, 10:01 PM

“She was beautiful in an intimidating sort of way, and though only a few years older than me, she had the confidence of a grown woman, something I kept forgetting I was as well.”

“For a Limited Time Only” by Meghan Proulx, new flash fiction out today at OKD: buff.ly/qz75twQ

The background is a dark purple and magenta cross-over and there's a gradually fading analog clockface with roman numerals instead of Arabic numbers. Sad Jack is tinted cerulean blue and wears a long wig of straight, black hair.
@okaydonkeymag.comOct 2, 2026, 8:08 PM

PSA: Be like Kristin. If you’re already up past midnight, might as well take advantage of it! đŸ€·đŸ«

@okaydonkeymag.comOct 1, 2026, 10:02 PM

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.

@okaydonkeymag.comSep 29, 2026, 6:28 PM

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@okaydonkeymag.comSep 29, 2026, 6:27 PM

OKD Best of the Net Nominee - Poetry

“Blue Persons” by Emily Wittenhagen @emilywittenhagen.bsky.social:
buff.ly/d5gcznq

Congratulations to all of our Best of the Net nominees! đŸ«

TEXT:
Best of the Net
Poetry

Blue Persons
by Emily Wittenhagen

IMAGE:
A photo of white-sheet covered bodies is tinted dark, cyan blue.

Sad Jack is the footer of the image.
@okaydonkeymag.comSep 29, 2026, 6:27 PM

OKD Best of the Net Nominee - Poetry

"How an Adoptee Reads Literary Rejection Letters: a lost and found poem” by Danna Schmidt @dannadschmidt.bsky.social:
buff.ly/qNaZqh1

TEXT:
Best of the Net
Poetry

How an Adoptee Reads Literary Rejection Letters: a lost and found poem
by Danna Schmidt

IMAGE:
A photo of a child's crayon drawing is tinted dark, cyan blue.

Sad Jack is the footer of the image.
@okaydonkeymag.comSep 29, 2026, 6:27 PM

OKD Best of the Net Nominee - Poetry

“Nine American Sentences” by Julia Ross:
buff.ly/auci9Ae

TEXT:
Best of the Net
Poetry

Nine American Sentences
by Julia Ross

IMAGE:
A photo of a concrete wall is tinted dark, cyan blue.

Sad Jack is the footer of the image.
@okaydonkeymag.comSep 29, 2026, 6:27 PM

OKD Best of the Net Nominee - Poetry

“onwards & without delay” by Alexandra Nwigwe:
buff.ly/XOtjmDQ

TEXT:
Best of the Net
Poetry

onwards & without delay
by Alexandra Nwigwe

IMAGE:
A photo of heavy interstate traffic is tinted dark, cyan blue.

Sad Jack is the footer of the image.
@okaydonkeymag.comSep 29, 2026, 6:27 PM

OKD Best of the Net Nominee - Poetry

"In the Other World, They’ll Receive Mitzvahs” by Daniel Lurie:
buff.ly/mjwhWbi

TEXT:
Best of the Net
Poetry

In the Other World, They'll Receive Mitzvahs
by Daniel Lurie

IMAGE:
A photo of an open palm is tinted dark, cyan blue.

Sad Jack is the footer of the image.
@okaydonkeymag.comSep 29, 2026, 6:27 PM

OKD Best of the Net Nominee - Poetry

“Time Only Looks Human” by Lynne Jensen Lampe @ljensenlampe.bsky.social:
buff.ly/l7aByTk

TEXT:
Best of the Net
Fiction

Time Only Looks Human
by Lynne Jensen Lampe

IMAGE:
A photo of several wooden analog clocks in a pile is tinted dark, cyan blue.

Sad Jack is the footer of the image.
@okaydonkeymag.comSep 29, 2026, 6:27 PM

OKD Best of the Net Nominee - Fiction

“Door in the Woods” by Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social:
buff.ly/fyLo6d6

TEXT:
Best of the Net
Fiction

Door in the Woods
by Chris Scott

IMAGE:
A photo of a person walking on a wide path in misty woods is tinted dark, cyan blue.

Sad Jack is the footer of the image.
@okaydonkeymag.comSep 29, 2026, 6:27 PM

OKD Best of the Net Nominee - Fiction

“13.1 Septillion Pounds” by Emily Rinkema @emilyrinkema.bsky.social:
buff.ly/qr6u0Sj

TEXT:
Best of the Net
Fiction

13.1 Septillion Pounds
by Emily Rinkema

IMAGE:
A photo of a baby's foot is tinted dark, cyan blue.

Sad Jack is the footer of the image.
@okaydonkeymag.comSep 29, 2026, 6:27 PM

Meet OKD’s Best of the Net 2027 nominees! Read the nominated pieces in the thread below.

TEXT:
Best of the Net
OKD nominees

Emily Rinkema

Chris Scott

Lynne Jensen Lampe

Daniel Lurie

Julia Ross

Danna Schmidt

Alexandra Nwigwe

Emily Wittenhagen

IMAGE:
A mountain landscape that is tinted sky blue is the background of this image. In the foreground is a green-foiled Sad Jack silhouette holding a trophy, and Sad Jack is being pushed up the mountain by a human silhouette. The names of the nominees are also present in the foreground.
@okaydonkeymag.comSep 25, 2026, 10:01 PM

“I’m up on the water / mat now, chest up— / a siren on a rock, luring— / what?”

“Swimming” by Kieron Walquist, new poetry out today at OKD: buff.ly/efXDpt5

This image is a special one, folks. The background consists of a stretch of ocean, and in the center back is the TV anchor fish from SpongeBob SquarePants splashing out of the water. There are several Sad Jacks at different distances in the water, but you can only see his head, and he is tinted green. The right-hand side of the image has a rock with two blue-tinted tropical fish on top of it, and a light shines from them and onto the surface of the water. On the left-hand side of the image is a flowy fish tail, as if the rest of the fish is beyond the margin. The entire image has a plastic-wrap texture over it, as if this were a magazine. (It is. Okay Donkey is, in fact, a literary magazine.)
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