Okay Donkey

Open now for flash fiction and poetry.

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Okay Donkey is a literary magazine publishing experimental, surreal, and genre-bending poetry and flash fiction, with a preference for the odd and off-kilter.

Response time info: around 2-3 months

Read the full guidelines at okaydonkeymag.submittable.com↗

Submission calls

flashCloses Sep 30Pays: $25 per published piece

Flash fiction or batch of micros up to 1,200 words; experimental, surreal, genre-bending, slipstream, and both literary and genre work welcome; one piece or batch per author per period; $25 payment; no previously published work; simultaneous submissions okay; no gratuitous sex/violence or hate…

poetryCloses Sep 30Pays: $25 per published piece

One poem per author per period; experimental, surreal, genre-bending, slipstream, and both literary and genre work welcome; no strict word limit but prefer poems that fit on one page; $25 payment; no previously published work; simultaneous submissions okay; no gratuitous sex/violence or hate…

flashCloses Jan 2, 2027Fee: $4.00Pays: $25 per published piece

Expedited Response: Flash fiction or batch of micros up to 1,200 words; $4 fee; response within two weeks; experimental, surreal, genre-bending, slipstream, and both literary and genre work welcome; one piece or batch per author per period; $25 payment.

flashCloses Jan 2, 2027Fee: $2.50Pays: $25 per published piece

Tip Jar: Flash fiction or batch of micros up to 1,200 words; $2.50 fee; experimental, surreal, genre-bending, slipstream, and both literary and genre work welcome; one piece or batch per author per period; $25 payment.

poetryCloses Jan 2, 2027Fee: $4.00Pays: $25 per published piece

Expedited Response: One poem per author per period; $4 fee; response within two weeks; experimental, surreal, genre-bending, slipstream, and both literary and genre work welcome; no strict word limit but prefer poems that fit on one page; $25 payment.

poetryCloses Jan 2, 2027Fee: $2.50Pays: $25 per published piece

Tip Jar: One poem per author per period; $2.50 fee; experimental, surreal, genre-bending, slipstream, and both literary and genre work welcome; no strict word limit but prefer poems that fit on one page; $25 payment.

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