Dishsoap Quarterly

Sweet, clever flash piece up this week. Open "Intruder" from Jordan Damato and make sure you sit far enough away that whoever's haunting your house can catch a glimpse at this fire writing too. Link: dishsoap-quarterly.com/10-20-26

Wondering what to submit? This week we’re especially into: grasshoppers, marsh, buttons, cleaning out houses, the apothecary diaries, mundanity, sushi, video games, mythical creatures, sonnets, deliveries, cnf, natural disaster, and nails.

ICYMI ☄️🌀

ICYMI 🌱💚

This is so much fun to read, @amyavt.bsky.social! The structure and pacing, the building tension, the specificity…love it!

Submissions are now open until October 31. www.frostzonestories.com/p/submission...

Oh yeah this speaks right to my heart Amy Allen in @dishsoapquart.bsky.social dishsoap-quarterly.com/10-13-26

Wonderfully playful flash up this week. You should def swipe right on "Let's Keep it Online" from @amyavt.bsky.social Link: dishsoap-quarterly.com/10-13-26

Make sure to check this out if u missed it earlier this week :)

Super cool. I’ve been nominated for an award. Big thx to @dishsoapquart.bsky.social

Wonderful flash up this week that captures the corporate grind a little too accurately. But maybe with a bit of a twist. Grab your magnifying glass and investigate "Keep This Machine Running" from Nick Porisch Link: dishsoap-quarterly.com/10-6-26

Big shoutout to our @genrepunkmag.bsky.social awards nominees! @imbutashadow.bsky.social @raymondbrunell.bsky.social @justinkarcher.bsky.social @travisflatt.bsky.social and other wonderful people not on this platform :)

Happy follow friday! Here’s a few mags that are currently OPEN for FREE subs :) @lespritlit.bsky.social @fictivedream.bsky.social @oneart.bsky.social @flashfrog.bsky.social @chestnutreview.bsky.social @dipitylitmag.bsky.social @paranoidxtree.bsky.social @voidspacezine.bsky.social

Happy to have three haiku up in @havehashad.com today!

ANMLY is now open for new work! We're especially seeking more from writers outside of the US, more nonfiction, graphic narratives, & translation! > anmly.submittable.com *Fee waivers available* Check out our latest issue to see what we're into! > anmly.org/ap42

Wondering what to submit? This week we're especially into: birds, big storms, Stardew Valley, socks, love poems, lists, harbor seals, friction, ghazals, balloons, The Crane Wives, fall vibes, footprints, chronic illness, and cobwebs.

Wonderful shortie to break up the monotony of the work week. Lean back, take a break, and escape into "There Are Many Difficult Things to Do This Morning" from @jeffreyhermann.bsky.social Link: dishsoap-quarterly.com/9-29-26

Congrats to our nominees for the Monarch Queer Literary Awards! @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social @monarch.gay Joshua Zeitler @thejayestofzees.bsky.social & Yuna Kang! Read their poems in our archive: engineidling.net/archive

This is your sign to browse a lit mag this weekend. ✏️ 📖

Ooo you want to send us poetry so bad

"A train flicks on in a rail yard, suddenly not junk, muscles convulsing the way a horse bunches up inside." (Cargo // Daniel Kim) Read more: dishsoap-quarterly.com/1-13-26

Congratulations to our nominees ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

Wonderfully visceral piece up this week. Lean in and tackle "A-Frame Gorillas" from Kevin Snyder Link: dishsoap-quarterly.com/9-22-26

'Walking along to meet her, I'm riffing on a line by a Spanish poet I read.' Such big feelings in this piece by @keithwoodruff.bsky.social @dishsoapquart.bsky.social #fiction #microfiction #flashfiction #writingcommunity dishsoap-quarterly.com/9-15-26

ig big thanks to Zoe Reay-Ellers and the wonderful Dishsoap Quarterly (@dishsoapquart.bsky.social) team for nominating my story, "Paul From the Future," for Best of the Net! (🔗👇)

wondering what to submit? This week we're especially interested in: walruses, pluralities, the singularity, singles (people), singles (dollars), lingering, fingers, fish, the sun, slant rhymes, Y2K, Slay the Princess, To-do lists, Listerine, Yuri on Ice, Antarctica, and pink

Happening tomorrow! Email us for the link!! 💛🐝

Grateful to @dishsoapquart.bsky.social for this BEST OF THE NET nomination for my CNF “For the Love of Hot Mustard” (Dedicated to my nephew. RIP Josh 🙏🏼) Story 🔗 in comments

Honored to be nominated! Many thanks to @dishsoapquart.bsky.social!!

Big congratulations to Michelle Li, Jeffrey Heath, @m-demarco-words.bsky.social, Ashley Varela, Rachel Sherman, @ezhang77.bsky.social, @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social, @dallonwrites.bsky.social, @tracieadams.bsky.social, and @hughbehmsteinberg.bsky.social!!!!

a rhyming couplet for your friday: 2 more days for livewire 3 days till queer desire fifthwheelpress.com/submit

wondering what to submit? This week we're especially interested in: walruses, pluralities, the singularity, singles (people), singles (dollars), lingering, fingers, fish, the sun, slant rhymes, Y2K, Slay the Princess, To-do lists, Listerine, Yuri on Ice, Antarctica, and pink

If u missed this earlier this week be sure to give it a read :)

Really love @dishsoapquart.bsky.social and thank you so much to @zreayellers.bsky.social for taking this cornfield sort-of-love story🌽

New piece that's right with us, here, on that lovely cusp of summer and fall. Sink into "Green Music" by @keithwoodruff.bsky.social Link: dishsoap-quarterly.com/9-15-26

Tomorrow! We're opening our submissions for CHANDELIER: GLOWERING tomorrow! We want to read your most haunted previously published writing!

Wondering what to submit? This week we're especially interested in: Dinosaurs, bits of trivia, sonnets, mountains, centrality, the sublime, the Magnus Archives, subway systems, root systems, transformation, rubber ducks, inside jokes, fighting the good fight, the blues, and heat

#FF It’s Deaf Awareness Month! Give some ❤️ & a follow to these members of the lit community beginning with “D”: @dadakuku.bsky.social @deepsouthsa.bsky.social @delicatezine.bsky.social @dishsoapquart.bsky.social @doorisajarmag.bsky.social @doricliterary.bsky.social @dorothyproject.bsky.social

Wonderful little flash up from @iamchrisscott.bsky.social. Ever wondered about what's up with Jason or have a life that's collapsing in front of your eyes? Give "Watching 'Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan' While My Life Falls Apart" a try Link: dishsoap-quarterly.com/9-8-26

New words from me (Chris) at the wonderful @dishsoapquart.bsky.social: dishsoap-quarterly.com/9-8-26

Thinking of nominating for this year's award but not sure what to pick? Check out the 2026 anthology to see what we loved last year! Here's an excerpt from "girl, possessed" by Tara Labovich, first published by @dishsoapquart.bsky.social Read the rest at monarch.gay/monarch-2026

Happy to see my light, meandering “Suburban Fable” up at the fine @dishsoapquart.bsky.social . Thank you! And thanks to my Moosetalk writing quartet, and to my dear Writing Chicas (@KelliBorges2 & Ali McKenzie) for initial edits on this fun-to-write piece.

Gorgeous and surprising story by @nbrogdonwrites.bsky.social in @dishsoapquart.bsky.social 🩷🩷

Lovely, vivid piece up this week for y'all. Sink your teeth into "Suburban Fable" from @nbrogdonwrites.bsky.social Link: dishsoap-quarterly.com/9-1-26

“There are days when the last shadow in this swamp steps to the edge of the clearing and howls. …” @jackbedell.bsky.social in Odd Lobster oddlobster.com#jack-b-bedell