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Dishsoap Quarterly @dishsoapquart.bsky.social · 8h

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

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the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

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

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

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

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Dishsoap Quarterly @dishsoapquart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"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

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Cargo | dishsoap quarterly

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Dishsoap Quarterly @dishsoapquart.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Congratulations to our nominees ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

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Dishsoap Quarterly @dishsoapquart.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Congratulations to our nominees ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

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Dishsoap Quarterly @dishsoapquart.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

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

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Laura Besley @laurabesley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

'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

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Green Music | dishsoap quarterly

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Sarp Sozdinler @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

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! (🔗👇)

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Dishsoap Quarterly @dishsoapquart.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

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

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beestung @beestung.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

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

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Tracie Adams @tracieadams.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

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

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Elena Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

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

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fifth wheel press @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

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

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submit — fifth wheel press

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Dishsoap Quarterly @dishsoapquart.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

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Dishsoap Quarterly @dishsoapquart.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

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

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Keith Woodruff @keithwoodruff.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

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

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Dishsoap Quarterly @dishsoapquart.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

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

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Bulb Culture Collective @bulbculture.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

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

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Dishsoap Quarterly @dishsoapquart.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

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

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The B'K Magazine @thebkmagazine.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

#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

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Dishsoap Quarterly @dishsoapquart.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

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

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Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

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

Title: Watching ‘Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan’ While My Life Falls Apart by Chris Scott

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Monarch Queer Literary Awards @monarch.gay · 10/09/2026

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

an excerpt from "girl, possessed!" by Tara Labovich
from Monarch 2026
first published by Dishsoap Quarterly

"lovehunger, touchache, the singsong / from the cloister of want. / i had forgotten the way it hurts."

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Nicole Brogdon @nbrogdonwrites.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

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.

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Marcella #creativity #nature @marcellacreates.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

When you start reading short pieces of writing while learning to write your own and you come across a gem like this. Please pat Mike for me, if he’ll receive affection from a stranger.

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Lisa Thornton @thorntonforreal.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

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

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Dishsoap Quarterly @dishsoapquart.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

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

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Pat Foran @pdforan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

“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

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Pat Foran @pdforan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

“… No stares, no pain, no names even in this here, this now …” @jackbedell.bsky.social in @neologismpoetry.bsky.social www.neologismpoetry.com/August-2026/

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Fahmidan Group @fahmidangroup.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

A new issue. New voices. New perspectives. Issue 26 of Fahmidan Journal is now available to read online for free. Read for free here: www.fahmidan.net/issue/26%E2%... #Issue26 #LiteraryJournal #Poetry #CreativeWriting #FahmidanJournal

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Stone Circle Review @stonecirclereview.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The Circle is always open. Send your best poem. I'm looking for work that reminds the reader not everything can be measured or explained. No fee. Four-week turnaround. Full guidelines: stonecirclereview.com/submissions-... #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #CallForSubmissions #LitMag

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After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 31/08/2026

We are looking for volunteer submission readers! Join a community of 200+ submission #readers at After Dinner Conversation. Help us find the needle in the haystack of submissions. (Being a #reader is the fastest way to improve your writing) msg "info@afterdinnerconversation.com"

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Dishsoap Quarterly @dishsoapquart.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

“Oh for fuck’s sake,” I say. “Why on earth would there be a baby in a backpack at the biggest rock venue in the city?” (Pull It Together, Wilson // @emilyrinkema.bsky.social) Read more: dishsoap-quarterly.com/7-14-26

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Joanna ✅ Theiss @joannatheiss.com · 25/08/2026

Like most flash I write, this little guy was started in a @francinewitte.bsky.social pop-up writing class. Thank you @dishsoapquart.bsky.social for publishing it! dishsoap-quarterly.com

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Dishsoap Quarterly @dishsoapquart.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Piece up this week that's about dead fathers and transportation-- what more could you want? @joannatheiss.com's "Your Dead Father on the Train from Babylon" is best read while in-transit, but it's also just generally best read, so get on that Link: dishsoap-quarterly.com/8-25-26

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the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

can we get another sign up for our issue 10 collaboration partner matchmaker?! we've got one person in EST who would like a partner! forms.gle/eiSf9J9uZ65q... See our site for the theme/guidelines: engineidling.net

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the engine(idling Issue 10 Collab Matchmaker

Fill out this Google Form if you want to find a creative partner for our 10th issue. Our 9th issue had a lot of success pairing folks up, so we've decided to re-open the form for those interested in ...

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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

We're open for applications! Become a SmokeLong Emerging Writer Fellow in 2027! www.smokelong.com?page_id=4310...

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Dishsoap Quarterly @dishsoapquart.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

If u missed this earlier in the week make sure you give it a read!

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Sarp Sozdinler @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

So incredibly happy to make it back in Michigan City Review with two new micro poems. Huge thanks to Bobby Vanecko and all the awesome people on the team. Truly some of the best out there. 🔗👇

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ANMLY @anmlymag.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

4 days left for our call for queer and trans writers and artists exploring poetry on desire and devotion that revels in excess. We’re seeking previously-unpublished poetry, multimedia poetry, audio, and video. No AI. Deadline: August 28th More: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Red background with a stack of white cards. Text reads: "Now accepting submissions for the next ANMLY folio, Fetish. Queer and trans writers are invited to submit poetry and mixed media slash visual poems. Deadline is August 28th, 2026.

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Dishsoap Quarterly @dishsoapquart.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Piece that probably really speaks to you, scrolling, here on bluesky. Take a break and channel that tech fixation on "simulation sickness" by Anisha Arvind instead. Link: dishsoap-quarterly.com/8-18-26

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Dishsoap Quarterly @dishsoapquart.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Wonderful little bullet of a piece up for you guys this week. Lose yourself in the abstract, mesmerizing patterns of "This is Awkward" from Jason Fraley. Link: dishsoap-quarterly.com/8-11-26

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Dishsoap Quarterly @dishsoapquart.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Wonderful little bullet of a piece up for you guys this week. Lose yourself in the abstract, mesmerizing patterns of "This is Awkward" from Jason Fraley. Link: dishsoap-quarterly.com/8-11-26

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ALOCASIA @alocasiamag.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

If anyone here wanted to go to this and missed the free tickets, just email me at alocasiamagazine@gmail.com and I'll hook you up with the Zoom link when it's time (still for free ofc!) 🌺🪴🌵🌴🪷

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Dishsoap Quarterly @dishsoapquart.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Absolute gut punch of a piece up this week. Strap in and enjoy the smooth ride "Tigers" from @danditty.bsky.social takes you on Link: dishsoap-quarterly.com/8-4-26

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