THE MAGAZINE

Okay Donkey is a literary magazine that likes to read the odd, the off-kilter, and the just plain weird. We like work that’s funny, that’s sad, and that’s both funny and sad. We especially enjoy the experimental, the surreal, the magical realist, and the genre-bending.

Some of our favorite poets are Amy Gerstler, Danez Smith, Tracy K. Smith, Brenda Shaughnessy, Alison Benis White, Jericho Brown, Claudia Rankine, James Tate, Dean Young, W.S. Merwin, Russell Edson, and Ilya Kaminsky.

Some of our favorite flash fiction and short story writers are Amy Hempel, Lydia Davis, Ha Seong-nan, Bora Chung, Carmen Maria Machado, George Saunders, Brian Evenson, and Ben Loory.

THE ETHOS

Okay Donkey strongly believes in anti-racist movements and amplifies BIPOC voices to the best of our ability.

CONTACT

Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @okaydonkeymag, and Bluesky at @okaydonkeymag.com. As of January 2025, we also have a monthly newsletter, and in March 2025 we launched our Discord community. You can also reach us by email at okaydonkeymag (at) gmail (dot) com.