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Racking up rejections (for good) 🚫 Notes from the 100 rejections a year challenge, plus award nominees and more from OKD and beyond

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October at Okay Donkey brings a feature from @rinapalumbo.bsky.social on rejection (and…acceptance?!), our recent award nominees, and a few highlights from what our awesome contributors and staff are up to lately:

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*Book Reviews Dear Justice by Jennifer Martelli. Grey Book Press. $7 Reviewed by Rina Palumbo Dear Justice by Jennifer Martelli is a stunning and powerful poetry collection that demonstrates the power of words t…

What an absolute honor to write this review of "Dear Justice" by Jennifer Martelli. Thank you to @Michelle Messina Reale, the staff of @Ovunque Siamo, and the brilliant @Jennifer Martelli.

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Submissions Third Street Review Literally On the Edge Located on the Pacific Ocean in the artists’ colony of Laguna Beach, California, Third Street Review lives on the edge, both literally and figuratively. Ca…

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Submissions Third Street Review Literally On the Edge Located on the Pacific Ocean in the artists’ colony of Laguna Beach, California, Third Street Review lives on the edge, both literally and figuratively. Ca…

We are open for subs! Flash fiction, CNF, poetry, and art and photography. Can't wait to see your wild, wooly, and brightly feathered creations!
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Jealousy Always Brought Out the Best In Her by Christine Fugate and Rina Palumbo | Issue #34 Green eyes widen, brown roots starting to emerge beneath blonde hair, she has a killer smile, feral, sultry and dangerous. Not her now.

"There was desire and lust but it had nothing to do with the swamp or the humidity or the night noises. It was jealousy." Finish out your week with "Jealousy Always Brought Out the Best In Her" by Christine Fugate and @rinapalumbo.bsky.social! #flashfiction #literarycommunity #writingcommunity