We are seeking radical fiction and nonfiction essays that challenge or explode existing preconceptions. We want short stories that defy genre distinctions.  We want essays that are personal and strange and full of passion.  We would love to publish your manifesto and help kick start your revolution.  We want poetry that transforms everyday life. We want art that confronts rather than comforts.Some of our favorite fiction writers are Franz Kafka, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Philip K. Dick, John Barth, Stephen Crane, Dorothy Parker, Octavia Butler, Robert Anton Wilson, John Fante, Sinclair Lewis, HH Munro and Kurt Vonnegut. We like gonzo journalism and essayists who aren’t afraid of philosophy and history. Some of our favorite artists are Max Ernst, George Seurat, Gee Vaucher, Cindy Sherman, and mental patients. We like collage work and black and white drawings.Diet Soap will take the form of quarterly themed issues.You can send us pieces of any length, in any format, but be advised that we probably won’t print a 500,000 word screed or something written on a brick. Also, all submissions will be electronic, which means that it will be very hard to submit something written on a brick.We pay a flat $5 honorarium for everything.Send your prose to douglain{at}dietsoap.org and your poetry to poetry{at}dietsoap.org.  Please include the word “submission” in the subject line and your contact information in the attached word document or RTF.Submission deadline for Issue #3 (Theme: Sabotage) is September 25th.Upcoming themes may include:

• Wage Slavery
• Feurbach/God
• Nostalgia and History
• Agoraphobia

Reprints welcome.