The Dirty Napkin is an online literary journal that was created in August 2007. It seeks to publish the best Poetry, Fiction, and Letters in four issues a year. What are the best poems, fiction, and letters, you ask? Well, thankfully we have a rather wide submission base and so we get to approach this question fresh with every issue.
Mission
To create an active community of exceptional writers via an online literary journal. We believe that writing cannot be separated from the voice, breath, and personality of the author. Further, we feel that if a piece of writing is separated from this literal voice much power is lost. Therefore, we seek to include this voice by providing recordings of each author reading their work.
The Dirty Napkin Staff
J. Argyl Plath
Managing Director, Co-Creator
J. Argyl Plath grew up watching the Golden Girls and Designing Women.
Abigail Mallin
Poetry Editor
Abigail Mallin (v3.1– ) is a poet who lives in İstanbul. She likes contradictions, boundless borders, and shades of black.
Emily Skaja
Poetry Editor
Emily Skaja (v5.2– ) is a poet who lives in Chicago with her dog.
Allison Strobel
Fiction Editor
Allison Strobel (v4.2– ) was an editor at St. Martin’s Press where she published both fiction and nonfiction, but she recently made a leap to the nonprofit world. In her free time, she can be found scouring Hoboken or New York City for delicious foods of the savory and sweet varieties.
Sarah Silberman
Fiction Editor
Sarah Silberman (v4.4– ) lives in Virginia. She dislikes many things, but several exceptions include Dorothy Parker, talk therapy, and whenever someone cooks dinner for her.
Ashley Ford
Fiction Editor
Ashley Ford (v5.2– ) is a writer, designer, and aspiring explorer of the world. She lives in Virginia, works in DC, and writes a great deal of questionable fiction while commuting. Don’t worry, fellow travelers: She goes by train, not by car.
Tim Rhomberg
Letters Editor
Tim Rhomberg is currently living a semi-adult married life, just north of Chicago. Previously, he served as a contributing editor to Millikin University’s Collage and was a member of the Like a Fox Players. His other productions and creations featured large cardboard costumes and/or dislocated shoulders. There is hope that his two rabbits will soon reside in a shared dwelling, as their two cages are filling up that spot where the love seat is going to be.