Written by Emily Harstone September 26th, 2024

7 Literary Journals that Accept Humorous Writing

Literary Journals as a whole lean towards serious writing, which means that writers that lean towards comedy are often left out.

All of these journals focus on, or have a strong history of, publishing writing that is humorous.

Please read their submission guidelines carefully and consider fit before submitting.

Lowestoft Chronicle
Lowestoft Chronicle is an online literary magazine that publishes “flash fiction, short stories, poetry, and creative non-fiction. Preference is given to humorous submissions with an emphasis on travel.” The deadline for this reading period is November 15th.

WestWard Quarterly
This poetry only journal focuses on “presenting material that is reflective, inspiring, uplifting, encouraging and humorous”.

McSweeney’s Internet Tendency
The most established humor focused lit journal on the internet, publishes very specific types of articles. Please read a few examples and their guidelines before submitting.

The Belladonna
They bill themselves as “Comedy and satire by women and other marginalized genders, for everyone.” Submissions are restricted to women, non-binary, gender queer, and gender nonconforming authors. 

Funny Times
They only publish cartoons and funny stories, and have been for over forty years. You can get a feel for what they publish here.

Little Old Lady Comedy
They publish humerous poems, essays, short stories, comics, and cartoons.


Emily Harstone is the author of many popular books, including The Authors Publish Guide to Manuscript SubmissionsSubmit, Publish, Repeat, and The 2024 Guide to Manuscript Publishers. She regularly teaches three acclaimed courses on writing and publishing at The Writer’s Workshop at Authors Publish. You can follow her on Facebook here.

 

 

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