Subgenres: Humor

Waxing & Waning: A Literary Journal

The moon is dynamic, always moving forward, night after night, revitalizing life as it shifts through its phases, a vital piece of this evermoving universe. Work submitted here should represent this. It should move the editors. It should move... Read more

Reading Period: 
Jan 1 to Dec 31
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
Subgenres: 
Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Historical, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Prose Poetry, Translation, War

Read Furiously

Read Furiously wants to create a new generation of readers—furious readers—who view reading as a necessary part to living in this busy world. They publish original prose, graphic novels, and poetry from a diverse cross section of authors in hopes... Read more

Reading Period: 
Jan 1 to Dec 31
Genres Published: 
Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Subgenres: 
BIPOC Voices, Commercial Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Short Fiction, Young Adult

Mark Falkin

Falkin Literary
2605 West 49 ½ Street
Austin, TX 78731

Dan Kirschen

Creative Artists Agency
65 East 55th Street
New York, NY 10022

Raising Mothers

Calls (sub window): Read more

  • Radical Joy (closes July 31) 
  • Books on Books; Connections; The Fiction That Changed Me (closes July 31)

Calls (always open): Read more

  • Write Here, Write Now  
  • Writers on Writers...
Reading Period: 
Jan 1 to Dec 31
Genres Published: 
Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Subgenres: 
Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Serialized Fiction, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction

Brown Paper Press

The mission of Brown Paper Press is to engage readers on topics of contemporary culture through quality writing and thoughtful design. Their press strives to deliver socially relevant works that advise, guide, inspire, and amuse. They... Read more

Reading Period: 
Jan 1 to Dec 31
Temporarily closed to submissions
Genres Published: 
Creative Nonfiction
Subgenres: 
Autobiography/Memoir, Feminist, Graphic/Illustrated, Healing/Health, Humor, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Narrative Nonfiction

Smoky Blue Literary and Arts Magazine

Smoky Blue Literary and Arts Magazine’s primary interest is quality. It welcomes submissions in any and all forms, genres, styles, and approaches in written word and image and encourages innovation as well as tradition. Read more

SBLAAM... Read more

Reading Periods: 
Feb 1 to Jun 15
Aug 1 to Dec 15
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
Subgenres: 
Autobiography/Memoir, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Humor, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Magical Realism, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Prose Poetry, Regional, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Translation, Visual Poetry, War, Young Adult

Santa Fe Literary Review (SFLR)

An in-print and online literary journal, SFLR features work by local, national, and international writers and artists. Each issue of SFLR has a suggested theme; the 2025-2026 SFLR theme is "Resistance: Grit, Rebellion,... Read more

Reading Period: 
Jul 15 to Nov 1
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Subgenres: 
Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, War

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