The Belladonna Comedy

About

Comedy and satire by women and other marginalized genders, for everyone.
Satire and other humor, in a variety of formats and lengths. We love lists (both short and expanded), longer satirical pieces and essays, animations, cartoons, illustrations, and open letters. Have a crazy new format we didn’t even think of? Go for it. We also love entries into our recurring columns “Daily Itineraries” or “Top Ten Sex Dreams I Have Had About…” (While humorous daily diary pieces exist elsewhere online, please reserve anything with our proprietary “Daily Itinerary” title and exact format for us. If you publish a humorous itinerary elsewhere, please think of a slightly different slant/title).
We do NOT accept: satirical news formats (a la “Area Man” or “Brave! This Woman…” as you might see done well in The Onion/Reductress, etc.), non-fiction personal essays (even if they are witty, it needs to heighten out of reality in some way to be satire), narrative fiction (short stories, flash fiction, etc.), or poetry. We don’t run pieces where the target/joke “punches down,” including but limited to someone’s unchangeable physical appearance, marginalized sexual orientation or race, children of public figures, etc.

Limited Demographic: Submissions are restricted to women, non-binary, genderqueer, and GNC authors.

Country of Publication & Year Established

United States

Established in 2017

Publication Medium & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic Publication: Published on a rolling basis

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Statistics Synopsis

Faster: The Belladonna Comedy's overall average response time is faster than most magazines.
More Approachable: The Belladonna Comedy's overall acceptance rate is higher than most magazines.
More Responsive: The Belladonna Comedy's overall rate of non-response is lower than most magazines.

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Collapse section Fiction Open

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: All genders, Nonbinary people.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Flash Fiction: Up to 800 words.

Styles:

Humorous, Satirical.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Sexuality/Gender: Women/Female issues.
Society/Culture: Current events, Pop culture.

Payment:

Unknown payment Unknown payment.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are NOT allowed.
Media: Text.

Collapse section Nonfiction Open

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: All genders, Nonbinary people.

Lengths:

Essay: Up to 800 words.

Styles:

Humorous, Satirical.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Sexuality/Gender: Women/Female issues.
Society/Culture: Current events, Pop culture.

Payment:

Unknown payment Unknown payment.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are NOT allowed.
Media: Text.

Collapse section Visual Art Open

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: All genders, Nonbinary people.

Lengths:

Artwork: Unknown number of pieces.
Graphic Narrative: No page limits known; Unknown number of pieces.

Art Media:

Open to all/most Art Media, including...
Illustration.
Cartoon/Comic strip.

Art Styles:

Humorous, Satirical.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Sexuality/Gender: Women/Female issues.
Society/Culture: Current events, Pop culture.

Payment:

Unknown payment Unknown payment.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are NOT allowed.
Media: Image.

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The Belladonna Comedy Submission Statistics

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Accuracy

We have received 11 reports from 8 different members within the past 12 months. The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.

Days Reported

1 min | 9.7 mean avg | 9.5 median | 22 max days (8.2 std dev)

Responses

100.00 %

Acceptances:

36.36 % of submissions accepted (2.3 avg. days per acceptance) | 37.50 % of submitters accepted

Rejections:

63.64 % (15.7 avg. days per rejection) | 71.4 % personal, 14.3 % form, 14.3 % unspecified | 9.1 % rewrite requests

Non-Responses

0.00 %

Lost/Returned:

Never Responded:

Withdrawals

Other Information

The editors will try to make a decision within 30 days.
Do not query on the status of your submission before 30 days have passed.
Most recent response reported was received on 11 Jun 2026.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 10 Jun 2026.
Date compiled: 15 Sep 2026 09:46 UTC (less than a minute ago).

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Dates

Last Updated: 17 Aug 2026

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