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Fee-Free General Humorous Fiction

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This Smart Search List of the Day is: Fee-Free General Humorous Fiction.

10 By 10 Flash Fiction

As the name suggests, each issue will feature ten outstanding flash fiction writers, each contributing one story to 10 By 10. The authors are as varied as the stories ranging from the humorous to the unexpected.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 38.2 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 55.0% of fiction submissions accepted.

The Belladonna

Comedy and satire by women and other marginalized genders, for everyone.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction.
Payment: Unknown.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 8.6 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 33.3% of fiction submissions accepted.

Complete Sentence: a magazine of single-sentence prose Wildcard

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Complete Sentence is an online magazine of single-sentence prose. We champion punchy and poignant work that celebrates syntactical exploration—narratives that expand or contract within a single sentence. We like the punchy and bizarre, the speculative, but also that throwback Kmart realism, anything that makes us cry, or laugh, or ideally, cry and laugh at the same time.
Genres: Open to all/most genres, including: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 115.8 days.

Defenestration: A Literary Magazine Dedicated to Humor

Defenestration is a humor magazine. We don’t worry about the particulars of genre, style, or form as long as the work is funny. What exactly constitutes as “funny” varies from person to person, but we try to publish a wide range of humor, from the ridiculous to the satirical, and everything in between. Stories that are funny yet manage to exemplify their genre, or blend various genres into amusing and unique combinations…
Genres: Open to all/most genres, including: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 40.1 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 20.0% of fiction submissions accepted.

Intrepidus Ink

Our stories are gutsy. An alarmingly individual spirit defines us. Achievement-oriented. Tales of those who struggle, risk everything, lose everything, gain it back—and overcome. Confidence. Emotion. Our words fearlessly and unapologetically fascinate.
Genres: Open to all/most genres, including: General, Action-Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: Semi-pro. Details: USD $0.02/word for 300-1,000 words; $30 for 1,500-2,500 words.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 1.5 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 0.6% of fiction submissions accepted.

McSweeney's Internet Tendency

Daily humor almost every day since 1998.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: Unknown.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 4.9 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 2.3% of fiction submissions accepted.

The New Yorker

The New Yorker is a magazine offering a signature mix of reporting and commentary on politics, international affairs, popular culture and the arts, science and technology, and business, along with fiction, poetry, humor, and cartoons. If you have not heard from us within ninety days, please assume that we will not be able to publish your manuscript.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Short Story.
Payment: Unknown.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 153.8 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

The Offing: A Literary Magazine

The Offing is an online literary magazine publishing creative writing in all genres and art in all media. The Offing publishes work that challenges, experiments, provokes — work that pushes literary and artistic forms and conventions. The Offing is a place for new and emerging writers to test their voices, and for established writers to test their limits…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction.
Payment: to Token to Professional. Details: USD $25-$100.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 112.8 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 1.4% of fiction submissions accepted.

scaffold literary magazine

scaffold is an online literary magazine of micro writings. we publish micro fiction, prose poetry, and other tiny grostequeries. we seek miniature worlds that are sharp, shimmering, skeletal, surreal, strange, and sanguinary.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 0.2 days.
Acceptances: Average. 7.7% of fiction submissions accepted.

Slackjaw

We publish daily humor on Medium.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction.
Payment: No monetary payment. Royalties. Details: earnings through Medium's partner program.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 4.0 days.
Acceptances: Average. 13.0% of fiction submissions accepted.

Smart Search List of the Day Fee-Free General Humorous Fiction

Complete Sentence: a magazine of single-sentence prose Wildcard

Smart Search List of the Day
Fee-Free General Humorous Fiction