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General Humorous Fiction

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Calliope Wildcard

Calliope is the official publication of the Writers' Special Interest Group (SIG) of American Mensa, Ltd. It is published quarterly with a dynamic circulation that includes nearly every state in the USA. Calliope on the Web is an online extension of printed Calliope. Calliope is essentially a writer’s workshop that provides a forum for writers to exchange ideas, learn more about the craft, and be published. New writers are especially welcome…
Genres: Open to all/most genres, including: General, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery/Crime, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: No monetary payment. Free copy(ies).

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Defenestration

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. 25.8 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 11.1% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Johnny America

Johnny America is a little print ’zine of fiction, humor, and other miscellany. It’s a web site too, freshened every-other Friday.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 18.0 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 3.7% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Little Old Lady Comedy

We're a group of little old ladies at heart who've traded gossiping on park benches for hunting down the internet's finest comedy. Every evening, we set aside our needlework to read submissions, though the truly hilarious ones leave us in stitches. We invite you to join our Little Old Ladyhood, where we trade endless scrolling for something more beautiful, perhaps even a little archaic: good comedic literature and cartoons…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 14.8 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 55.6% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Okay Donkey Magazine

Okay Donkey is a literary magazine that likes to read the odd, the off-kilter, and the just plain weird. We like work that’s funny, that’s sad, and that’s both funny and sad. We especially enjoy the experimental, the surreal, the magical realist, and the genre-bending.
Genres: Open to all/most genres, including: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: Semi-pro. Details: USD $25 per flash.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 15.1 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 0.4% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Points in Case

Points in Case is one of the web’s longest-running independent literary humor publications, and a community hub for writers, performers, and readers. We publish enlightening and irreverent humor and offer professional comedy writing resources, opportunities, and features…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction.
Payment: to Semi-pro to Professional. Details: USD $10-$35.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 9.1 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 2.3% of fiction submissions accepted.

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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. 0.3 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 6.3% of fiction submissions accepted.

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ScribesMICRO

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Genres: Open to all/most genres, including: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction.
Payment: to Token to Semi-pro. Details: USD $1 per piece.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 27.3 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 52.0% of fiction submissions accepted.

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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. 5.5 days.
Acceptances: Average. 8.3% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Vestal Review

Launched in 2000, Vestal Review is the longest-running flash fiction magazine on Earth—and perhaps the Milky Way. Past contributors include Steve Almond, Aimee Bender, Sam Lipsyte, Judith Cofer, Robert Boswell, Bruce Holland Rogers, Stuart Dybek, Robert Olen Butler, Pamela Painter, and many others. Our stories have been reprinted in numerous anthologies and selected for Wigleaf Top 50 many times. We encourage underrepresented writers to send us their stories…
Genres: Open to all/most genres, including: General, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Flash Fiction.
Payment: Professional. Details: USD $75.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 13.0 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 5.5% of fiction submissions accepted.

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