Narrative Humor
A place to read humorous stories
Submissions
Submission Guidelines
Narrative Humor publishes one thing and one thing only: funny stories. They can be true stories or they can be stories about talking oranges, but they have to be stories. Because...
We don't publish lists, conceptual humor, poems, dialogues, satirical news, rants, monologues, jokes, anecdotes, or any of the other styles of comedy writing popular on other, more famous websites. We publish stories. Funny stories. And that's it. So, if you've got a funny story that's between 300 and 3000 words, you can send it to us at narrativehumor@gmail.com
We'll try to get back to you within two weeks or so.
Submissions should be pasted into the body of the email. No attachments, please.
What's a story?
Baring certain experimental forms which we may or may not be interested in, your story needs the have at least one character, a setting, and a plot. If you don't have any characters, a setting, or plot, you probably don't have a story. Probably.
Content:
We set no limits on profanity, sexuality, bodily functions, or gore as long as they are used well and the story is funny. But, we do set other limits. We will not accept any story that is racist, sexist, homophobic, etc. Don't punch down. Think about the target of your comedy. If your story targets the rich, the powerful, or the status quo, there's a chance we'll like it. If your story makes fun of the homeless, the disabled, or the poor, we will secretly hate you forever. No pressure.
Simultaneous Submissions:
No problem. But if your story gets accepted somewhere else, let us know.
Multiple Submissions:
Please send only one story at a time and wait until you hear back from us before sending another. We try to respond within two weeks, but sometimes the local grocery store has a sale on bourbon and this might increase response times by a few days.
Payment:
At the moment, kudos only. This is an experiment and we have no idea how well it will work. If things go well, we might start a Patreon page or put together a print anthology to generate a few bucks for the writers (we would, of course, ask the writers for permission), but for the moment, all you'll get is an email that says we like what you've written.
Publication and Rights:
Previously published material cannot be considered -- and this includes material published on your personal blog, your favorite subreddit, and so on. Also, by submitting to us, you certify that you are the writer/owner of the work. Please don't plagiarize. Writing is hard, writing something funny is harder still, and stealing someone's hard work is really uncool.
After publication, you retain rights to your work. Your piece will be housed here for as long as we exist (or until Rob spills bourbon on the server), and we might link to it on our Twitter account, but we don't own your work. You own your work. That being said, we will take first electronic publication rights, so if you don't want to lose those, don't submit to us.
Author Bio:
Please include a short bio (around 100 words) with your submission that we can run with your piece. Be sure to include a Twitter handle if you have one. We'd love to follow you and promote your work.
Narrative Humor publishes one thing and one thing only: funny stories. They can be true stories or they can be stories about talking oranges, but they have to be stories. Because...
We don't publish lists, conceptual humor, poems, dialogues, satirical news, rants, monologues, jokes, anecdotes, or any of the other styles of comedy writing popular on other, more famous websites. We publish stories. Funny stories. And that's it. So, if you've got a funny story that's between 300 and 3000 words, you can send it to us at narrativehumor@gmail.com
We'll try to get back to you within two weeks or so.
Submissions should be pasted into the body of the email. No attachments, please.
What's a story?
Baring certain experimental forms which we may or may not be interested in, your story needs the have at least one character, a setting, and a plot. If you don't have any characters, a setting, or plot, you probably don't have a story. Probably.
Content:
We set no limits on profanity, sexuality, bodily functions, or gore as long as they are used well and the story is funny. But, we do set other limits. We will not accept any story that is racist, sexist, homophobic, etc. Don't punch down. Think about the target of your comedy. If your story targets the rich, the powerful, or the status quo, there's a chance we'll like it. If your story makes fun of the homeless, the disabled, or the poor, we will secretly hate you forever. No pressure.
Simultaneous Submissions:
No problem. But if your story gets accepted somewhere else, let us know.
Multiple Submissions:
Please send only one story at a time and wait until you hear back from us before sending another. We try to respond within two weeks, but sometimes the local grocery store has a sale on bourbon and this might increase response times by a few days.
Payment:
At the moment, kudos only. This is an experiment and we have no idea how well it will work. If things go well, we might start a Patreon page or put together a print anthology to generate a few bucks for the writers (we would, of course, ask the writers for permission), but for the moment, all you'll get is an email that says we like what you've written.
Publication and Rights:
Previously published material cannot be considered -- and this includes material published on your personal blog, your favorite subreddit, and so on. Also, by submitting to us, you certify that you are the writer/owner of the work. Please don't plagiarize. Writing is hard, writing something funny is harder still, and stealing someone's hard work is really uncool.
After publication, you retain rights to your work. Your piece will be housed here for as long as we exist (or until Rob spills bourbon on the server), and we might link to it on our Twitter account, but we don't own your work. You own your work. That being said, we will take first electronic publication rights, so if you don't want to lose those, don't submit to us.
Author Bio:
Please include a short bio (around 100 words) with your submission that we can run with your piece. Be sure to include a Twitter handle if you have one. We'd love to follow you and promote your work.
