INTRODUCING HUMOUR ME GOLD!
Humour Me Gold is our first writing competition. Why Gold? Because all winners will get the same prize. No silver and bronze here!
Since we became a paying market in December of 2022, we’ve been independently funded. However, we could use a little help. The more funds we raise, the more paying opportunities we can offer to deserving independent writers like you.
Humour Me Gold isn’t just about money. We’ll be selecting four stories. Each author will be paid £50, four times our standard rate. However, we will also conduct a written interview with each winning author, featuring alongside their story. This will put your writing and you in front of hundreds of our readers.
All we are asking to help us fund this and future issues is an entry fee of £3.50 (that’s a little under five US dollars, depending on exchange rates). Please see full entry details below!
The competition opens Monday, 10th March 2025 and closes at midnight, 12th May 2025.
The theme is ‘Competition’. Remember, it needs to make us laugh! (In a good way)
Word count – 1k to 5k
Entry fee to be paid via PayPal using address ‘Humourmemag@outlook.com’. Please reference your name and story title when making the payment.
All entries to be sent to – Humourmemag@outlook.com.
The winning authors will be notified by Monday, June 2nd. Humour Me Gold will be published in our usual online magazine format on Monday, June 16th. Payment to the winners will be made via PayPal no later than Friday, June 14th.
Please read the general submission rules below before submitting.
GENERAL SUBMISSION RULES
Please send all submissions attached to an email as a word/image document, as well as a short bio. Bio can be sent as an attachment or in the email body.
The below paragraph ONLY applies if the submission is successful and the author is offered a publication contract (of which the below is an excerpt) :
The Author grants permission for the Publisher to include the Work in the digital publication Humour Me Magazine, for publication in the English language throughout the world, for an exclusive period of 1 year from the date of publication, and a non-exclusive basis for as long as the magazine remains live. The Publisher reserves the right to include the Work in any future ‘best of’ compilations put forth by the Publisher, in either digital or print format. The Author agrees not to publish or permit others to publish the Work in any form prior to its publication by Humour Me Magazine.
We are happy to accept all types of humour, from sharp satire to slapstick. While humour is subjective, we will not tolerate any form of bigotry or discrimination toward any ethnicity, gender identity, sexuality or disability.
We will not accept multiple submissions.
We will allow simultaneous subs, please do just let us know if you have been accepted somewhere else in the meantime.
We will not accept submissions that have been previously published or displayed in any format, anywhere.
We will not accept the use of AI
We will not respond to any submissions that do not meet the submission criteria. We also will not respond to rejection follow-up emails.
We reserve the right to edit submissions for publication.
All payments to be made via PayPal at least 48hrs before magazine publication.
Please send all submissions to: humourmemag@outlook.com