SUBMISSIONS FOR 2025 ARE NOW OPEN!
We are looking for your funny short stories with the theme ‘fresh starts’ This can be any genre, as long as you have a humour/comedy element and adheres to the theme. Unfortunately, we will no longer be open to cartoon submissions.
Word count: min 500, max 3000
Dates: We will accept submissions from 15th January. This sub call will end on 28th February.
Accepted stories will feature in our next issue, due for release on 15th March.
We will pay £12.50 per accepted story.
Please see below for general submission rules.
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 succesful 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 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