Logo of Defenestration: A Literary Magazine Dedicated to Humor literary 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."
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Open for submissions

Deadline

August 5, 2023

Introduction
Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time
within four weeks / 92 days
Average acceptance rate
0%

Need to know for submitting

Read carefully, it will save from dead rats in the mailbox

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      Simultaneous submissions

      No

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      Previously published

      Yes

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      Payment

      No

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      Fee

      No

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      Expedited response

      No

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      Available in print

      No

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      Provide contributor copies

      No

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      Examples online

      Yes

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      Active on social media

      No

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    Important stuff

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    How to submit 🏗️

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    Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️

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    Awards

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    Demographics & Eligibility

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    Formatting requirements 🏗️

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    Rights for published work 🏗️

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Types of Submissions Accepted

6 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

Max words: 4000

Max pieces: 1

Short story.

humor

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Poetry

Max pieces: 5

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Nonfiction

Max words: 2000

Max pieces: 1

Nonfiction includes what we call “fake” nonfiction. Think of it as fiction that reads like nonfiction. This can include anything from reviews of non-existent books, interviews with imaginary people, bogus letters to the editor, etc. Use your imagination. If you’re unsure whether your piece falls into this category, send it to us anyway. We’ll sort it out.

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Video

Max pieces: 5

We also accept video and flash submissions for those of you handy with technology.

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Art

Max pieces: 5

Submissions can be in any medium.

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Photography

Max pieces: 5

Submissions can be in any medium.

fiction genre icon

Fiction

Max words: 4000

Max pieces: 1

Short story.

humor

poetry genre icon

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

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Nonfiction

Max words: 2000

Max pieces: 1

Nonfiction includes what we call “fake” nonfiction. Think of it as fiction that reads like nonfiction. This can include anything from reviews of non-existent books, interviews with imaginary people, bogus letters to the editor, etc. Use your imagination. If you’re unsure whether your piece falls into this category, send it to us anyway. We’ll sort it out.

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Video

Max pieces: 5

We also accept video and flash submissions for those of you handy with technology.

Magazine

Founded in 2003 | United States

Masthead

We currently list only main editors, more will be added later! If you are an editor, you can edit your masthead in our admin panel :)

Andrew Kaye
Editor-in-Chief
Eileen Lavelle
Co-Founder, Editor
Bigfoot
Associate Editor for Fiction
Jersey Devil
Associate Editor for Non-Fiction
Elm Tree
Associate Editor for Poetry
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

2

Average acceptance rate

0% (so far)

Average response time

92 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

-/92 days

Fastest response time

4 days

Slowest response time

180 days