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"A daily literary humor publication featuring enlightening and irreverent comedy from seasoned writers and fresh voices, since 1999."
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Introduction

A daily literary humor publication featuring enlightening and irreverent comedy from seasoned writers and fresh voices, since 1999.

Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time
10-14 days / 12 days
Average acceptance rate
10% / 18.75%

Types of Submissions Accepted

2 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Nonfiction

No specific limitations

Flash rules

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 1

We're looking for humor. We accept humor articles of 600-1000 words and lists of 200-600 words.

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Humor

Max words: 800

Max pieces: 1

We're looking for humor. We accept humor articles of 600-800 words and lists of 200-600 words.

nonfiction genre icon

Nonfiction

No specific limitations

Flash rules

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 1

We're looking for humor. We accept humor articles of 600-1000 words and lists of 200-600 words.

humor genre icon

Humor

Max words: 800

Max pieces: 1

We're looking for humor. We accept humor articles of 600-800 words and lists of 200-600 words.

Need to know for submitting

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    Details

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    How to submit 🏗️

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  • 03

    Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️

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  • 04

    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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Magazine

Founded in 1999 | 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 :)

Court Sullivan
Editor-in-Chief
James Folta
Managing Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

18

Average acceptance rate

18.75%

Average response time

12 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

55/12 days

Fastest response time

10 days

Slowest response time

14 days

Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 99 days

Contributors on Chill Subs

ejknapp avatarCaitlin C. Baker avatarBenjamin Davis avatar
10 pieces