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Guidelines

"Medium humor. Large laughs."

"Medium humor. Large laughs."

Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time

one to two weeks / 19 days

Acceptance Rate

15% / 50%

  • Payment

    Yes

  • Fee

    No

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    No

  • Expedited response

    No

  • Available in print

    No

  • Provides contributor copies

    No

  • Examples online

    Yes

  • Active on social media

    Yes

Accepted genres

3 genres

Flash Fiction

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 1

300-800 words most of the time, 1000 max.

Humor

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 1

premise-driven humor pieces, humorous essays

Comics

Max pieces: 1

We also happily publish illustrated and cartoon pieces. Here are two examples. We don’t currently publish single-panel (single-image) cartoo...

Flash Fiction

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 1

300-800 words most of the time, 1000 max.

Humor

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 1

premise-driven humor pieces, humorous essays

Comics

Max pieces: 1

We also happily publish illustrated and cartoon pieces. Here are two examples. We don’t currently publish single-panel (single-image) cartoo...

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Track submission

2

Total submissions tracked

19 days

Average response time

15% / 50%

Average acceptance rate

11 days

Fastest response time

26 days

Slowest response time

How to submit

Process

Send us an unpublished, private Medium draft. Attachments and pasted texts scare us!

Cover letters

Coming soon! Advice from editors on what your cover letter and bio should look like!

Eligibility

No specific eligibility requirements

Formatting

Coming soon! All the Times New Romans and double spaces!

Rights for published work

Coming soon! First, third, none, all the rights!

Additional info

Most pieces are 300–800 words. We don’t publish fake-news/Onion-style pieces. Only one submission at a time, please. Contrary to popular belief, we aren’t multitasking robots. Topical/timely submissions: Because we are prone to occasionally go live in a treehouse with no computer for a few days, 48-hour topical news cycle pieces are not the best fit for us. We love evergreen humor though! Seasonal timely pieces (New Year’s, Halloween, Xmas, etc.) are welcome, and we adore it when you send those 3+ weeks in advance. Payment. We pay via Medium’s partner program (free to join, some eligibility criteria apply).

About the Magazine

Founded in 2018 | United States

We publish daily humor on Medium. Want to write for us? We’re open to all writers and aspiring writers, both terrestrial and extraterrestrial. Click ‘Submit to Slackjaw’ and you’ll be on your way.

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 :)

Alex Baia

Editor-in-Chief

Sarah James

Editor

Molly Henderson

Editor

Maddie Weigelt

Editor

Justin Gawel

Editor