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Guidelines

"Satire and humor by women & writers of marginalized genders, for everyone. Black Lives Matter."

"Satire and humor by women & writers of marginalized genders, for everyone. Black Lives Matter."

Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time

up to three weeks / 14 days

Acceptance Rate

50%

  • Payment

    No

  • Fee

    No

  • Simultaneous submissions

    No

  • Previously published

    No

  • Expedited response

    No

  • Available in print

    No

  • Provides contributor copies

    No

  • Examples online

    Yes

  • Active on social media

    Yes

Accepted genres

5 genres

Flash Fiction

Max words: 800

Flash Nonfiction

Max words: 800

Satire and other humor

Art

Satire and other humor

Humor

Max words: 800

Our sweet spot is 550–700-ish. We love lists (both short and expanded), longer satirical pieces and essays, animations, cartoons, illustrati...

Comics

Satire and other humor

Flash Fiction

Max words: 800

Flash Nonfiction

Max words: 800

Satire and other humor

Art

Satire and other humor

Humor

Max words: 800

Our sweet spot is 550–700-ish. We love lists (both short and expanded), longer satirical pieces and essays, animations, cartoons, illustrati...

Comics

Satire and other humor

Statistics

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Track submission

7

Total submissions tracked

14 days

Average response time

50%

Average acceptance rate

7 days

Fastest response time

20 days

Slowest response time

How to submit

Process

Email us at thebelladonnacomedy@gmail.com with the subject heading SUBMISSION: (NAME OF PIECE), and with your piece attached as a WORD DOCUMENT (.DOC or .DOCX) AND ALSO PASTED in the email body. (You can export a Google Doc in Word format if you don’t have Word!) It’s helpful if the Word doc file is titled the same as the subject heading.

Cover letters

Name: Have you published with us before?: Y/N Do you identify as the following: BIPOC LGBTQ+ Living with disabilities Currently/Formerly incarcerated Currently/Formerly unhoused

Eligibility

All marginalized creatorsWomen and other marginalized genders

Formatting

This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.

Rights for published work

If we accept your piece, we’ll do a little dance of celebration, promote your piece once it’s published, and invite you to our online Writer’s Room for networking, calls for content, and more.

Additional info

We do NOT accept: satirical news formats (a la “Area Man” or “Brave! This Woman…” as you might see done well in The Onion/Reductress, etc.), non-fiction personal essays (even if they are witty, it needs to heighten out of reality in some way to be satire), poetry. We don’t run pieces where the target/joke “punches down”. If we don’t take your piece, the hardworking volunteer editors will always provide you with brief, constructive feedback. We may ask you to resubmit a rewrite, make a few minor punch-ups, or to send us another piece in the future. We aim to make minimal changes to your work, because we want you to feel great about having your name on it even after we’ve edited it.

About the Magazine

Founded in 2017 | United States

The Belladonna is a comedy and satire site by women and other marginalized genders, for everyone. We accept submissions on an ongoing basis — please read our submission guidelines here! We provide feedback to all pieces we do not accept, as a core part of our mission to nurture and support writers at all stages of their career.

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 :)

Ashley Chen

Editor-in-Chief

Emily Kapp

Managing Editor

Alice H. Lahoda

Managing Editor

Heidi Lux

Managing Editor

Kristen Mulrooney

Managing Editor