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

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.

We warmly welcome all women, non-binary, genderqueer, and GNC authors, however green or seasoned, to submit. We exist to nurture and claim more space for writers of marginalized genders.

Ashley Chen

Emily Kapp

Alice H. Lahoda

Heidi Lux

Kristen Mulrooney

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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.

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Sarah Conrad is a fiction writer based in Houston, Texas. In addition to writing flash fiction, she’s currently working on her first novel. When she’s not writing, she’s spending time with her very energetic dog, Ziggy. You can find more of her published work in #Ranger Magazine, The Belladonna Comedy, and on Instagram: @sarahlikestowrite. 

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My dalliance with alternative bedding was a moment of weakness.

The Unbearable Heaviness Of My Weighted Blanket

I’m Your Irritable Bowel Syndrome and I Am Signing Us Up for Couple’s Therapy

How did I listen to so much Taylor Swift? Why was I mainlining Red (Taylor’s Version) when I could have been listening to her 2006 eponymous classic, and audio treatise on the fleeting nature of adolescence, Taylor Swift?

The Seven Stages of Accepting Your Spotify Wrapped Results

8. Charging for alternative milks

9. Working at that job that is not only underpaying you, but also making you come into the office three days a week so you can sit in a cubicle alone and take all your meetings over Zoom while your VP works remotely

Other Things That Should Be Struck Down Instead of Student Loan Forgiveness

But what are my sons being six times more likely to incarcerated than their white peers, when compared to the abject suffering those peers must endure when they someday learn about why Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated?



Nothing My Black Children Will Learn About Will Be Worse Than the Mild Discomfort White Children Face While Learning About Racism

I burned these and they tasted terrible. Not making again.

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