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"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."
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Acceptance Rate
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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7
Total submissions tracked
14 days
Average response time
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
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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
