I have anxiety dreams and lifelong guilt that I don’t get back to you when you think I should. (You'll get a little money, but keep your expectations low. Send original pieces-not archived blog entries.Ĭonfirmation that you have in some way changed the world’s mind about who’s funny. Please! Even if you've never been published (and who cares if you haven't), you can still reveal the city where you live and if you have any pets. Title of submission, your name, email address, website (if you have one), and favorite piece of writing by someone who is not a straightwhitecisman. No tricked-out formatting that tells me something about your soul. (You should know it's 10x harder to pass on your submission if your cover letter is super nice and exudes confidence + evidence you've read/loved the column.) Not necessary, but why not tell me a little about yourself and throw some compliments the column's way? The Rumpus aims to create a community of writers, and that means getting to know each other. My favorite submissions are literary and feminist at the same time. Note: "short conceptual humor" is different than "short fiction." Please, no short stories. Send evergreen over timely pieces (holiday themes, weather, politics, etc.) because it often takes months to read a submission after you've written, revised, and submitted it.Īlso, no pop culture (celebrities, TV shows, top 40, etc.), as much as I enjoy it. While humor is grounded in truth, we do not accept personal essays/stories/anecdotes. The ideal piece is finished/polished, revised at least 3x, and between 650 and 1,000 words. Out of all decisions, this is the best one you can make.ĭirect your entry below. So, you’ve decided you’re a woman or non-binary writer and would like to submit to Funny Women. You can learn more, and access BLM-endorsed strategies to enact change locally and worldwide, at. The Rumpus supports and stands with Black Lives Matter. Reviews of poetry collections should be directed to "Poetry Book Reviews" and all other reviews should be directed to "Book Reviews." Interview pitches and finished interview submissions are accepted year-round and should be sent directly to our Interviews team We are no longer using Submittable for interviews.īook review submissions are accepted year-round and should be sent through Submittable. If you'd like to submit Fiction, Poetry, and Essays outside of the the open reading periods, become an annual Rumpus Member. Our reading periods for Essays are January 1 through February 28, June 1 through July 31, and September 1 through October 31. Rumpus Original Poetry reading periods are January 15 through January 31. Rumpus Original Fiction reading periods are February 1 through February 28 and August 1 through August 31. The Rumpus has an exceptional and diverse editorial team bypassing Submittable results in fewer readers and editors looking at your work. Your patience is appreciated.Īgents and publicists: we strongly prefer that writers submit their own work to us. Please allow 8 months before sending status queries for poetry and our Funny Women column. Please allow 3-4 months before sending status queries for essays, fiction, book reviews, and ENOUGH. Response time can vary from a few days to a few months. Please only send one submission to a given section at a time when we've responded with a decision, you are welcome to submit to that section again. All work must be previously unpublished, which includes personal blogs and social media. Please do not submit the same piece to multiple categories at the same time. Please note, that during our open reading periods, we regularly receive 500-1,000+ submissions within a couple of weeks. To allow our volunteer editorial staff to better handle the workload and respond to your work in a more timely fashion, we've instituted reading periods for certain sections of The Rumpus. We are often overwhelmed by the breadth and quality of our submissions. We hope to build enough ongoing support to increase the funding pool for contributors sooner than later. One way we are working toward this is by launching a new Membership program in June 2022. We know that this amount is not enough, and we are always working toward being able to pay a standard industry rate to all feature contributors and book reviewers. All eligible contributors are able to opt in for payment at the end of the month, and the money is divided between those writers who opt in. If you do not see a category, please reference the below reading periods for information on when you can submit.īeginning May 2016, The Rumpus began to pay feature writers and book reviewers. Submittable only displays categories that are open for submission.
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