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Humor Story Contest
(Fall/Winter issue)

Deadline: October 17, 2024
Release: December 15, 2024​

​2024 Grand Prize Winner

Couches by Mark Hersh

2024 Contributors/Honorable Mentions

​A Caffeinated Nocturne by Madeleine Snow

A Piece of My Mind by Carol Gremli
A Tense Interaction with Vlad the Impaler by Jesse Severson

Abstinence, Only… by Laurie Rosenwald

Airing Grievances by John Foley
​Ghostman by Meg Rayford
I Know You’ve Got a Fella by Donald Wildman
Marlboros and Roses by Chris Turner-Neal

No Stunt Doubles or Herbivores Were Harmed in the Filming of This Program: A Comprehensive Warning for Sensitive Audience Members by Howard Zaharoff

Postscript from the Orgy by Bill Glose

The Art of Poetry by R.H. Miller
The Chicken by Gabriella Ramalho
The Extra by James Christy Jr.
The Gypsy Pixies by Martin McGuire
The Weekend Poet’s Mal de Debarquement
by Laura Schulkind

2024 Semifinalists

​A Caffeinated Nocturne by Madeleine Snow
A Piece of My Mind by Carol Gremli
A Tense Interaction with Vlad the Impaler by Jesse Severson
About the Chickens by Angelyn Ray
Abstinence, Only… by Laurie Rosenwald
abstract by Michael Miller
Airing Grievances by John Foley
Bridge over “Troll-bled” Water by Richard D Key
Charging Boar by Joe Blair
Corky the Purse Dog Ruins Another Internet Date
by Eric R. Skinner
Couches by Mark Hersh
Elon Musk Promises “Life-Changing” Innovations After Tesla Roadster Delay by Darren R Lin
Fuck Fuckity Fuck by Regan Strauss
Garden City, 1972: A Reasonable Man by Flynn Foley Gray
Ghostman by Meg Rayford
How to Get Rid of a Snake Using Doctoral Training in Music and Psychology by Cecily Anders
I Know You’ve Got a Fella by Donald Wildman
In Merry Ol’ Silderon by Merle Davenport
Last Descent into the Depths by Timothy Lord
Marlboros and Roses by Chris Turner-Neal
Mess Decks Musings by Keith Vallencourt
Mrs. Withers Sure Does Have a Lot of Friends
by David Stillwagon
Neighbors by KV Horne
No More Doe by Beverly J. Orth
No Stunt Doubles or Herbivores Were Harmed in the Filming of This Program: A Comprehensive Warning for Sensitive Audience Members by Howard Zaharoff
Northern Interlude by R.H. Miller
Oh Crap by Lynn Little
On Reading a Rejection Letter by Kathy J. Phillips
Planning Makes Perfect by Suzanne Travis
Postscript from the Orgy by Bill Glose
Queen’s Luncheon by Jodi Wright
Rules of the Rental House by Paula Burton
Santa’s White, Like Jesus by Richard Scott
Taken by Anthony J. Rinderer
The Art of Poetry by R.H. Miller
The Cat in the Hat Tries Feeld by Alan Katz
The Chicken by Gabriella Ramalho
The Cicada Chronicles by Amylane Reeve
The Comedian by Joseph O’Brien
The Devil’s Confession by Ken Wetherington
The Extra by James Christy Jr.

The Fixer by Raoul Slater
The Gypsy Pixies by Martin McGuire
The K-cup Konspiracy by John F. Rifenberg
The Weekend Poet’s Mal de Debarquement
by Laura Schulkind
They Were Not Nice Mice by Joe Kelly
 Weenie Todd: The He-Man Barber of Fleet Street
​by Jacob Evelyn
With Mage by Annika Hudson

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Contest Description

Due to our belief that everything would be better if we could laugh a little more, and after trying out a few different themes for this issue, we are dedicating the Fall/Winter issue permanently to Humor.

Entries can be fiction, nonfiction, or poetry—as usual, if it tells a story, and makes us laugh, it fits!

Click here to return to the Guidelines page and to enter.

Past Winners

2023 Grand Prize Winner
The Invitation by Angela Louise
2023 Honorable Mentions/Contributors
A Shot at Grief by Janet Travers
​​Airbnb by Sally Cobau
Cut and Dried by Michelle Kraft
Flight of the Wiener Dog by Paul Forster
Happier Endings by Cindy Schimanski
I Have Questions by Joseph J. Ridgway
​If You Get the Chance by Mary F. Lee
It’s Good to Be Hip! by John F. Rifenberg
​​Josh Saw a UFO by Eric R Skinner
My *Not So* Silent Retreat by Joell Dunlap
No Bed of Roses by Robert English
On Being a Sympathetic CIS White Man Trying to Empathize with the Socio-Economic-Gendered-Racial Struggles of PoC, LGBTQ+, and
Non-CIS-White-Male Friends Without Being Either Pandering or Dismissive— by Bobby O’Rourke
The Closet by Casey Clifford Rock
The Essence of Wisdom by Robert H. Miller
The Far District by Greta Holt
The Pineapple Upside Down Cake Incident by Geoffrey K. Graves
Ulysses of Astoria by George H. Northrup
Waxing Gone Bad by Kate Redmond

​2022

Grand Prize
Wild Turkey by William E. Burleson
Honorable Mentions/Contributors​
Battleground by Jennifer Neves
Because I’m Cultured Like That by Ben Terry
Birks and Jerks by Eyal Cohen
Blood Buzz by Nathan Spicer
Career Advice for the Dying by Lisa Haneberg
Escape Artist by Christianna Soumakis
Found in Translation by Margaret Morth
Gender Bunny by J Mase III
Meditation on an Onion by Lollie Butler
Misdiagnosis by Sara Maria Greene
Monkey Pox by Melinda Goodman
My Job Application by Elizabeth Hill
On Shits, And How Often One Should Give Them by Jaiden Collier
Roomba by Ryan Murphy
Self Portrait as a Spermatozoon by Norman Goodwin
Shopping at Sears on a Snowy Day by Lynn Moore Rhodes
Shopping for Rugs on a Snowy Evening by Howard Zaharoff
Talking to Vincent by Ray Chatelin
The Bride and Her Toilette by Jenelle Boucher
The Jersey Slide by Don Carter
The Straight Poop by Steve Reynolds
Transformation by Stephen Schwandt

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