Concept
This satirical literary magazine is seeking authors who love to make comedic worldly observations. We want to read your work and hear what you have to say---as long as you’re funny about it.
We all love a good giggle when times are getting rough! The Village Goose aims to spread positivity and give all of our readers a hearty chuckle as they turn our pages. If you think you could help us with this mission, we want to see
what you have! Make us laugh, and you’re in!
Ideal Submissions
The Village Goose is seeking creative nonfiction, short fiction,
poems, flash fiction, scripts, comics, artwork, limericks, gibberish, a list of puns… whatever you want! Just create with the intent to inspire humor!
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Stylistically, anything from satire to blatant comedy is desired. This could include social commentary, political satire, sketch comedy, a story about something funny that happened to you recently, et cetera. The more creativity, the better!
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Please do not submit academic papers, novel abstracts/pitches, or death threats, although we are flattered you would offer them.
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WORD COUNT: Please do not submit anything more than 1,000-1,500 words, MAXIMUM. For art / comics, 4 pages MAX.
Submission Guidelines
Please submit written pieces as a PDF, DOC, or DOCX and artwork as PNG or JPEG in the Google Form linked further down OR email it to amptroy222@gmail.com!
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Please also submit a short, written bio with your piece. If you submit through the Google Form, there will be a text box to enter it. If you submit through email, please type out a bio in the email.
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Your bio should include your name, your major and grade, a list of any places you have been published before (it’s okay if you haven’t been!!), and, if you want to include them, a few fun facts! This should be written in third person! If you would like to submit Anonymously, please write “I would like to submit anonymously” instead of a bio.
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You may submit more than one piece, but please submit them in separate forms / separate emails!
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Copyright and publication specifications: First Serial Rights.
Deadline
The deadline is April 1st, 2024. Any work submitted after this date will not be considered!
Submit Here!
Congratulations, traveler! You've made it to the end of our riddle! Please submit your chortle-tastic work below, and we'll be sure to have a giggle at it. Thanks so much!