Tips/markets for humor essay

Freckles · Dec 7, 2006

I'm at a bit of a loss as to where to place a couple of humorous essays I've written. One is about my ineptitude with all things digital and technological. The other is about how I'm a sports nerd and know nothing about sports.

I was thinking sports and technology pubs might be a good place to start but have come up dry. Any ideas?

karasw · Dec 7, 2006

Have you considered general-interest women's magazines? Redbook, Woman's Day, etc.? Don't they typically have a first-person essay dept?

jenfreedom · Dec 7, 2006

Look up Maisonneuve and the Funny Times. My other thought is that your essays could be slanted to a career or college based pub (both are areas where computer use run rampant).

Take care
~ Jennifer

JeanneTGC · Dec 7, 2006

We have several threads dealing with this over on the Humor Forum. (Not facile enough to have learned how to link you over there yet, sorry!)

jdkiggins · Dec 7, 2006

Freckles,
I'm going to port this to the humor forum. There are loads of people there who might be able to help you.

Carmy · Dec 7, 2006

Try radio stations. That's where I sold mine.

Depending on the contents of the essay, you might want to take a look at the Smithonian Magazine's last page.

Lindo · Dec 9, 2006

For the technology piece, you might try ComputerEdge magazine...hard copy and online. They have a column called "beyond personal computing"...but be warned they've heard a lot of this before.

Mark Lazer · Dec 9, 2006

I think Stichtes would be an okay magazine. It's Canadian, don't have the link here now...

cattywampus · Dec 9, 2006

Why not start at the top? Newsweek and Time both publish personal essays (one per issue). One is called "My Turn, can't remember the other. Humor is always popular, but the essay needs to have a point, too.

Freckles · Dec 9, 2006

Thanks, Catty. I knew about the Newsweek column (I submitted once before but never heard back), but I didn't know about Time. I'll check it out!

Tips/markets for humor essay

Freckles

Oooh, the Rainbow Connection

karasw

jenfreedom

JeanneTGC

I am Catwoman...and Gini Koch

jdkiggins

Troubled-Talks with animals.

Carmy

Lindo

Mark Lazer

cattywampus

Freckles

Oooh, the Rainbow Connection

Tips/markets for humor essay

Oooh, the Rainbow Connection

I *am* Catwoman...and Gini Koch

Troubled-Talks with animals.

Oooh, the Rainbow Connection

I am Catwoman...and Gini Koch