Submissions wanted (funny stories) (worldwide) | $250 per piece

COMPANY/PUBLICATION: CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL

Deadline: 15 November 2025

The deadline for submissions has been extended to NOVEMBER 15, 2025.

We have had such great success with our past humor books - and our editors have such a good time working on them - that we're doing it again! We are now collecting stories for another collection of funny stories and we want to hear from you! This new book is scheduled to be published in 2026.

We are looking for stories about something that happened to you or someone close to you, the kind of stories that get you and your listeners laughing when you tell them. Rat out your spouse. Share that funny thing your kid said. Tell us that hilarious thing that happened when your relatives did... yeah, that thing. We want to hear about your family, your friends, your colleagues... and most importantly, that embarrassing thing that you did. Laughing at ourselves is the best!

Make us laugh! Here are some suggested topics but we know you can think of many more:

• Mistaken identity

• Laughing at "inappropriate" times

• Slip of the tongue - words that came out wrong

• Misunderstandings - I thought you said...

• Obsessions and Compulsions

• Pranks that worked

• Pranks that backfired

• Pet behavior

• Wildlife behavior

• Embarrassing moments

• Wedding mishaps

• Funeral foul-ups

• Holiday meltdowns

• Worst gift ever

• Domestic disasters

• Entertaining/dinner party debacles

• Sports catastrophes

• Family foibles

• Zany vacations

• Moving-day mayhem

• Travel turmoil

• Good clean (and not so clean) fun

• That thing your husband did

• That thing your wife did

• Technology trauma

• Senior moments

• Teenage moments

• Wardrobe malfunctions

• Mishaps and misunderstandings at work or at school

• Dating disasters

Review the submission guidelines here.

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CONTACT INFORMATION:

Submissions: Via the webform

Website: http://www.chickensoup.com

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