Call for Submissions: Hayduke Irish Lives!

 Hayduke Irish Lives! 

To submit to Hayduke Irish Lives!, send your work to:

haydukeirish@gmail.com

Submission guidelines:

Fiction:

12 pt font, double-spaced, up to 6500 words. No naming politicians.

The work should be satirical.

Do not name any politicians.

Poetry:

Will also accept poetry, but… like for real… It’s got to be funny.

Humorous Non-Fiction:

These are dangerous waters. I will not accept any non-fiction about any living political person. If you got something that doesn’t break that rule and is funny, I’d love to hear about it. 6500 words maximum.

Illustration:

I am specifically looking for fake advertisements that mock other real advertisements. Political cartoons are acceptable. However, name no politicians.

The idea is that this magazine will be clever. Please try to follow that particular instruction.

I’m aiming to have a one-month turnaround time. I will be offering $.01-.03 / word , $10 per illustration or poem. I will pay more for the feature and try to run a contest. The current contest pays $200 for the feature article, which will be chosen from fiction and non-fiction submissions.

I am targeting printing every other month starting in August, 2026.

I reserve the right to extend the deadline if not enough submissions are received.

If you want feedback, let me know in the submission email, and I’ll try.

You can pay me for dedicated feedback. This is entirely optional and not at all expected. It will not help or hurt your chances of publication.

WHAT THE EDITOR WANTS:

Satire (n.):

The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.

This administration can’t take a joke. So I want to tell jokes that they won’t get. It won’t be that hard.

Satire is sneaky funny, so be sneaky funny. You may notice a particular trend above:

Name no politician.

We all know who you’re talking about. This is a clever magazine for clever people… so please be clever.

SUBMIT AT:

haydukeirish@gmail.com

We can’t wait to read your work.

–HD