Official information
Overview
- Publication
- The Offing
- Eligibility
- No country list on the official guidelines.
- Writing
- Humour / satire
- Payment
- $25–$100 on publication
- Currency
- USD
- Payment conditions
- Official sitewide: upon publication, contributors are paid a $25–$100 fee, depending on department and number/length of works. Novel excerpts emailed separately are unpaid.
- When paid
- Upon publication
- Word count
- No more than 8 pages
- Response time
- They try to respond within six months
- Status
- Wit Tea listed as ending 1 October 2026
- Deadline
- Wit Tea listed as ending 1 October 2026
- How to submit
- Submittable — Wit Tea
- AI policy
- Not publicly stated
What they want
- Comedic work in any genre. Strong character voices, absurdity, momentum, vulnerability, surprise.
What they don't want
- Email submissions.
- More than one piece per department at a time.
- AI unless it is an intentional engagement or critique of AI, marked with where and how it was used.
Requirements
- Submittable only
- ≤8 pages
- Previously unpublished in English
Rights
First serial rights worldwide in English and non-exclusive anthology rights. Contributor retains other rights and must cite The Offing if relicensed.
How to submit
- Read https://theoffingmag.com/submit/submission_guidelines/.
- Submit Wit Tea via https://theoffingmag.submittable.com/submit.
Official source
The Offing — Submission Guidelines (official) · The Offing — Submittable (official)
Last verified 2026-08-19. Always re-read the official page before you send work.
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