If you told any one in my family that I was funny, they’d laugh their heads off. I’m the one who cannot tell a joke, forgets punch lines, and has a delayed reaction to everyone else’s humor.

I have been known to cross the line and pull off humor in my novels, and I’ve made audiences fill a room with laughter as a smart-aleck remark about my writing life. Don’t ask me how I do it, but sometimes it just leaks out. I know better than to count on it, though. If I think about how to present humor, it falls flat.

However, there are humor writers out there, and since we rarely talk about it here, I felt I owed a few readers a list of those markets. Humor markets aren’t as common as they used to be, but there are a handful left that want your giggles and guffaws.

CRACKED
https://www.cracked.com/article_26097_write-cracked-get-paid-heres-how.html
Pays $150 for first four articles, and $250 for every one after that.

FUNNY TIMES
https://funnytimes.com/about/submissions/
Pokes fun at politics, news, relationships, food, technology, pets, work, death, environmental issues, business, religion (yes, even religion) and the human condition in general. Not much is off limits. 500-700 words. Pays $75 per story.

READER’S DIGEST
https://www.rd.com/submit-joke/
Pays $25 for any joke, gag, or funny quote and $100 for any true funny story published in a print edition of Reader’s Digest.

THE IMPERFECT PARENT
https://www.imperfectparent.com/articles/submission-guidelines/
The main focus of The Imperfect Parent is to provide a world view from a parent’s perspective. Our main criterion is that the writing either makes people think, laugh, or both. Our objective is to get parents to think about social issues, politics and parenting methods through humor or unique prospectives. Most short essay style pieces pay around $25 and go up from there. Not a big payer.

MOTHERLY
https://www.mother.ly/contribute/
MotherlyStories are first person, 700-900 word stories, reflecting on the insights and issues you’ve experienced in motherhood. We are always looking for honest depictions of the heartwarming, hilarious, and unglamorous moments of motherhood. Pays ten cents/word and up.

WEEKLY HUMORIST
https://weeklyhumorist.com/submission-2/
Seeking worthy comedy writers for article submissions to Weekly Humorist. ​Article submissions​ can be topical, conceptual, absurdist, lists, open letters, photoshops, fake news blurbs, reviews of inanimate objects, ​etc. Limit 1,​500 words.​ Unfortunately, they only pay $20.

SASEE
https://sasee.com/submissions/
Essays, humor, satire, personal experience, and features on topics relating to women are the primary editorial focus. Articles should be 500 to 1000 words in length. Expect 10-20 cents/word.

Other lists of humor sites accepting submissions are:
https://aspiringauthor.com/submissions/25-markets-humor-writing-submissions/