The Leghorn

Standup comics! We want to publish your road stories about performing comedy in the south. Funny stories, stupid stories, incredible stories. Send your stories with your name, location the story happened & the year it took place. We'll publish your headshot as well. Send it to editor@theleghorn.com

Submit to The Leghorn – Southern Humor Writers wanted. Submit smart, original Southern humor to The Leghorn—essays, satire, cartoons, and bold voices reshaping Southern comedy.

The Leghorn: Journal of Southern Humor is currently seeking submissions. Interested? Visit www.theleghorn.com/submissions
#humor #comedy #writing

That Single Splash of Color | A Florida Reef Mishap A Florida snorkeling trip, a cloudy reef, and an unlikely splash of color collide in a story about chance, marriage, and very nearly walking home to New York.

A Florida snorkeling trip, a cloudy reef, and a single, unlikely splash of color collide in a story about chance, marriage, and very nearly walking home to New York.

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Submit to The Leghorn – Southern Humor Writers wanted. Submit smart, original Southern humor to The Leghorn—essays, satire, cartoons, and bold voices reshaping Southern comedy.

The Leghorn is actively seeking submissions from underrepresented Southern voices, especially Black, Indigenous, LGBTQ+, disabled, immigrant, and marginalized writers. Essays, satire, humor, and cartoons welcome.
Submission info: www.theleghorn.com/submissions/

#writing #humor #comedy #cartoonist

In Defense of Independent Contractors A summer farm job in rural Kentucky becomes a lesson in power, fairness, and how easily workers can be blamed when authority goes unchecked.

Jonathan Ellers writes about a summer farm job that went sideways, and does it with a sharp, self-aware sense of humor.

"Bales lie scattered like discarded corpses or lean against one another in the soggy heat like exhausted heavyweights in the fifteenth round."

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The Vapid Revolution - by M Pauchet A weary barfly laments America’s lost holidays, cancel culture, and cultural absurdity in this satirical Southern humor piece from The Leghorn.

"The Vapid Revolution"
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#humor #writing #comedy

Santa refused to put a bottle of whisky in my stocking, so my wife did. Which is why I sit on her lap now instead of Santa’s.

Hunting and Field Dressing the Buc–ee Beaver - The Leghorn A tongue-in-cheek guide to hunting and field dressing Buc-ee the Beaver. Southern tradition meets highbrow satire.

"Hunting and Field Dressing the Buc-ee Beaver"

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#humor #south #bucees

#LeslieJordan #humor #southernhumor

Just heard someone talking about the beauty of virgin snow. I never hear people compliment the slut snow.

Confessions of a Coffee Balancer: A Near-Disaster A humorous essay about aging, balance, and the day my long streak of perfectly balancing coffee on my knee finally came crashing down.

A story about aging, clumsiness, and the day a perfect record finally came to an end.

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#humor #essay #coffee

Inside Dad’s Garage: Atlanta’s Improv Powerhouse Explore the rise of Dad’s Garage, Atlanta’s wildest improv theatre blending Southern humor, scripted chaos, and a new generation of comedic talent.

Catch up with Atlanta's Improv Comedy Troupe, Dad's Garage.
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#comedy #improv #Atlanta

God Shops For Pants It was more of a lark than anything else, that day God decided to shop for pants.

God Shops For Pants.

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The Leghorn: Journal of Southern Humor is currently seeking submissions. Interested? Visit www.theleghorn.com/submissions
#humor #comedy #writing