Substacks recommended by Julie Vick

Recommended by Julie Vick

Poetry for people who watch too much television. Behind the scenes resources for cinephiles who write poems. New episodes weekly.

💩 Pandora's Box of Shit

By Sara

Let's plunge the depths of this messy and explosive toilet called life! Dare to open the lid?

The Takedown

By Carlos Greaves

Satire and snark from New Yorker and McSweeney's contributor Carlos Greaves

BOOKS WITH BETHANY + FRAN

By Bethany + Fran

A bi-weekly love letter 💌 to nonfiction writers and their books.

The Humor Stack

By Kate Brennan

A comprehensive directory of Substacks devoted to humor. Because the world needs more. Find your next laugh here.

A great resource for finding humor Substacks.

- Julie Vick

More Humor More Humanity

By Kate Brennan

Life is too short. It's got to be funny or relevant.

Chortle

By Greg Nix

Short humor for anyone who chuckles, guffaws, snickers, hoots, or otherwise expresses mirth. New posts every weekday!

Kinda Funny For A Mom

By Lisa Hides

The overcaffeinated ramblings of a mom and corporate cog. Don't tell my boss I'm here. I'm not wrong I'm just Canadian.

Oozeletter

By Eli Burnstein

All the ooze that's fit to print.

Bizzy In Your Box

By Bizzy Coy

Bizzy Coy's writerly musings and shameless self-promotion, delivered monthly (or less)

Jaimie Franchi

Thoughts on nature, writing for kids and adults, and anything that intersects with those.

TOOLBOX

By Lil

TOOLBOX is a weekly newsletter about cobbling together a home.

Mom Jokes

By Janine Annett

Why are "Dad Jokes" a thing but "Mom Jokes" aren't? Mom Jokes is by, for, and about funny moms and their jokes.

Knott, A Newsletter

By Andrew

Writing by Andrew Knott. Parenting, humor, and a little bit of randomness.

How to Write for a Living

By David McIlroy

Writers should get paid for doing what they love. Let's talk about how to make that happen.

Cool It: Simple Steps to Save the Planet

By Sari Fordham

A monthly newsletters for busy people--like me--who care about the environment and would like to do something about it.

Nebula Notebook

By Heidi Fiedler

Creativity, motherhood, children's books, magic, fun, and Oliver Burkeman ✨ ✏️ 🪩 💕 📒 ✨

From My Island to Yours: Andromeda's Adventures in Authoring

By Andromeda Romano-Lax

The personal Substack of novelist and book coach Andromeda Romano-Lax, author of DEEPEST LAKE, ANNIE & THE WOLVES, PLUM RAINS, BEHAVE, THE DETOUR, and THE SPANISH BOW

The Bacon Beacon

By Laurel Cummings

Your weekly dose of satire.

Middle-Aged Lady Mom

By Shelly

Humorous, observational, sometimes irrelevant, always relatable parenthood non-advice.

everything looks great!

By Danielle Kraese

dispatches from atop of my heating pad.

Good Humor

Humor essays, interviews with Funny AF Women and comedy videos from an empty nester mom still waiting for her kids to text her back.

Estelle Erasmus/Writing That Gets Noticed

How to find your voice, become a better storyteller, get published.

Substack Writers at Work with Sarah Fay

Where Substack writers, creators, and visionaries build their platforms and make the money they deserve. One of the top 3 Substacks globally.

Great tips for anyone wanting to start or improve a Substack newsletter.

- Julie Vick

Shades of Greaves

By Carlos Greaves

Humor and personal essays from New Yorker and McSweeney's contributor Carlos Greaves

Funny and informative -- one of my favorite combinations.

- Julie Vick

Julie Sternberg’s Books Bought/Books Read

I write about the books I've bought (too many) and the ones I've read (too few).

The Humor Review

By Andrew Belfry

Exploring how humor helps tell stories in literature and stand-up.

Your Mom

By Leslie Gaar

Life. Laughs. Other L Things.

The Bob

By Bob Eckstein

Sharing Cartoons, Humor & Writing Tips

Page by Page

By Mary Flannery

Where writers and scholars can find the support they’ve been looking for.

Real Nourished: Notes on creativity, bikes, and magic

By Pam Moore

A newsletter about the healing power of living a creative life, riding bikes, and embracing the woo. Join me as I practice connecting with myself and with the magic that surrounds us.

Mentoring Kids in a Connected World with Devorah Heitner

Parenting with Empathy in the Digital Age. Research-based advice on mentoring kids and teens as they navigate social media, texting, gaming and digital reputation.

Input/Output

By Caitlin Kunkel

filling up our creative wells so we can draw from them

Amran Gowani's Field Research

An email newsletter featuring informative and entertaining takes at the intersection of art, business, and culture by Amran Gowani, author of LEVERAGE.

Extra Evil

By Dennard Dayle

The wasteland's best satire. Dennard Dayle's incriminating newsletter, featuring humor too hot for sane outlets. A vassal state of SeeMoreEvil.com and mandatory reading in 49 states.

Something Funny, Something True

By Amy Colleen

Life, literature, and the pursuit of hilarity: essays on parenting, books, faith, internet culture, and the humor of the everyday.

Mourning Pages

By Penny Zang

Mourning Pages is a newsletter about writing in the midst of grief. Joy and loss, academia, motherhood, publishing, with a little humor mixed in—all mixed together to show how writing and creativity can fit into anyone's life.