Great Ape

15/02/2022

💥 ISSUE 4 HAS HIT THE SHELVES 💥

It is true that all good things comes in threes, but if you really think about it, there are so many things that just work better in fours. Like, for example, a car. Sure, there are cars with three wheels, but that's just weird. Or like seasons. Or like four cheese pizza. You get the point, right? ;)

Well, our 4th issue also marks the first issue when our Great Ape team has grown one member richer. Welcome to the team, Cappy! ❤️

Issue 4 features:
🦍 absurdly funny stories
🦍 honest, quirky and relatively informative letter from the editors
🦍 a kick-ass cover art by the talented Natalie Vukic
🦍 oh, yeah, and some more absurdly funny stories. Thank you to all the amazing and talented writers, who trusted us with their work.

Head over to www.great-ape.com/store to get your copy in print or digital (or both) now. 🤩

01/09/2021

The most exciting news! 🤩

SUBMISSIONS FOR ISSUE 4 ARE OPEN! Put on your absurdist pants and start writing, because we want to hear your stories.

For more information on what we are looking for, check out our website www.great-ape.com 🦍

28/06/2021

🎉 It's finally here - our 3rd issue! 🎉

Thank you to everyone who contributed! A big shoutout to the artist of this beautiful cover, Piet van Peter.

You can find the newest issue of our absurdly hilarious journal on our website - www.great-ape.com🦍

📚Available in digital and in print.
💙 Let us know which piece from our 3rd issue is your favorite.

13/06/2021

🤩 We are excited to announce that our issue No. 3 will come out on the 25th of June! 🤩

It will be available for pre-ordering, so make sure you follow our social media accounts to keep up with our activities. 🦍

06/04/2021

🐋The Orca Whale Joke🐋

What's your favorite joke? Tell us in the comments below!

You know what else is funny though? Great Ape Issue 1 & 2, which are available in print AND digital copies. Go get them now!

If you feel like joking yourself, you still have time to submit your work to feature in our 3rd issue! 🦍

21/03/2021

On the 18th of March, 2021, Great Ape turned one year old! Or, in other words, it marked one year since we published our first issue, embarking on this absurdly incredible journey. To celebrate we decided to answer some of our fan questions about the journal and other important stuff. Here's a video of Dale Hall and Nels Challinor answering these questions! Enjoy!

11/02/2021

SUBMIT 🦍 SUBMIT 🦍 SUBMIT 🦍 SUBMIT 🦍SUBMIT 🦍 SUBMIT 🦍

Hey! Submit your absurdist hilarious stuff to us! We want it! Accepting submissions until the 21st of April. More information on our website. Link in bio.

3rd issue is going to be so lit(erary) 🦍🔥

10/02/2021

This little guy is SUPER EXCITED 🥳

Submissions for our issue #3 are open and the first pieces are already coming in. You can submit to us until the 21st of April. Tell your friends, your neighbors, TELL EVERYONE!!!

You can find our guidelines in our website, link in bio! And make sure you read issue 1 & 2 to see what sort of stuff we like. But we also love surprises! 🦍

27/01/2021

ALBRECHT DORFERHOSEN V OF VOSCOVIA

Philip Wexler is the author of The Sad Parade: Prose Poems (2019) and The Burning Moustache (2020), both published by . He has had some 170 poems published in magazines and coordinates a spoken word series, Words Out Loud.

Make sure to get a copy of our 2nd issue to read Philip's work. 🦍

22/01/2021

Did you already get a copy of Great Ape? Bernie did. You should too.

Go to www.great-ape.com/store 🦍

20/01/2021

CHAIN REACTION

Iain () is a short story writer of limited repute and an "enthusiastic" poet. Thankfully, his stories, to date, remain largely unpublished but his poetry has been laughed at by a handful of people. He lives in South East London with his despairing wife. Make sure you get a copy of Great Ape's 2nd issue to read his "Chain Reaction"! 🦍 Link in bio.

19/01/2021

MY DAUGHTER, PREPPER BUCKET

Adam McPhee is a writer from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, who currently lives in Alberta. His interests include pleistocene rewilding, the chansons de geste, and the dirtbag left. Adam's work has appeared in a few publications, and we are happy that his work can now be found also in Great Ape. Make sure you get the 2nd issue and read it! Link in bio. 🦍

18/01/2021

GRIEVANCES

Jonathan Perry is a writer from New York. He is currently an MFA candidate at New York University. His work has appeared in multiple publications. Now his amazing work can also be found in Great Ape's issue #2! 🦍 Order your print or digital copy now and let us know what you think! Link in bio.

17/01/2021

THE HEART OF ARBITRATION

Yvette A. Schnoeker-Shorb has been an educator, a researcher, and an editor, and is co-founder of the 501(c)(3) nonprofit natural-history press, Native West Press. Her prose and poetry have appeared in multiple publications. Now you can read her work also in the 2nd issue of Great Ape. Link in bio. 🦍

15/01/2021

BAGGAGE

Zach Murphy is a Hawaii-born writer who somehow ended up in the often chilly but charming land of St. Paul, Minnesota. His stories have appeared in multiple publications, and Great Ape now joins the list. 🦍

Make sure you get a copy and read this charming and funny story! Link in bio. 🦍

14/01/2021

FINDING ONLY HALF A WORM

William Rudolph earned his MFA in Writing from Vermont College, in addition, he has studied poetry at the University of Iowa. His poetry has appeared in many publications and journals, now also including the Great Ape. 🦍 Make sure you get a copy of our 2nd issue (print or digital) and read his work. Link in bio. 🦍

10/01/2021

SAMUEL CLEMENS AND MARK TWAIN WALK INTO A BAR: A WISCONSIN FAIRYTALE

You can read this amazing absurdist humor piece by Saul Lemerond in our 2nd issue. Available now in digital and print copy. Link in bio. 🦍

Saul Lemerond is a dyslexic writer. He lives in Madison, Indiana where he teaches creative writing at Hanover College. His book KAYFABE AND OTHER STORIES was published by One Wet Shoe Press in 2013. You can find his work in many other publications, and now also in Great Ape.

08/01/2021

MY HERO AND THE VACUUM CLEANER

Read this funny and very relatable story by Meghan Dimmick in our 2nd issue. It's available in print and digital copies, choose the one that's more suitable for you. Link in bio. 🦍

05/01/2021

FIRST KISS 😘

Do you remember your first kiss? Read this amazing story by Linnea Cooley in our second issue. Available both in print and digital copy on our Great Ape store. Link in bio! 🦍

04/01/2021

LARCENY, 1965

Here's a glimpse at one of the pieces from Great Ape's 2nd issue. Check out the link in bio to get a print or digital copy and read this and so many more great absurdist humor pieces. 🦍

16/12/2020

2nd issue OUT NOW 💁‍♀️

Be a Great Ape and order it now, link in bio! Available in print and in digital format. 🦍

25/11/2020

Want our newest issue? Get it now - https://great-ape.com/store/

20/11/2020

Proud to announce that our 2nd issue is finally out! Thank you to all the amazing writers who contributed! 🦍🖤

Make sure you get a copy - www.great-ape.com/store

18/11/2020

PRE-ORDER GREAT APE ISSUE 1 & 2 PRINT EDITION BUNDLE! 🦍

Both beautiful issues of the hilariously absurd Great Ape in one brilliant bundle at a lower price? This may be the best thing that has ever happened. That is not an overstatement. Pre-ordering for publication 20th November.

Follow the link for more - https://great-ape.com/store/

15/11/2020

🦍 PRE-ORDER NOW! 🦍

The Great Ape has found more stories for you to delight in. Where else could you find a numerically challenged composer, half a theologically charged worm and Mark Twain nursing pints at the same bar? Even more absurd, even more hilarious, even more Great Ape. Pre-ordering for publication 20th November.

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15/09/2020

They say that Tuesday is the most productive day of the week. At Great Ape we're currently working hard on our second issue, which will come out soon. We hope you're just as excited for this one as we are. 🦍😏

17/07/2020

THANK YOU for submitting to our second issue, which will be available this September! 🥳 We are very happy to share that for our second issue we received twice as many submissions than for the first one, and we are happy to read each and every single one of your pieces.

If you submitted - stay tuned to hear back from us within the next couple of weeks! 🦍

01/07/2020

❗Just 15 more days to submit your work for our second issue. Be a Great Ape - get inspired, get to work and send it to us.

17/06/2020

17/06/2020

THANK YOU to all who joined in to our live stream reading of James Joyce's Ulysses for our Bloomsday fundraiser for Freedom Project! And THANK YOU to all who donated for this great cause! 🦍

Thanks to you - 9 hours and 250 pages later - we managed to raise $ 560!

Let's give it up also to our readers - Nels Challinor and Dale Hall 👏👏👏