The Punnet Society

Welcome to The Punnet Society! A branch into all things puns and for people who love having silly fun with words.

So many fantastic puns get away or are never heard. The Punnet Society offers a net to catch your puns and a basket to bask in them. Send in your best, and your worst, puns!

Submit a pun

The Punnet Society Mission:

Create a home and connection for puns and writing.

Share and collect punny and creative ideas, word plays, opportunities and writing events.

Share or create options for people to explore, express, and make use of a love of puns and the fun in writing.

Register for the Queens' Chess Festival - free & open to women and girls everywhere

Find details here: Queens’ Online Chess Festival returns in March for its 6th edition

Happy International Women's Day!

Pun of the Year!

It's easy, it's free, it's a chance to be silly and creative, plus you could win an easy $25!

Fiction or non-fiction, pack any travel, community, or nature-based writing with a ton of puns.

Here is your chance to make sure 2026 includes puns!

Enter the Contest!

Moon Pun

Green Puns

Animal Puns

Moon Pun

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Writing Corner

Poetry & the Creative Mind 2025

2025

Opportunity for any aspiring nature-loving writers or dreamers.

This virtual benefit celebrates the Academy during National Poetry Month, which the Academy founded in 1996, and features actors, artists, and celebrities reading inspiring and favorite poems in support of the Academy’s educational programs. The event is on April 24th, and is free with donations encouraged.

Join in: Poetry & the Creative Mind 2025 | Academy of American Poets

Writing Contest Corner

Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors short story contest.

2025

Opportunity for any aspiring nature-loving writers or dreamers.

Grist puts on a climate fiction contest each year where you can create a new path for our world and imagine solutions that help restore mother nature. They accept stories between 2,500-5,000 words which are "rooted in creative climate solutions and community-centred resilience". It's free and open to anyone over 18.

See the 2025 Collection: Imagine 2200 climate fiction contest: The 2025 collection - Grist | Grist

Writing Contest Corner

Anthology Nature Writing Competition

2025

Opportunity for any aspiring nature-loving writers or dreamers.

The Anthology Nature Writing Competition is created to celebrate the beauty of the natural world, whether it’s the wonder of life right in your own garden, an encounter with wildlife, the serenity of a forest, a reflection on environmental challenges, or the healing power of nature, we welcome your stories. Sept 30th deadline.

Learn more: Anthology Nature Writing Competition 2025 - Arizona Commission on the Arts

Grow The Punnet Society in the Forest Forum or Facebook group to start capturing your puns and to find your commpunity!

Contact the society for questions, to join and put your puns to work, or to share a bad pun and make my day.