Editorial Guidelines

EDITORIAL GUIDELINES
Anything that can be read is fair game for publication in the magazine, and that is not limited to typical magazine content. Here’s what we like the most:

Short pieces: Everybody is busy: hit them quick and often. Though we have no length restriction on submissions, keep in mind that attention spans are short. Less is more!

Unusual formats: for example, a transcript, a fake press release or a fake manual. Think of the different angles from which you could approach a joke or make fun of something.

Lie, lie, lie: We like absurd and satirical material. If something makes people laugh, it doesn’t have to make sense or be factually accurate (although what’s funniest is often what’s closest to the truth).

One-liners: If you come up with a really good one-liner or short joke, we can either run it by itself or incorporate it into the piece.
Try to avoid extensive first person accounts and topical humor that may not be funny a month after it was written.

Lists: No matter how funny you are, lists are generally better with a large board of contributors.

ART GUIDELINES
We welcome illustrations, cartoons, photography and art of all sorts, provided that it is in some way humorous and related to the current theme. Although we do assign illustrators to certain written work, we do accept art as standalone submissions as well. Please submit all artwork to the email address below, as a 300 d.p.i. JPEG, PDF, GIF, or PSD.

ISSUE THEMES
Every theme will have a theme: it will be intentionally broad, as to maximize the possible sources of material to be included in the issue. Jokes in the piece do not need to center around the theme, nor does the piece itself: we use the theme as a jumping-off point to help writers structure their pieces.

Check out previous issues to see how we’ve done this in the past. But we are also open to new ideas