We’re looking for both seasoned humor writers and fresh voices to contribute to PIC.
Submission Process
- Submit via Submittable (free)
- Expedited Decision or Editorial Notes (optional)
- $35 payment for accepted articles
- Publication up to 500k monthly readers
Press
- An Interview with Points in Case (Chill Subs)
- Literary Spotlight: Points in Case (The Writer)
- 22nd Annual 101 Best Websites for Writers (Writer’s Digest)
- 7 Humor Websites You Should Be Reading (Paste)
- Best Sites to Read Whenever You Need a Laugh (The Week)
Submission Guidelines
We don’t follow a viral or utilitarian formula when it comes to selecting both evergreen and timely articles and lists—if it’s funny it’s funny, and we’ll do our best to make it work. We’re very open to creative writing, atypical formats, mainstream topics with an original approach, mundane topics made interesting, edgy material, satire and parodies, and other offbeat ideas. We’re looking for smart, irreverent, and eloquent humor writing with personality or pizzazz, and a clear throughline. But the main goal is to arouse laughter, whatever your method.
What We’re Looking For
- Creative, thematic, and entertaining literary humor
- Punchy, elevated concept writing
- Previously unpublished work
- Humor under 1,000 words
Funny stories, observational humor, essays, current events, and other topical articles are great too, as long as they’re humorous. The only style we don’t publish is satire news, because you already know where to get that.
Increase the Chances of Having Your Humor Writing Published
- Original topic or premise
- Refreshing spin or angle
- Strong, compelling opening
- Proofread, polished content
- Heightening, callbacks, or runners
- Descriptive, catchy title
- Emerging from a cloud of fog under a strobe light
If we publish your article, your name, photo, and bio will appear alongside it, and your author page will serve as a portfolio cataloging all of your published humor. Log in to your PIC account to update info on your author page at any time—including your photo, bio, personal website and social media links.
More Submission Specifics
- Tips for Submitting Short Humor to Points in Case (Points in Case)
- Editor Interview: Points in Case (Duotrope)
Submission Links
- Submit Articles – Satire and parodies, observational humor, funny stories, listicles, humorous guides or essays, and open letters, including evergreen topics with an original approach, timely and topical humor, and offbeat ideas. We pay $35 per article.
- Submit Lists – Shorter, punchier comedy formats encompassing lists, quizzes, reviews, and other non-paragraph style formats typically involving a series of items. We pay $10 per list.
- Submit Jokes – One-liners, observations, deep thoughts, tinylists, and anecdotes.
We look forward to reviewing your work!