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Stay Free! seeking submissions for issue #25
We're gearing up for another issue of Stay Free! magazine and welcome new contributors. There will be something of a theme this time: hoaxes. But we're always up for features that don't fit the theme. If you have an ideas for humor pieces, interviews, photo essays, or other story ideas that you think would fit the mag, email me a note pitching the idea and include samples of your work (ideally URLs) with it - stay.free (a) verizon.net. Or if you are blocked from emailing Verizon, because toxic Verizon castrates foreigners, send it to Charles instead at cdstar (a) gmail.com
A few specific things we're looking for:
- Local people (Ideally, Brooklynites) who have weird jobs and who would make for a good interview, for our "gigs" section. (So far we have run interviews with a guy who makes Jesus robots and former flavor factory workers.)
- Reviews for "My New Favorite Thing" section. These can be anything, not just albums, movies, books and websites, but ideas, persons, or other phenomenon.
- A good question we can ask readers that will elicit entertaining responses.
(Past examples: "Ever been fired?" and "What do you do with your ex's stuff?" ) - Posts for Stay Free Daily, our blog. This is a perennial. I'd love to find another regular blogger or two.
- And, naturally, anything connected to hoaxes or their history.
DEADLINES
Wed., July 13:
Send me yr ideas/pitches by next Wed. if at all possible. Otherwise,
the latest you should respond if you want to contribute is July 24.
(I'll be on vacation from July 14-24)
Sun. August 1:
First drafts due
Posted by carrie on 07/06/2005 | Permalink
Comments
I am president of the newly formed International Assn. of Pranksters & Hoaxers and also a professional hoaxer. Since you are doing an article on hoaxes, I can probably offer some information that would be of interest to you. Our members include Alan Abel of NYC whose life was recently chronicled in a film that won first place in documentaries at the Slamdance Film Festival. If I can be of any help to you, please call me at 760-942-1313. You can check out my own hoaxing adventures by visiting my web site and reading the newspaper and magazine articles in the "news media' section of that site.
Yours in the humorous hoax,
Bob Ross
Posted by: Bob Ross | Jul 7, 2005 12:00:37 PM
uhm, is the 'hoax' theme of next STAY FREE! really correct? or, is it a hoax? and is BOB ROSS a real person, or a hoax? ditto his group. remember, in this post-9/11 world we hafta be very careful.
Posted by: herb | Jul 7, 2005 12:29:29 PM
I can vouch for the authenticity of Bob Ross, although my own credibility is highly suspect. Examples: placing a fake official in the Super Bow; forming the KKK Symphony Orchestra, starting an Euthanasia Cruise Line and seeking support for hermaphrodites....who deserve to vote twice. Check out the documentary on my exploits at: www.abelraisescain.com
Onward and upward! Alan Abel
Posted by: Alan Abel | Jul 7, 2005 1:44:55 PM
hermaphrodites don't exist in humans. it's called intersex, since to be hermaphrodite means you can reproduce on your own. only certain animals can do that. snails, for example. ok not much to do with hoaxes, but there's my 2 pennies. :D
Posted by: elaine | Aug 3, 2005 11:02:42 PM
