Postcards from the Pug Bus welcomes satirical writing on virtually any subject, even the president, who surely has been done to death, as long as the writing approaches the subject from a fresh perspective. The closer an article adheres to the following guidelines, the greater the chance it has of being published.
- The article is your own original work.
- It has not been published elsewhere, except on your personal web site.
- It does not seriously advocate violence, any illegal activity, racism, sexism, ageism, speciesism, or any other ism that a reasonably sane individual might find offensive.
- Your sense of outrage does not overwhelm your sense of style.
- You understand that there is a difference between satire and making fun of someone. Calling a person a name or saying that he did something stupid is an example of the latter; reporting something dumb or offensive that a person said or did, without unnecessary editorializing, is an example of the former.
- You do not object to our correcting mistakes in spelling or errors in usage, nor do you object to our editing the article in order to make it more enjoyable to our readers.
If these rules did not put you off, send us your material. The best way to do that is by saving the text and image(s), if any, in separate files and attaching them to an e-mail message addressed to our submissions department. We will let you know in a day or two if we will be using your article. We will notify you again after the article has been published.
Articles remain the property of the writers who submit them. We will not publish them anywhere else without the writer's permission.
Did we forget to mention that remuneration for articles will be tendered in the currency of the satirical realm—"heartfelt thanks"—which, coupled with sufficient currency and a winning smile, is accepted at all fine establishments around the globe?
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