I got an encouraging rejection on one piece, still waiting to hear on the follow-up submission (been several months, now
They accepted something of mine once, but never ran it, which made me sad. I'm a staff writer at I-mockery.com, a fine e-publication that runs something by me every week. Cracked.com hosts my 'Blog' and have purchased one or two artciles from me. They are worth submitting to, but their needs these days are pretty particular.
Stupid question time -- I know there is a printed McSweeney's and an online McSweeney's. I can't find the printed one here (Phoenix, not the smallest burg out there, but also not NY or LA), but may be looking in the wrong places (like bookstores). So this question comes because I haven't been able to take a look at a physical McSweeney's yet.
When you all are submitting to McSweeney's, are you going for online or printed? And, why is or isn't one better than the other? Does the hard copy take longer pieces? Does one have more "cachet" than the other? Is this the humor version of The New Yorker, where the better expectation is that you'll get rejected but at least gave the best the first shot? Have I run over my question limit yet?
I am giving this thread mouth-to-mouth resucitation to see if there are any other McSweeney's fans out there. Or people who got "in," or people who know of sites JUST LIKE McSweeneys, but not, y'know, McSweeney's.
I am enjoying the links to other sites listed earlier though...
This piece ROCKS, Ralph! Too funny! Way to go, too!http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2008/1/30gamelli.html
That's right. I'm tooting my own horn, like some kind of lowlife horn-tooter.
Congrats on McSweeney's and sillymess. Nothing wrong with a tooter as long as you're not doing it around me.I'm resurrecting this ancient thread to announce I finally received an acceptance from McSweeney's - http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2010/6/14burt.html.
I guess I'm a horn tooter like Ralph (I still have a ways to catch up with him on McSweeney's though).
Another site I've had luck with lately is Sillymess:
http://sillymess.com/?p=592
http://sillymess.com/?p=711
I'm resurrecting this ancient thread to announce I finally received an acceptance from McSweeney's - http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2010/6/14burt.html.
I guess I'm a horn tooter like Ralph (I still have a ways to catch up with him on McSweeney's though).
Another site I've had luck with lately is Sillymess:
http://sillymess.com/?p=592
http://sillymess.com/?p=711