The Voo Doo Humor Prizes

Contest Rules and Regulations

1. All entries must be submitted by 6pm on Monday, March 18, 1996. Text should be submitted electronically by email to voodoo-contest@mit.edu. Artwork must be turned in to the Voo Doo office, third floor Walker Memorial, room 50-309.
2. The contest is open to all present members of the M.I.T. community: students, faculty, and staff, regardless of age, sex, race, creed, sexual identity, or ability. They must be funny, however.
3. Entries will be judged by a five member panel of past Voo Doo editors and M.I.T. campus celebrities. Entries will be judged by how much they amuse, entertain, and/or flabbergast the judges. All decisions by the panel are final. Winners will be announced in the April issue of Voo Doo Magazine.
4. The prize categories are as follows:
   • Cartooning (single panel) $100 first prize, $50 second prize
   • Comic strip (3-5 panels) $100 first prize, $50 second prize
   • Graphic Novella (long cartoon, three to eight pages) $200 first prize, $100 second prize
   • Short humorous prose (~750 words) $100 prize
   • Long humorous prose (>1500 words) $100 prize
   • One page gag (fake ad, form, poster, hack plans) $100 prize
   • Miscellaneous (anything at the judges' discretion and whim, for honorable mentions, uncategorizable entries, etc.) $100 prize.
   A box of Jell-O(tm) brand flavored non-Newtonian fluid dessert-thing will be awarded to runners-up in each category.
5. All entries must be original and previously unpublished. Entrants grant first publication rights, and all rights to distribute, both in printed and electronic form, both whole or excerpts (including for the use of advertising future contests) to Voo Doo Magazine. All other rights are reserved by the entrant.
6. Entrants cannot modify regulations or conditionalize their entries.
7. There is no rule number 7.
8. Artwork must be camera ready. Black ink originals are prefered (although high quality photocopies are acceptable). Text must be either plain and free of formatting, or must conform to the Voo Doo Writer's Guide.
9. Entries cannot be anonymous.
10. Entries will be returned only if accompanied by a self addressed envelope with appropriate postage (or interdepartmental address). However, Voo Doo is not responsible for accidental damage or loss of entries.
11. The judges are discouraged from entering and voting for themselves.

Phos