Points in Case publishes enlightening and irreverent humor daily. 

Believe it or not, we’ve been online for over 25 years! Since 2000, PIC has indulged over 50 million readers through all sorts of literary humor styles and forms.

Our editors don't follow a viral or utilitarian formula when it comes to selecting submissions—if it's funny it's funny, and we'll do our best to make it work. We invite thoughtfully-crafted, finished drafts from all perspectives and voices, and are willing to take risks on atypical concepts or formats, as long as they're humorous.

We currently accept the following public submissions on a rolling basis:

  • Articles – Satire and parodies, observational humor, funny stories, humorous guides or essays, and open letters, including evergreen topics with an original approach, timely and topical humor, and offbeat ideas. We're looking for smart, fun, and eloquent humor writing with personality or pizzazz, a strong premise, and a clear throughline. We pay $35 per accepted article.
  • Lists – Shorter, punchier comedy formats encompassing lists, quizzes, reviews, and other non-paragraph-style formats typically involving a series of beats. We pay $10 per accepted list.
  • Jokes – Submit original jokes, one-liners, observations, deep thoughts, tinylists, and anecdotes directly through your PIC account.
Submit to Articles

PIC is looking for creative, thematic, and entertaining Articles, preferably 600-1,000 words. The ideal submission is spell-checked and copyedited, with a descriptive but catchy title. We're not afraid to take chances on a variety of humor styles and formats, but your article should be funny in standalone fashion.

Contributor payment is $35 per article.

Payments are typically sent within 5 days of acceptance. Our average response time is 14 days, and we reply to every submission.

Important Guidelines:

  • Register a PIC account here before submitting! This is where all of your published work will go. Upload your photo and fill out as much info as possible; readers are curious. Note that your Submittable account is only used to manage submissions, and is entirely separate from your PIC account.
  • Submit one article at a time. After receiving a decision, feel free to submit again right away.
  • If your article is co-authored, be sure each author has registered their own PIC account, then note the names of all co-authors in the comments.
  • Simultaneous submissions are ok, but please withdraw your submission immediately if accepted elsewhere.
  • We don't accept satire news, or articles already published anywhere, for any reason.
  • We don't accept writing aided by AI. Please do not use AI to assist in the writing of your work.
  • Add-on options like Editorial Notes are available for a small fee; submissions are free.
  • For more details and guidelines, view our main submissions page.
Submit to Lists

PIC is looking for Lists, preferably 200-600 words. Lists, quizzes, reviews, and any non-paragraph-style or short creative formats typically involving a series of beats are welcomed. Lists should have a catchy title reflecting a strong premise—for a list, the title may be what ends up selling us. 

Contributor payment is $10 per list.

Payments are typically sent within 5 days of acceptance. Our average response time is 14 days, and we reply to every submission.

 Important Notes: 

  • Register a PIC account here before submitting! This is where all of your published work will go. Upload your photo and fill out as much info as possible; readers are curious. Note that your Submittable account is only used to manage submissions, and is entirely separate from your PIC account.
  • Submit one list at a time. After receiving a decision, feel free to submit again right away.
  • If your list is co-authored, be sure each author has registered their own PIC account, then note the names of all co-authors in the comments.
  • Simultaneous submissions are ok, but please withdraw your submission immediately if accepted elsewhere.
  • If you have longer work that happens to use a list format ("listicles"), use our Article submission form instead. For example, if the beats in your work each have more than a few sentences, we would typically consider that a listicle.
  • We don't accept lists already published anywhere online, in part or whole, for any reason.
  • We don't accept writing aided by AI. Please do not use AI to assist in the writing of your work.
  • Add-on options like Editorial Notes are available for a small fee; submissions are free.
  • For more details and guidelines, view our main submissions page.
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