Funny Real-Life Stories Wanted

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We’re ZUG.com, the world’s longest-running comedy site, read each month by a quarter of a million users and growing. We’ve got two bestselling humor books, and more on the way. ZUG.com is the place to get your humor writing noticed, collaborate with our fun and talented comedy community.

We're looking for your funniest true-life stories, pranks, or experiments. The time your aunt fell into the wedding punch. The prank you pulled on your roommate involving a live chicken. The time you experimented with chewing 400 sticks of gum at once.

If it’s funny, you can get points, prizes, immediate reader feedback, publicity for your work and CASH. Here's how it works: You post your funny article on the website; if you get a reader rating of 4- or higher after one week, we'll pay you $20 for the article. Want to earn more money? Submit several articles. Once you earn a reader rating of 4 or higher for your articles, you are eligible to join our Writers Group, where you earn more money/publicity for each article. Articles must meet these guidelines:

- The story must be true

- The story must have at least 2 photos (stock OK/ real preferred)

- The story should not be published elsewhere on the Web

- The story should have length of 500-750 words

If interested, go to http://www.zug.com/about/lp/write/index.html to get started. Contact Jade at jmh@zug.com with questions.