Western Idol

I was gonna have some fun knocking the ultra-conservative Western Standard's writing contest but it kind of already makes fun of itself, in an unironical, unintentional way.

First prize in each category is $1,000 - and having your work published in the Western Standard! Second prize is a Western Standard gift pack, including a Libranos t-shirt, poster and a copy of the War on Fun - and having your work published on the Western Standard's website. Third prize winners will receive an honourable mention. And all entrants receive a free subscription to the Western Standard. If you're already a subscriber, use your free year to extend your current subscription or send a gift subscription to a friend!

In any case, Accordion Guy got to the funnin' before me, and did a way better job than I could have.

In case you were looking to make some extra cash and a brand new writing career, you may want to consult its blog, The Shotgun, for some writing tips. As a service, here are some more jumping-off points for articles that should curry favour with the judging panel:

Darth Vader: That Liberal Pussy
"That Colby Cosh Feller Looks A Little Liberal Sometimes Too. Keep a 28-Gauge Trained On Him."
"And once all the CBC employees are back at work, that's when we set off the fertilizer bomb"
Holy shit, you mean Swift's A Modest Proposal Was Satire?
Ruhipnol + Texas Dating Sites = Green Card, Here I Come!
Ontario Must Be Destroyed
Quebec Too
Oh Yeah, The Darkies, Too
And While We're At It, The Homos
And Did We Mention CBC Employees?

(Chapeau off to Marc!)

Comments

[matt]

sorry, just have to formally object to the implication Westerners are bigots/racists. (but the Darth Vader line was gold)