The Princeton Tiger’s National Intercollegiate Humor Conference at Princeton University.

Humor Conference

What is it?

For eight years and counting, The National Intercollegiate Humor Conference has been the foremost gathering of the country’s top college humor magazines. Inspired by hack-a-thons, the conference is an opportunity for humor writers to learn from each other, talk with professionals, and write content in a collaborative, inclusive environment. It is also an opportunity to show off pieces from the past year, perform stand up and sketches, and ultimately meet members of a community that often doesn’t have the chance to collaborate in person. The conference makes no distinction between attendees—we are open to all humor magazines of any size, age, or membership. As we believe, funny ideas can come from anywhere.

Abromowitz

What can we expect?

Professionalism Fun. This action-packed conference isn’t going to be boring. It’s a shenanigan-filled congregation of funny people, working with other funny people, to read, write, and perform funny things. As pieces are being made, they will be shared with other participants, which will allow your work to be critiqued by other writers and professionals.

 

Cool. Where is it?

At Princeton.

 

Damn. That’s in New Jersey.

Fear not! It is both easy to get to, and centrally located! It is equidistant from Pennsylvania and New York, the train goes directly on campus and we hear the turnpike is pretty nice. We may have space to host some attendees, so some of you will have the option of sleeping on one of our comfortable and completely dust-free dorm room floors. Signups and more info to come.

 

That’s still in-

CENTRALLY LOCATED!

 

When is it?

The 2018-2019 conference just took place in November, but keep a look out for info about the 2019 conference in a few months!  You can probably start going nuts over it now.

Conference

Who are the panelists and the guest?

The headlining guest is yet to be announced. (Top secret, very hush-hush.)

Nasim Pedrad

What’s the humor mag variety show on the schedule supposed to be?

For the performer in you, we will have an opportunity for you and your group to showcase your stand-up routines, sketches, improv skills, PowerPoint presentations, start-up pitches, seventh grade book reports on Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, or anything else that strikes you as funny.

Ecard

Do we write?

Yup. We’ll have headline-writing workshops with professional writers from places like The Onion and Clickhole. You’ll also have a chance to send in your publication’s best articles from the previous year and have them judged by our panelists. PRIZES!

Clickhole

Does the conference cost money?

This year, in order to cover some of the costs there will be a small entry fee.

Is it going to be awesome?

It is going to be freaking awesome.

If you have any questions, email our Conference Director Amelia astucke@princeton.edu.

(Photo Creds: Ryan O’Shea)

 

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