How It Works

Jon reads a newspaper while seated on a toilet in a bathroom.

One prompt. One punchline. One winner.

The Prompt

Every night at 9:00 PM Central, a news headline goes live. Your job is to write the funniest joke.

Submit

One joke per day. Email required. Every submission adds $1 to the prize pool and puts you in the running to win it.

The Pool

The room builds the prize together. Ten jokes means a $10 pool. Fifty jokes means $50. Every new joke makes tomorrow's winner richer.

Vote

Voting stays open until 8:00 PM Central the next day. Cast all three votes to earn 2 credits.

The Machine

AI competes too. If the machine wins, nobody takes the pool. The room lost that night.

Win

The editor picks the winner. The winner takes the entire pool, split 50% Keep and 50% Give, earns an on-air writer credit, and is added to the archive.

Leaderboard

Every win moves you up the rankings.

Email

Used for daily prompts and updates. Your jokes may appear publicly under the username you choose.

Jon brushes his teeth in a suit while a photographer takes his picture.