So you think you want to be a writer at MadKarter.com...

Let's get this out of the way.  You don't get paid.  Nada.  Zilcho.  Zippity.  No one at MadKarter is making a dime.   So now you can go ahead and hit your back button and get the hell out of this article! Maybe someday the site will get big and famous and the owner will become independently wealthy like Rob Howden (just kidding Rob!) and someone might get paid.

If you're still reading, yes we are interested in having more contributors.  The more contributors we have, the more stuff there is to read.  The more stuff there is to read, then maybe more people will come to read it.  Who knows.

That said, here are the requirements:

1.  You must be literate.   This is a go/no go requirement.  There is no editor here.  Our contributors post their stuff directly to the site.  There is no red-tape, no getting permission, no one to correct your punctuation, spelling or to insure that you're not writing a bunch of gibberish.  We don't expect you to be a lame-ass english major, but we do expect you to be able to translate your thoughts from your brain to text in a coherent manner with reasonably sound punctuation and correct spelling.  So we've got to see some samples.

2.  You need to have strong opinions.  Strong opinions are interesting, even if they annoy some people who don't agree.  That's fine.  Having no opinion is pretty much useless.

3.  It will be really helpful if you have a sense of humor and can translate that to the written word.  In this day and age, people want to be entertained, not depressed.  Not everything you contribute needs to be a guffaw-inducing reading experience, but if it never is people will avoid it like a dog turd on the sidewalk.

4.  You need to be the type of person that doesn't take themselves too seriously.  If you take yourself too seriously and have strong opinions, you're in for a tough ride.  Opinions aren't facts.  Opinions are open to discussion and criticism.  Discussion and criticism are how we learn new things, broaden our horizons, and strengthen our convictions through sound defense and logic.  Plus they give us the opportunity to make people who disagree with us without strong evidence look like baboons with big red swollen asses with a tiny piece of toilet paper dangling from their chafed butt cheeks.

5.  You must be willing to contribute on a regular basis.  We're not expecting you to write a 600 page diatribe every day.  But we do want to see a regular flow of quality contribution.  At least once a week.  You can pretty much write about whatever you want.  Karting, other motorsports, politics, life...  the possibilities are boundless and there are no restrictions.

6.   If you want to contribute, but not on a regular basis, we are more than happy to publish guest commentaries or "op-eds".  The first four requirements still apply though.  Feel free to contact us if you're interested in writing a guest piece.

If you meet all these stringent qualifications and truly want to join the MadKarter.com team then send us a sample or two of your writing.  If you make it through the exhaustive selection process you will have the opportunity to publish your work on a site that will generate at least 4 unique visitors per day.  Who knows, someone from Time, Newsweek, Playboy, Penthouse, Hustler, The Enquirer, The Economist, Popular Mechanic, Field and Stream or perhaps even the holy grail of karting magazines, National Kart News, may be reading and decide that you have it what it takes to become a regular fixture in their publication.

Use the contact link below if you're interested.