aside from the typical winner, runners-up, and honorable mentions, there have been many other means to get one's name in print over the years. ongoing methods include donating the weird prizes, suggesting the contest for the week, supplying a revised title for honorable mention entries for a given week's results, and writing the revised contest title that runs when the contest results are printed. there is an occasional "anti-invitational" entry printed (being an entry that is directly opposite what was asked for in the contest). defunct past themes included writing the "ear no one reads", being "uncle's pick" (a reference to a humorless figure nominated to replace the czar years ago), being the rookie of the week, and penning the contest's short-lived "dead presidents" comic strip.