Address the issues simmering inside you. Step on toes if need be. Ideally, if you make somebody mad, they'll respond with vivid counter-arguments of their own.

The goal is maximum creative freedom for contributors but not a free-for-all. We want good humor and original thought, not meanness. Barring an unexpected influx of venture capital at the outset, nobody will be paid in the beginning. So don’t do anything you don’t think you’ll have fun doing.

Contributions should be submitted in digital form (MS Word files or email will be fine). Editing will be for style, not the policing of agendas. Cartoons or drawings can be scanned by us only if they’re small enough to fit on a home flatbed scanner. Photographers should bear in mind the limitations of photocopy reproduction.

Berkshire writers and artists will be at the head of the line for page space, but we’ll consider content from anywhere if it’s amusing or interestingly provocative. If a talented satirist in Wyoming learns about The PERP from his or her aunt in Savoy, he or she will have a fair shot at getting stuff included.

The PERP will be a free 'zine photocopied from a black-&-white master. Color must wait for an imagined future when we’re not doing this on a shoestring. Assuming we have a future. This is an experiment.

It’s quiet around here. Let’s stir up Main Street.