An Unlikely List of Unlikely Themes
From September 1st through the 15th, we ran an unlikely contest to help us with our unlikely theme for Issue 9 (appearing in early summer, 2014). We received 96 entries scattered between our blogs, Twitter, and Facebook, with only a handful of duplicates. And there are so many good ideas here, we’re going to have a really hard time choosing.
Thank you all for participating. We’ll be discussing these over the next couple weeks and will be announcing the winner and runners up on or around October 1st. (I’ll be traveling that week, hence the squishiness of the timeframe.)
Here are the entries, in the same order that we received them. (If you submitted an entry and don’t see it below, please let us know.)
1 | The Journal of Unlikely Chronology |
2 | The Journal of Unlikely Ornithology |
3 | The Journal of Unlikely Palaeontology |
4 | The Journal of Unlikely Oneiromancy |
5 | The Journal of Unlikely Foodstuffs and Victuals |
6 | The Journal of Unlikely Accoutrements |
7 | Journal of Unlikely Gastronomy |
8 | Journal of Unlikely Lepidopterology |
9 | Journal of Unlikely Exobiology |
10 | Journal of Unlikely Herpetology |
11 | Journal of Unlikely Malacology |
12 | Journal of Unlikely Odontology |
13 | Journal of Unlikely Parapsychology |
14 | Journal of Unlikely Speleology |
15 | Journal of Unlikely American National Treasure |
16 | Journal of Unlikely Fisticuffs |
17 | Journal of Unlikely Coulrophobia |
18 | Journal of Unlikely Typography |
19 | Journal of Unlikely Cartography |
20 | Journal of Unlikely Ecology |
21 | The Journal of Unlikely Orthodonty |
22 | The Journal of Unlikely Theology |
23 | The Journal of Unlikely Hopology |
24 | The Journal of Unlikely Urbanology |
25 | The Journal of Unlikely Cartography |
26 | The Journal of Unlikely Craniology |
27 | The Journal of Unlikely Horology |
28 | The Journal of Unlikely Horticulture |
29 | The Journal of Unlikely Astrology |
30 | The Journal of Unlikely Phobias (or Phobiae) |
31 | Journal of Unlikely Pedology |
32 | The Journal of Unlikely Archeology |
33 | The Journal of Unlikely Paleontology |
34 | The Journal of Unlikely Theater (or Dramaturgy?) |
35 | The Journal of Unlikely Hypnotism |
36 | The Journal of Unlikely Criminology |
37 | the Journal of Unlikely Journals |
38 | The Journal of Unlikely Pathology |
39 | The Journal of Unlikely Epidemiology |
40 | The Journal of Unlikely Oceanography |
41 | The Journal of Unlikely Sociology |
42 | The Journal of Unlikely User Interface Design |
43 | The Journal of Unlikely Mathematics |
44 | The Journal of Unlikely Geology |
45 | The Journal of Unlikely Communication |
46 | The Journal of Unlikely Government |
47 | The Journal of Unlikely Transportation |
48 | The Journal of Unlikely Islands |
49 | The Journal of Unlikely Journeys |
50 | The Journal of Unlikely Mathematics |
51 | The Journal of Unlikely Kinesiology |
52 | The Journal of Unlikely Astronomy |
53 | The Journal of Unlikely Musicology |
54 | The Journal of Unlikely Microbiology |
55 | The Journal of Unlikely Eschatology |
56 | The Journal of Unlikely Gender Studies |
57 | The Journal of Unlikely Oenology |
58 | The Unlikely Journal of Malacology |
59 | The Unlikely Journal of Teuthology |
60 | The Journal of Unlikely Theology |
61 | The Journal of Unlikely Psychology |
62 | The Journal of Unlikely Methodology |
63 | The Journal of Unlikely Linguistics |
64 | The Journal of Unlikely Neuroscience |
65 | The Journal of Unlikely Geology |
66 | The Journal of Unlikely Herpetology |
67 | The Journal of Unlikely Espionage |
68 | The Journal of Unlikely Phrenology |
69 | Journal of Unlikely Museums |
70 | Journal of Unlikely Statuary |
71 | Journal of Unlikely Mycology |
72 | Journal of Unlikely Vilification |
73 | Journal of Unlikely Haberdashery |
74 | The Journal of Unlikely Somnology |
75 | The Journal of Unlikely Arctophily |
76 | The Journal of Unlikely Eschatology |
77 | The Journal of Unlikely Heraldry |
78 | The Journal of Unlikely Education |
79 | The Journal of Unlikely Characters |
80 | The Journal of Unlikely Zoology |
81 | The Journal of Unlikely Propaganda |
82 | the Journal of Unlikely Artifacts |
83 | The Journal of Unlikely Climatology |
84 | The Journal of Unlikely Anatomy. |
85 | The Journal of Unlikely Proctology |
86 | The Journal of Unlikely Podiatry |
87 | The Journal of Unlikely Trades |
88 | Journal of Unlikely Linguistics |
89 | Journal of Unlikely Geology |
90 | The Journal of Unlikely Reality |
91 | The Journal of Unlikely Morphology |
92 | The Journal of Unlikely Cake |
93 | The Journal of Unlikely Lycanthropy |
94 | The Journal of Unlikely Lichenology |
95 | The Journal of Unlikely Likelihood |
96 | The Journal of Unlikely Chimerology |
I vote for Fisticuffs. We are a democracy here, aren’t we?
One might consider it an oligarchy, though I have some hopes that it’s really a logocracy.
(That said, we do welcome commentary and will take what people say into some account.)