Comics—The Jazz of Literature is an annual project that is open year round.

We are asking creators to make a comic work that somehow reflects the idea Comics are Jazz and donate it to the project. In return, we will publish an anthology of the best material we are sent and give the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund 10% of the cover price of each unit sold.

Because we use printing-on-demand, all editions of Comics—The Jazz of Literature will always be in print, so your work will go on supporting the CBLDF as long as possible.

Creators aren't competing to get in. The limit of any single volume is about 700 pages and what we think people will pay. If we feel like we need to expand the volume to get your work in, we'll do it; but please understand there is a practical limit, and we'll make some decisions based on our own tastes and interests.

Please use the same considerations when thinking about the length of your submission.

Volume		Themes
2001	—	premier theme: "Comics-The Jazz of Literature". No other restrictions per se.
2002	—	"Jam". We send you two pages, you do two more pages, and send it in.
2003	—	"Mood". We'll choose a mood, and you find a way to execute it in your characters and story.
2004	—	"Comics-The Jazz of Literature". No other restrictions per se.
2005	—	"Melody". We supply the story line and you execute it. May be a "jam" style volume (everybody does a little bit of the story).
2006	—	"Breakout". You try something new to you—a new medium, a new type of story, a new layout, etc.
2007	—	"Comics-The Jazz of Literature". No other restrictions per se.
2008	—	"24 Hour Comic". You create a complete comic in 24 consecutive hours. Thanks to Scott "Understanding Comics" McCloud for this idea. For best explanation, see:
http://www.scottmccloud.com/inventions/24hr/dare/dare.html
2009	—	"Sketchbook". You show us how you get from an idea to the finished project-scraps of paper, coffee rings, doodles, and all.
2010	—	"Comics-The Jazz of Literature". No other restrictions per se.
2011	—	"Cities". A city or town from your life or your imagination. Focus on the city as a thing in itself with a life and personality of its own.
2012	—	"Lands". A landscape from your life or your imagination. Focus on the land as your partner in a silent dialog via your eyes.