Today a noon Pacific time, the crew at Longshot Magazine in NYC announced the theme for this issue — debt!

From their announcement:

Yes, we know Washington politicians are also staying up all weekend, debating this figment of the Congressional imagination called the debt ceiling. Forget about that. Or co-opt it. The theme is bigger than their squabble and more interesting than their rhetoric.

That means that from this moment, you have exactly 24  hours to submit your reporting, poetry, photography, and graphics to be printed into issue No. 2 of Longhot Magazine. Again, you have until tomorrow, Saturday, July 30 at noon PST to submit your stuff. Read more

The dynamic trio and their team of volunteer editors, sketch artists, photographers, writers, reporters and poets are at it again — the 48-hour, user-generated Longshot Magazine will be produced July 29 through July 31 in New York City.

Longshot Magazine — co-founded by Gizmodo’s Mat Honan, The Atlantic’s Alexis Madrigal, and GOOD Magazine’s Sarah Rich — is a creative magazine produced entirely in 48 hours with stories and art submitted by people from around the world on the web. The magazine editors will announce the theme of the magazine on Friday, July 29 at noon, and users can start submitting their work. By noon on Sunday, the magazine will be completed and sent to print, and a digital, mobile-compatible version will be available online.

I corresponded with Mat Honan recently to get the inside scoop on the upcoming issue. In August, I participated in the creation of the second issue in Los Angeles by submitting artwork and helping Adam Hemphill build the website. The experience, fueled by lots of Red Bull and coffee, was one of my favorite production experiences of my life — and here’s how you can get involved too! Read more