After taking Brett Leveridge's Humor Writing course, Peter Scallion has had his work accepted by McSweeney's and Reader's Digest.

Peter had come up with a list of anxiety medications for an assignment in Brett's course. Brett suggested he submit it to McSweeney's. After New Anxiety Medications For Coping With Economic Gloom was posted, an editor from Reader's Digest read it and e-mailed Peter asking if he wanted to submit the material to the magazine. Peter was both flattered and flabbergasted.

Says Peter, "It's an example of what Brett was telling us: Sometimes it takes the right person to read your stuff and present you with an opportunity."

Currently, Peter is putting together a blog called "The Scallion-The Leaner, Greener Onion."

Peter says, "It's a satirical news site modeled after that brilliantly funny publication."

--William Battaglia

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