ABOUT
Founded in 2024 by nine Journalism undergraduates, the Toronto Abnormal School is the largest, best, (and only) satire publication at Toronto Met. We publish a print magazine six times a year, stories and cartoons online weekly and duds never.
We welcome students of all faculties to contribute satire news, humour stories, comics and cartoons about student life, our university and the city we live in.
The Abnormal School hires staff through elections in the spring of every year. Information about this process will become available closer to the election date.
MASTHEAD
Vol. 4 - 2026-27
SUBMISSIONS
Editor-in-Chief
Dylan Marks '28
Managing Editors
Daniel Opasinis '28
Matteo Zita '27
Art Editor
Cleo Borrel '29
Finance Director
Conor Hassaram-Leblanc '28
Digital Editor &
Administrative Director
Gray Moloy '27
Founding Staff Writers
Vihaan Bhatnagar '26
Lucas Bustinski '26
Hailey Ford '26
Sarah Grishpul '26
Caleb Jackson '26
Edward Lander '26
Ella Miller '26
You think you're funny? You think you're some kind of wise-guy? Well, that's good news because the Abnormal School accepts submissions. Here's what we look for:
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Satirical news stories (150-500 words)
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Humour stories (300-1000 words)
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Listicles and quizzes
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Single and multi-panel cartoons*
All submissions should be sent from your TMU email address to torontoabnormalschool@gmail.com
If you're submitting a piece for a print issue, please specify this in your subject line.
The Abnormal School uses Canadian Press style. If you're not familiar with it, don't panic! Our editors are happy to help you format your work after it's been submitted.
*Single-panel cartoons submitted for the web must have a 1:1 (square) aspect ratio with a resolution of at least 1080px by 1080px. Multi-panel cartoons submitted for the web must have a 4:5 aspect ratio and a resolution of at least 1080px (width) by 1350px (height).
Past Staff Writers
Joshua Alderman '27
Peyton Andino '27
Cleo Borrel '29
Tristan Forde '28
What We're Looking For:
We are interested in: Timely fake news bits; over the top news releases from the university; commentary on student life; noteworthy cartoons and comics; essays on your gross dorm mates; anything at the expense of the board of governors; satirizing the institution; witty listicles; tantalizing letters to the editor.
We are not interested in: Punching down; upholding your conservative agenda; wildly bigoted news bites; unexamined biases; arresting Frankie the falcon; AI slop; outdated and overdone memes; "dark humour"; fetishization; your Second City outtakes; a laughable excuse; anyone who takes this too seriously.
The Toronto Abnormal School is a satirical newspaper. All content published to this website, posted on our social media and printed in our physical editions is purely fictitious. The Toronto Abnormal School is a separate entity from Toronto Metropolitan University and the School of Journalism at Toronto Metropolitan University.
If you would like to contact us for any reason, please send an email to torontoabnormalschool@gmail.com
View our constitution
The Abnormal School is made possible through generous support from the Society of the Creative School and the Toronto Metropolitan Students' Union