| WEEK | TITLE | SYNOPSIS | INK Types |
|---|---|---|---|
| 862 | Be cheerful | Send us a cheer or fight song for any pro sports team or any national team. | H |
| 854 | What's not to liken? | Produce one or more similes in any of the following categories. | H |
| 851 | Going to the shrink | Downsize the title of a book, movie or play to make it smaller or less momentous and describe it. | H |
| 614 | In-Stock Characters | Pitch us an idea for a summer movie featuring two or more of the provided characters. | H |
| 588 | Gadget If You Can | Tell us what these nifty, indispensable items are. | T |
| 586 | God's Will (and Won't) | Complete either of the following: "If God hadn't wanted us to ----, God wouldn’t have ----"; "If God had wanted us to ----, God would have ----. | 3 |
| 581 | Evil Things in Store | Think of evil or just plain stupid practices that the staff of a retail or other establishment might perpetrate. | H |
| 565 | Anthem Is as Anthem Does | Give us a verse for an alternative U.S. national anthem, set to any well-known tune. | H |
| 550 | Spring Cleaning | Suggest creative uses for things you've already used, or never will use, or other disposable household thingies, singly or in combination. | 3 |
| 548 | Inklings | Tell us about certain people's childhood experiences and behaviors that hint at their destinies. | T |
| 538 | Try, Try Again | Enter any previous Invitational. Your entry must be substantially different from the original winners. | H |
| 536 | And the Horse He Rodin On | Come up with some words we can stick in the back of The Inker. | W |
| 535 | Picture This | Can you tell us what astonishing news Bob Staake is trying to pass on with cartoons? | H |
| 534 | The Feminine Touch | Propose how any male-dominated occupation or institution would change if it suddenly became female-dominated. | H |
| 533 | Breed Apart | Mate the clones of any two famous real people, living or dead--a male and a female, please--and hypothesize what traits or skills their offspring might have. | H |
| 528 | Ask Backwards | You are on "Jeopardy!" These are the answers. What are the questions? | H |
| 527 | Rite of First Defusal | Come up with witty or bizarre things to say to defuse the tension in awkward moments. | H |
| 518 | Say, Kids, What Time Is It? | Fill in the blanks in the following sentence: "You know it's time to ------ when ------. | H |