Submissions
MY FUNNY MAJOR MEDICAL
Now Open For Submissions
They
say laughter is the best medicine. Or maybe yourHMO says that when you’re strung up in a Stryker frame with a catheter, a chemo drip, and a gown that shows your booty off to passing CandyStripers, because they think painkillers are too expensive to pamper you with.
But that is exactly the time when you could most use a laugh.
And that’s what our next Funny Book is all about: the whole achy-breaky world of health care, hospitals and medicine. Finally somebody actually wants to hear about your surgery or side effects or four hour waiting room experience: as long as it’s funny.
The idea here is humor writing from the patient’s point of view, rather than the staff’s. But maybe that viewpoint is best stated from by the patient’s friends, family, or bedpan emptier. Picture yourself laying in bed, feeling rotten, bored…and you get a book about that very thing. What would make you smile or laugh enough to forget your trauma and bills?
As usual, we have a general diagnosis about what we want, but are open to second opinions. We don’t mind widening the scope and have no real contraindications. (Aside from frowning on the usual suspects. of course: such as racism, attempts at subversion or evil domination, bestiality without consent, and Kardashians.)
We’ve found that pieces in these books work best when under 1800 words, but we’re a little loose. Submissions are open until June 1, 2012. Also a little flexible, but don’t make us tear our hair and hate you. If you don’t do columns or shorts, but have a killer poem, jokes, cartoons or X-rated Xrays that pertain to My Funny Major Medical, give us a look.
There is no pay but copies because a major concept at My Funny Books is that they are driven by promotion, rather than profit. Our contributors have been very enthusiastic about the benefits of placing work with us. To learn more about those benefits and our policy on rights and permissions, please click to our FAQ For Contributors.
Some excellent material from a surprisingly high level of professional writers and comics has already been accepted, so just dashing something off probably won’t work unless you’re really talented. But don’t let lack of experience keep you from sending in something you think is ready for prime time.
Very funny stuff about hospital and medical themes is what we want. Think–What would I get a therapeutic laugh out of if I was under medical care.
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