Submissions wanted (funny stories) (worldwide) | $250 per piece

COMPANY/PUBLICATION: CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL 

Deadline: 20 November 2023

MAKE ME LAUGH!

Laughter is the best medicine. And we love to publish your funny stories—in all our books. Our books filled with nothing but funny stories are always bestsellers, so we’re doing it again. This edition will be for publication in 2024 but we're already looking for those funny stories you tell again and again. The ones that make everyone laugh.

We are looking for stories about something that happened to you in your life - in your relationship with a partner or spouse, a parent or child, a family member or friend, at work or at home – that made you and the people around you laugh out loud. Did you mean for it to be funny? Did the other person mean to make you laugh? Did a situation just get out of control? Did a misunderstanding turn into a comedy of errors? We can’t wait to hear your true stories. We want them to be silly, outrageous and hilarious, and they absolutely must make us laugh!

Here are some suggested topics but we know you can think of many more:

• Laughing at “inappropriate” times
• Slip of the tongue - words that came out wrong
• Misunderstandings – I thought you said…
• Obsessions and Compulsions
• Pranks that worked – Gotcha!!
• Pranks that backfired – Oh no!
• Annoying habits - if you don’t stop doing that I’m going to scream!
• Aggravating pet behavior
• Embarrassing moments
• Wedding mishaps
• Funeral foul-ups
• Holiday meltdowns
• Kitchen/dinner party disasters
• Sports catastrophes
• Family foibles
• Zany vacations
• Moving-day mayhem
• Travel turmoil

Story guidelines: https://www.chickensoup.com/story-submissions/story-guidelines/

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Applications: Via the webform

Website: https://www.chickensoup.com/

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