Welcome to CORONAPALOOZA!

We’re all in this together, so join us in flipping the bird to the pandemic with your music, humor, stories and solutions.

Let’s start off by answering a few questions.

What is Coronapalooza?

After reading some great song parodies about COVID-19 by Mike Range, Mark Starlin, Bonnie Barton, and Joe Váradi, I felt like I was watching a virtual music festival and the name popped in my head. I imagined a non-stop Zoom meeting for all the writers here to exchange coronavirus-related stories.

Why should I write for Coronapalooza?

The best stories about our lives during this time are sprinkled in every corner of the internet. Wouldn’t it be cool to have a time capsule of our best work all in one publication?

How can I submit to Coronapalooza?

If you are one of the 50 or so people who appear on the masthead of this new publication, you got the call because you have entertained me, been entertained by me, or both.

And no good deed goes unpunished — You’re already listed as a writer.

What are the submission rules?

1. If you are not already a writer, comment below and I will add you.
2. Please use the tag “Coronapalooza” for you article.
3. If you write a song parody, please use the “Music” tag so it it automatically displays on that page. Make sure the subhead is in the form “A quarantine song parody of “[Original Title]” by [Artist Name].
4. If you write a humorous article, use the “Humor” tag so it automatically displays on that page.
5. Please give us a day to respond to your submissions. Sometimes a draft submission could get lost in the notifcations. A few hour delay doesn’t mean your piece was rejected — it means I missed it in my notifications. I will learn to check the stories link within the publication instead.
6. Aside from the occasional joke about Agent Orange’s incompetence, let’s try to raise each other’s spirits with fun stuff. This is not Whine-palooza, Depressapalooza, or Scare-apalooza. If you need more guidance, follow Roz Warren’s example of how to take dark circumstances and give it a positive spin. She ain’t heavy; she’s almost my sister.
7. I know the quality of your work. I’d be really surprised and disappointed to have to reject an article. Unless you wrote a stinker on purpose just to see if I was awake.
8. If you wrote a great piece that fits the theme of this publication, we’ll be happy to take it, regardless if it has been published earlier.
9. The goal here is to as good a time as possible and not add to people’s stress over getting your work published here. (Cue the photos of napkins containing lipstick-drawn manifestos.)
10. Oh yeah, there is one rule. Just like Susan Brearley promises to change any mention of the word “Medium” to “Muddyum” (and believe me, I tested her), never refer to your works of art as “content.” I may replace the word with something else to reflect its rightful place in the social media world. Try doing a search for “Santorum.”