The Human Touch is an annual anthology of poetry, prose, photography and graphic art from the Anschutz Medical Campus community at the University of Colorado.
Released every spring, the soft-cover edition allows artists and authors to discuss health and illness from a Medical Humanities perspective. It is issued under the auspices of the Arts and Humanities in Healthcare Program from the Center for Bioethics and Humanities.
The Human Touch was founded by Henry N. Claman, MD, from the Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, and is edited mainly by medical students.
It is distributed free by the AMC Bookstore in Building 500. Or read The Human Touch online.
Join us for the Human Touch 2012 release party at 1 p.m. Monday, May 14 in the Reading Room of the Health Sciences Library. Snacks and beverages will be provided.
Submissions for the 2013 edition of The Human Touch will open in fall 2012.
Submissions will be reviewed by the editorial board following the submission deadline. Final decisions will be made in March 2013.
Although it is expected that some aspect of health care will provide the subject for many entries,
submissions on all topics are encouraged!
Questions should be emailed to thehumantouchjournal@gmail.com
Submission Guidelines:
- Up to 3 works may be submitted by each author or artist.
- Poetry and prose submissions should not exceed 1500 words.
- Each work must be submitted as a separate electronic file.
- All submissions should include the name of artist, the title of the submission, mailing address, and email address. We also request a short biography (no more than 50 words), though it is not required.
- Visual artists should submit work in a digital format (preferably JPEG). If scanned, please ensure that the resolution is 300 dpi or greater. We also request that you do not send files greater than 30 MB.
- Please note that it is not possible for all visual media to be printed in color due to budget constraints.
- Previously published work will be considered, but a citation is required in order to recognize the original publication. Proper acknowledgement and citation is the author/artist’s responsibility.
- Any work that is edited or altered will be returned to the author for approval prior to publication.
- No work will be accepted that compromises the privacy of patients or health care providers. Names and identifying characteristics or details should be altered prior to submission.