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"Where Can I Get Published?" (For Students!) 
By Kimn Swenson Gollnick
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Check out these great articles and links to improve your writing:
- "10 Rules for a Good Story," by Stephanie Baudet.
- 10 Steps to Being Published by Joyce Lavene.
- Ten Steps Toward Finding a Book Publisher by Moira Allen.
- Ten Tips for Young Authors by Aaron Shepard.
- Sample Cover Letter when submitting your work to an editor, by Jan Peck.
- Why Was My Manuscript Rejected? at WritersServices.com.
- Take the "How Do I Get It Published Quiz" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti and Lisa Rowe Fraustino.
- Visit the "Young Authors' Workshop" by Barbara Larochelle.
"Most of the basic material a writer works with
is acquired before the age of 15."
~ Willa Cather
(annual deadline: March 1st, for publication in September)
- The Apprentice Writer
Gary Fincke
Writers' Institute Director
Susquehanna University
Selinsgrove, PA 17870-1001
http://www.susqu.edu/writers/apprentice.htm
Publishes the written work and photography/graphics by U.S. high school students (grades 9-12)
Maria D. Laso, Editor
PO Box 12051
Orange CA 92859
http://www.chixlit.com/index.html
A literary 'zine by and for girls (ages 7-17).
Submissions Editor
P.O. Box 8813
Waco, TX 76714-8813
http://www.prufrock.com/client/client_pages/prufrock_jm_createkids.cfm
The nation's largest magazine by and for kids ages 8-14. Material may include cartoons, songs, stories between 800 and 900 words, puzzles, photographs, artwork, games, activities, editorials, poetry, and plays.
Sponsored by the National Center for Education Statistics
1990 K Street NW
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 502-7300
Main home page for CRUNCH, submissions guidelines at http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/crunch/SubmitFeatures.asp
To provide a forum for kids to share ideas and get published. Online submissions only.
Able Minds, Inc.
1750-1 30th St. #170
Boulder, CO 80301-1024
(303) 413-0914
http://www.cyberkids.com/he/html/submit.html
Art and written submissions for audience ages 7-12
(Online submissions only)
http://www.kidauthors.com/
Stories and poems.
Brumlow Design Ventures
Texas City, TX
(281) 221-4694
http://www.kidsonlinemagazine.com/
Articles, stories, recipes, crafts, and artwork by kids, for kids.
R. James Stahl, Editor
The Merlyn’s Pen Foundation
P.O. Box 2550
Providence, RI 02906
(401) 751-3766
http://www.merlynspen.org/
Annual submissions by March 1st for publication in September each year. Lots of interesting information at the website.
Caroline McCullen, Editor-in-Chief
Instructional Technologist, SAS inSchool
SAS Campus Drive
Cary, NC 27513
(919) 531-2869
http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/call.htm
"Highlighting exemplary student work from the most creative classrooms from around the globe."
(NOTE: Remember, home education is also considered a "classroom." Also, be aware this site requires Internet access
and possibly a web site to display your student's work. See website for project ideas.)
34 E. Superior St. #200
Duluth MN 55802
(800) 381-4743
http://www.newmoon.org/index.htm
Edited by and for girls ages 8-14.
Tired of book reports? Why not post yours as a book review? Check out this site. Novel types include realistic, mystery, fantasy and science fiction, action, historical, sports, biography and non-fiction.
Site Editor: Delia DeCourcy
http://web1.caryacademy.org/facultywebs/delia_decourcy/BookReviewMidlink/Default.htm
For readers 5th grade and up.
5 Castle Road
London NW1 8PR
Tel +44 (0) 20 7267 4492
http://www.piccadillypress.co.uk/
Picture books and teen novels.
P.O. Box 546
924 Holmes Ave.
Deerfield, IL 60015-0546
(847) 948-1139
http://potluckmagazine.org/
Publishes poetry, short stories, fables, book reviews, and artwork by young writers and artists ages 8-16 (even some as young as 4!).
Sherry D. Ramsey, Publisher/Editor
Sydney Mines
Nova Scotia, B1V 2X1 Canada
http://www.thescriptorium.net/youth.html, submission guidelines at http://www.thescriptorium.net/submissions.html
"The young writers' resource webzine."
Teen Coordinator
Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
800 Vine St
Cincinnati, OH 45202-2009
http://teenspace.cincinnatilibrary.org/sevenhillsreview/,
Submission Guidelines at http://teenspace.cincinnatilibrary.org/sevenhillsreview/autumn2004/howto.asp
Teens grades 7 through 12 are invited to submit creative writing, artwork and photographs. Seven Hills Review is published in the fall, winter and spring.
P.O. Box 3939
Eugene, OR 97403
(541) 342-4956
http://www.skippingstones.org/
For children ages 7-18.
(online submissions only)
SpeakUPres@aol.com
http://www.speakuppress.org/
For young adults ages 13-19, publishing non-fiction, poetry, plays, photography, and artwork.
P.O. Box 83
Santa Cruz, CA 95063
(800) 447-4569
editor@stonesoup.com
http://www.stonesoup.com/
Welcomes stories, poems, book reviews, and art by young people through age 13.
P.O. Box 1031
Veradale WA 99037-1031
http://www.studentbylines.com/
"Where students get published--and paid!" Written by teens interested in art, photography, or writing of any kind (currently prints one issue annually).
PO Box 30
Newton, MA 02461
(617) 964-6800
editor@teenink.com
Accepts fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and art by teens 13 to 19 years old.
http://teenink.com/Submissions/
(online submissions only)
Editor/Owner: Suzanne Meyer
http://www.whitebarnpress.com/INDEX.ASPX?nodeidp=41
Check out this site for writing prompts and ideas, and to read others' work.
http://www.worddance.com/
A quarterly non-profit creative writing and art publication that is 100% for and by kids (K-8th grade).
Content Editor: Anne Girven, agirven@unitec.ac.nz
http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/writers/home.html
A site for young writers (ages 5 to 18) to publish their original work, or contribute to a "continuous story" online.
Sponsored by author Deborah Morris
Real Kids Real Adventures
PO Box 461572
Garland TX 75046-1572
http://www.realkids.com/club.shtml
Announces regular essay contests.
Restless Youth Press
271 East 10th St. #64
New York City, NY 10009
http://www.zuzu.org/write.html
For young artists, photographers and writers. "Help! Right now, we need photos and drawings by kids!"
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