Markets for WorkCreated by Kids
Please ask your parent(s) or guardian(s)for permission before visiting these sites orsending your work. Below, I have some general information about each magazine. But before submitting, go to each site, read the guidelines and follow them carefully. Each publication has its own set of rules. Guidelines can change, so what you see below may differ from what’s currently on the site. Remember to never send the only copy of your work. If you’re mailing a submission, you should enclose a SASE (self-addressed stamped envelope) so you can receive a response unless guidelines say not to. If you get a no, don’t let it get you down. Keep writing, submitting and believingyour story will find a home.
Last piece of advice: Have fun. Your voice matters. Believe that and write/draw from your heart.
Love, Miss Kelly
SKIPPING STONES: AN INTERNATIONAL MULTICULTURAL MAGAZINE
Skipping Stones accepts essays, stories, letters to the editor, riddles and proverbs, etc. Submissions should be typed or neatly handwritten and limited to 750 words and poems to 30 lines. They also accept illustrations, drawings, photos or paintings. Guidelines say to include your name, age and address along with your submission.
Send submission to:
Managing Editor
Skipping Stones
P.O. Box 3939
Eugene, OR 97403
email:
GIRLS' LIFE
The Girls’ Life Web site, accepts submissions of articles, poetry and short fiction from writers under the age of 18.
Send submissions to:
Website Editor
Girls' Life magazine
4529 Harford Rd
Baltimore, MD 21214
email:
STONE SOUP
”Stone Soup welcomes submissions by young people through age 13. Include your name, age, home address, phone number, and e-mail address if you have one. Please do not include a self-addressed stamped envelope. Send copies of your work, not originals. If we need the original, we will request it. You do not need to include a photo of yourself.”
Send submissions to:
Stone Soup
Submissions Dept.
P.O. Box 83
Santa Cruz, CA 95063
SCHOLASTIC ART & WRITING AWARDS
The contest is open to students in grades 7-12. Works are judged on originality, technical skill and voice. Categories include science fiction/fantasy, journalism, personal essay/memoir, painting and photography. Registration for the 2015 contest opens September 15.
Check out award-winning works here:
Here’s how to enter:
PBSKIDS WRITING CONTEST
The contest is open to students in grades K-3. It’s sponsored by local PBS stations. “Stories can be fact or fiction, prose or poetry.” They must be illustrated by the child through drawings, collage, 3-D or photographs. Official entry form must be included. Local winners will be entered into the national contest.
NEW MOON
For girls 8 to 14. From the site:
“If you'd like something you wrote to be considered for New Moon Girls magazine, check the box requesting this when you upload something to "your stuff." Please note that space in New Moon Girls magazine is extremely limited, and we are unable to print everything girls submit. We created the website so girls have more ways to share their work with one another! You can also submit an original writing or artwork by emailing it to .”
CICADA
Publishes writing and art from young people aged 14 and older. Genres include fiction (contemporary, humor, science fiction, fantasy), comics, nonfiction, poetry and art. Check the submissions guidelines on the site to learn more.
THE CLAREMONT REVIEW: INTERNATIONAL LITERARY MAGAZINE OF YOUNG ADULT WRITERS
Publishes short stories, plays, poetry by writers aged 13-19. They also sponsor an annual writing contest with cash prizes. Visit the site for more detailed guidelines.
Send submissions to:
the Claremont Review
Suite 101
1581-H Hillside Avenue
Victoria, BC V8T 2C1
CANADA