"Where Can I Get Published?" (For Students!)

By Kimn Swenson Gollnick
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• The Apprentice Writer
(annual deadline: March 1st, for publication in September)
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)


• chixLIT and chixLITtle

Maria D. Laso, Editor
PO Box 12051
Orange CA 92859
http://chixlit.com/_wsn/page2.html
Two literary 'zines by and for girls (ages 7-12 and 13-17).


• Creative Kids

Submissions Editor
P.O. Box 8813
Waco, TX 76714-8813
http://www.prufrock.com/client/client_pages/prufrock_jm_ck_wg.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.


• Cricket Publishing Group/Carus Publishing

Submissions Editor
P.O. Box 8813
Waco, TX 76714-8813
http://www.cricketmag.com/pages_content.asp?page_id=14

Warning: Site states, "All submissions become the property of Cricket Magazine Group and will not be returned."


• CyberKids

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


• Lightning Bug

P.O. Box 687
Webster, NY 14580
Martin Jorgensen
http://lightningbug.com.au/
Writing and art by children in elementary school grades in this quarterly magazine.


• Magic Dragon

P.O. Box 687
Webster, NY 14580
info@magicdragonmagazine.com
http://www.magicdragonmagazine.com/sendWork.htm
Writing and art by children in elementary school grades in this quarterly magazine.


• Merlyn's Pen

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.


• MidLink Magazine, The Digital Magazine by Students, for Students Ages 8 - 18

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.)


• Scriptorium Scribbles

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."


• Seven Hills Review, A Teen Zine

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.


• Skipping Stones

P.O. Box 3939
Eugene, OR 97403
(541) 342-4956
http://www.skippingstones.org/
For children ages 7-18.


• Speak Up Press

(online submissions only)
SpeakUPres@aol.com
http://www.speakuppress.org/
For young adults ages 13-19, publishing non-fiction, poetry, plays, photography, and artwork.


• Stone Soup

Submissions Dept.
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.


• Stories for Children Magazine

54 East 490 South
Ivins, Utah 84738
(800) 670-4416
Contact link
http://storiesforchildrenmagazine.org/contests.aspx


• Student Bylines

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).


• Teen Ink

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/
Warning: Site states, "All works submitted become the property of Teen Ink and all copyrights are assigned to Teen Ink. We retain the non-exclusive rights to publish all such works in any format."


• White Barn Press

(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.


• Word Dance

http://www.worddance.com/
A quarterly non-profit creative writing and art publication that is 100% for and by kids (K-8th grade).


• Writer's Window - currently under reorganization (site suspended until late 2009)

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.


• Young Voices

P.O. Box 2321
Olympia, WA 98507


• Young Writer Magazine

Warners Group Publications
Fifth Floor
31-32 Park Row
Leeds, LS1 5JD
youngwriter@writersnews.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0)113 200 2929
http://www.young-writer.co.uk/
Submissions guidelines here.
Prose or poetry, fiction or non-fiction.


• ZuZu

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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