Interested in Submitting to a Writing Contest?

Want to step it up a notch? Give yourself a bit of a challenge? Try submitting your work!

Stone Soup is a magazine that is by and for kids. They're well-established and a big deal. Here are the submission guidelines: http://www.stonesoup.com/stone-soup-contributor-guideline/ 

Teen Ink is a another fantastic publication, an online magazine. They publish one story a month. Here's the link to the submission guidelines: http://www.teenink.com/Contests/FictionC.php

Scholastic has postings often for many different writing contest. Give it a shot! http://teacher.scholastic.com/writeit/fiction/publish/competition.htm

Here's a bunch of list for a whole host of contest at Pomegranate Words: http://www.pomegranatewords.com/magazine/teen_writing_contests.html

Be brave! And remember, for every writer, no matter how successful now, for every publication they have, they have a million rejections. Take the plunge and don't be afraid of failure!

I will happily read any work and help you prepare for submission.