Getting Your Work Published
Do you like to write? Are you a teenager who is interested in getting your own work published? Here are some resources that might help:

Online:

Amazon online bookstore: (publishes teens' own comments and reviews on individual books) - www.amazon.com

Cyberteens: www. cyberteens.com/ezine/issues/html

Inkspot: www.inkspot.com/young/

Writes of passage: www.writes.org

Magazines:

Teen Voices (publishes work for and by teenage girls with a fresh perspective)
www.teenvoices.com

Teen Ink (fiction, poetry, essays, art, photography by teens. Reaches 250,000 readers)
Box 30, Newton, Massachusetts 02461. 617 964-6800.
www.teenink.com

Merlyn's Pen (fiction, essays, and poems from teens) - 800-247-2027 or
www.merlynspen.com

Cicada (creative writing/literary magazine for kids ages 11-14) -
The Cricket Magazine Group, Box 9000, Hilton Head, SC 19938
www.cicadamag.com

bluejean magazine (written by and for young women. Accepts poetry, art, photography, feature articles) - P.O. Box 507, Victor, New York 14564-9910.
www.bluejeanonline.com

Additional Resources:

The Ultimate Guide to Student Contests: Grades 7-12 by Scott Pendleton. Walker, 1999. (See Chapter 9 - "Opportunities to Get Published")

Writer's Market books - See subject index under "children/teen/young adult"

Pre-packaged kit for bound book of teens' own writing: Student Treasures Publishing Co. (Division of Nationwide Learning Resources, Inc.) 6700 South Topeka Blvd., Building 281, P.O.Box 19224, Topeka, KS 66619.
800-867-2292

 

 This webpage was last updated on:

12/03/01