Teen and Kid Submission Guidelines

Todays Writers World provides a platform to showcase excellent

unplublished stories and poems by students grades four through high school.

Qualified, excellent stories and poems from young writers will be selected for possible publication on Todays Writers World’s feature: Young Authors. Submissions can be on any topic, in any genre, and must clearly and creatively communicate the season (winter, spring, summer, autumn) in which the story/poem takes place.

We will be looking for strong characters, well written narrative, and engaging dialogue in short story submissions. Poems need to cause readers to ponder and follow rules for the style of poetry used.

No more than one piece will be chosen for the Young Authors Feature per month during the season in which the piece takes place.

ELIGIBILITY:

• International writers grades 4 through high school
• Original, previously unpublished short stories and poems
• One entry per writer per year
• Story or poem must be submitted by teacher (homeschool teachers may submit their student’s story/poem)
• Previously published works are not eligible.
• Co-authored works by young authors are permitted.
• Submission may not contain profanity, sex, or graphic violence.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

• Stories 800 words or less or 
• Poems 30 lines or less (must state style of poetry used: Haiku, free verse, sonnet, etc.)
• Double space
• 12-point font
• Times or Times New Roman
• 1 inch margins
• Page number at top right
• Header on left: Title/Genre/Author/Word count
• Paragraphs indented .5
• Doc, docx, or rtf formats
• No grammar or spelling errors: proofread
• Student’s bio – no more than 30 words.
• Submission does not guarantee publication.

Attach submission in Word Format.

Title page should include:

Teacher’s name and grade/subject

Student’s first name (last name is optional)

Student’s grade, city, and country

Send submission to: Todayswritersworld@gmail.com

Subject line: Young Authors Submission/the season/title

Cover letter in the body of the email that includes name and email information for response.

RESPONSE TIME

If your submission is of great quality and perfect for our needs, we may be able to respond within a week to six weeks. We will try to respond within two months.

By submitting your story/poem to Todays Writers World, you are acknowledging Todays Writers World’s right to publish your accepted piece(s) in electronic form on our website as a Young Authors feature story or poem. Todays Writers World reserves the right to edit pieces and the bio of the young author. After publication, all rights revert to the young author contributor. It is the author’s responsibility to ensure that the submitted work is free from copyright violations. Todays Writers World and Mary Vee are not liable for any actions/consequences caused by questionable materials in terms of copyright.