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Creative Kids Prufrock Press; P.O. Box 8813; Waco, TX  76714-8813  

Publishes fiction and nonfiction stories (800-900 words), poetry, puzzles, ideas to share (200-750 words) photography by and for kids ages 8-14.  Each submission should be labeled with student’s birthday, grade, school and home address.  Reports in about 1 month

Kids Highway  P.O. Box 6275; Bryan, TX  77805-6275  
email: KidsHighway@earthlink.net 

Magazine edited by high school students.  They publish fiction (under 1500 words), nonfiction (200-500 words), poetry (less than 20 lines), jokes and reviews.  Pays $5 for fiction and nonfiction longer than 400 words, $2 for poetry. Hector Cola Garza, Fiction Editor; Miranda J. Garza, Nonfiction & Poetry Editor.

Launch Pad: Where Young Authors and Illustrators Take Off!

Launch Pad is an online literary magazine that publishes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and artwork by children ages 6-12. No payment.

Merlyn’s Pen P.O. Box 910; East Greenwich, RI  02818 

Literary magazine for students in grades 6-12, publishes fiction, poetry and essays.  Pays $20-200 depending on length of work.  Visit their website to get an official “cover sheet” to include with your submission.  There is also lots of good writing information on this website, including a list of other markets that accept work from teens.

New Moon, the Magazine for Girls & Their Dreams New Moon Publishing, Inc. P.O. Box 3620; Duluth, MN  55803-3620

Primary audience is girls ages 8-14.  75% of magazine written by young people.  Uses 4 fiction (300-900 words), 12 nonfiction (300-900) per year.  Deb Mylin is Managing Editor.

Skipping Stones, Multicultural Children’s Magazine P.O. Box 3939; Eugene, OR  97403

They like pieces that show life in other countries/cultures.  50% written by kids.  Uses 5-10 fiction stories and plays (500-750 words), 5-10 nonfiction articles, interviews, letters, history, descriptions of celebrations (500-750 words), 15-20 poems, jokes, riddles, (250 words or less).  Reports in 3 months.  Pays in copies.  Arun N Toke’ is Articles/Poems/Fiction Editor.

Writers’ International Forum for Young Authors; P.O. Box 516; Tracyton, WA  98393-0516

Wants stories short stories and essays (1,000 words or less) for and about students ages 8-16.  They publish a young author’s manuscript along with a professional critique.  Pays $30.  Send for guidelines before submitting

Young Voices Magazine; P.O. Box 2321; Olympia, WA  98507  

Young Voices is written and published by elementary and high school students.  Their purpose is to publish work by young people. They publish, fiction, reviews, essays, and poems.  Publishes 4 issues a year.  Pays $5-$10

Other Ideas for Publishing Your Work:

bulletYour school newspaper or literary magazine  
bulletTalk to people at your local newspaper (maybe you can write book reviews or some other article from a teen’s perspective?)
bulletAsk your librarian or English teacher if he/she knows of other publications that accept work written by teens
bulletDo an online search for websites/ezines that publish work by teens
bulletCreate your own website

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