Teen Ink has no staff writers; we depend completely on YOU to send
writing, art and photos. There is no charge to submit or be published
and anything you submit will be considered for Teen Ink's magazine, book series and website. Check out our submission guidelines before you submit, including
special instructions for sending art and
photographs or videos.
Send us your art, videos, poems, stories and reviews of your favorite (and least
favorite) movies, books, colleges, and websites. Have you
done community service recently? Tell us about it. Have you written a great essay
for a college application? Send it in! Got an opinion? Tell the world!
If you are published in Teen Ink magazine, you
will receive a free copy of the issue containing your work, a Teen Ink pen and a
special Teen Ink Post-It pad.
To submit NOW, just fill out the form below or submit by regular mail.
You must include your name, year of birth, home address/city/state/zip,
telephone number and the name of your school and English teacher on each submission. If possible,
include your email address. You must be 13 to 19 years old to be published. Most published pieces are fewer than 2,500 words.
Any work you submit may be published in Teen Ink's
monthly print magazine, in our book series and/or on our website; poems may also be published in the Poetry Journal. We
don't return submissions, so keep a copy.
Label all work fiction or nonfiction. Be sure to include a title.
Teen Ink has no deadlines. We accept submissions all year long.
If, however, you are sending work that is holiday-specific, please try
to get it in at least two months before the holiday.
Include the following originality statement at the end of each submission: "This
will certify that the above work is completely original," followed
by your full name to affirm this is your work.
Request anonymity. If due to the very personal
nature of a piece you don't want your name published, we will respect
your request, but you still must include name and address information.
Writing may be edited and we reserve the right to publish our edited version
without your prior approval. We may not print your
name on sensitive personal articles and in rare cases we may change names to protect individuals' identities.
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. All material in Teen Ink is
copyrighted to protect us and to exclude others from republishing
your work. However, all individual contributors retain the right to
submit their work for publication elsewhere and you have our
permission to do so.
You must include your name, year of birth, home address/city/state/zip,
telephone number and the name of your school and art/photography or English teacher affixed to the back of each submission. If possible,
include your email address. If emailing, include all the information in the body of the email.
We can't return artwork or photographs,
but we can use a good photocopy (color if appropriate) or a clear
photograph of your work.
You can email your art and photography to art@teenink.com. To send artwork or photographs by email
attachment, scan items as a greyscale, line art or color file of at least 200
dpi and smaller than 10mb when saved. Do not scan as a halftone. Save all
items as a TIF (.tif), PICT or BMP file, before sending as an
attachment.
Do not send a version of someone else's
work, or drawing of a copyrighted character, like Spiderman or Sailor Moon.
The only formats we accept are .MOV, .AVI, .MPEG, and .WMV.
Your video can be no longer than 2 minutes.
You must include your name, year of birth, home address/city/state/zip, telephone number
and the name of your school in the body of the email. You must be 13 to 19 years old to
be considered.
In the subject line of your email include a title and identify the genre of your work as
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, review, etc. (Example: My Video Title - musical).
Include the following originality statement in the body of your email: "This will
certify that the attached work is completely original," followed by your full name to
affirm this is your work.
Video submissions must not contain someone else's or copyrighted work, such as music
videos or movie clips.
If your video is selected, you will be recognized in Teen Ink's print magazine and
published on our website. You can check out our current videos at TeenInk.com/Video.
Please note: our T-Shirts do not support full-shirt designs, only 10" by 10" images. If you would like to submit a quote, it must be an original quote. You can email it to art@teenink.com
For Teen InkBook Review and Cool Person: Follow the guidelines for submitting written work to Teen Ink. For the Book Review Contest, submit your work to the Book Review category. For the Cool Person Contest, submit your work to the Heroes category. All work will be considered for publication and the contests.
Send your work to
Teen Ink, Box 30, Newton, MA 02461.
You must include your name, year of birth, home address/city/state/zip,
telephone number and the name of your school and name of English teacher on each submission. If possible,
include your email address.
Do not place more than one poem or story on an 8 1/2 by 11 page.
Please don't fold artwork or staple photographs.
Type all submissions, if possible otherwise print neatly in ink.
If you send a stamped, self-addressed envelope with your submission, you will receive an acknowledgement.
Who decides what gets published?
Our professional editorial staff reviews thousands of
submissions each year. Every submission is read by at least one, usually
two, editors and we pick the best of the best for each section of
Teen Ink's print magazine and website.
I sent something in a few months ago, but it hasn't been published. Should I do anything?
Because of the volume of submissions we get each year, we can only
publish a fraction of them and we can't check to see if yours was
received. We keep suitable submissions on file for one year, so your work may be published months after it is sent.
Of course, sending us more of your work increases your chances of
getting published!
Are some kinds of submissions more likely to get published?
We look for a variety of work by authors and artists from across the country. Some sections, like the Art Gallery, Environment
and Community Service have considerably fewer submissions, so there is
less competition to get published. Poetry has the most submissions. Most published pieces are fewer than 2,500 words.
What are Teen Ink's editorial categories? Do I have to pick a category?
The categories are: Art; Poetry; Fiction; Sports; Opinion; Community Service; Nonfiction (including Pride
and Prejudice, Travel and Culture, Environment, You and Your Health, What Matters, Heroes, Cars, Jobs and Money); Reviews
(books, movies, music, colleges, TV, web sites, video games, summer
programs); College Essays and Articles; and Interviews.
You don't have to pick a category for your submission,
but you must tell us if it is fiction, nonfiction or a college essay.
What kind of artwork can I send?
You can send photocopies or high-quality photographs
of any kind of artwork, including oil and watercolor paintings,
sculpture, collage, computer graphics and much more! If you choose to
send your original artwork or photographs, remember that we can't return
them.
Anyone can submit
photos to Teen Ink! Send us clear snapshots of your friends and you
could see them on our website or in the magazine. See our
guidelines for more on sending artwork and photos.
How will I know if I get published?
If you are published in Teen Ink's monthly print
magazine or book, you'll receive a letter from us, and a copy of the issue or book.
If you're published on the Web you will receive email notification.
Who will see my work if it is published? Teen Ink's print magazine goes to hundreds of
thousands of teens and teachers across the country. Lots of adults
receive the print edition too, including celebrities (see the
We're Listening list). And, of course, anyone could see your
writing and artwork on this website.
How can I submit work for the Teen Ink book?
All submissions are considered for Teen Ink's website, print magazine or book series.
Teen Ink PO Box 30 Newton, MA 02461 (617) 964-6800 editor@teenink.com
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Teen Ink is a national teen magazine, book and website featuring
teen writing, information, art, photos, poetry, teen issues and more. All
articles are written by teen authors who are students at schools. The monthly
print magazine is appropriate for any teenager -- teenagers age 13 to 19
attending secondary school: junior high school, middle school and high school.
This publication is used by professional people including English teachers,
writing teachers, language arts instructors, journalism teachers, school
newspaper advisors, librarians, guidance counselors, K-12 principals in addition
to the PTA or PTO. Each issue of Teen Ink magazine contains a wide variety of
student work: we publish nonfiction, fiction, poems, community service, sports,
heroes, interviews, college essays, college reviews, book reviews, concert
reviews, movie reviews, music reviews, video reviews, video game reviews, the
environment, opinion, sports, pets, cars, automobiles, travel and culture, jobs
and money, health issues, artwork, photographs, cartoons, short stories, essays,
writing contests, a college directory and the website also has a bulletin board
and resources for teens and educators. Subjects include racism,
eating disorders, depression, death, suicide, family, relationships, jobs,
grandparents, violence, the college process, college information, colleges,
driving, self esteem, the arts, movies and more. Teen Ink is also a book series
published by HCI Teens. Subjects covered in the book include Friends, Fitting In,
Love, Challenges, Family, Heroes, Loss and Memories. Teen Ink was established in
1989 as The 21st Century magazine by The Young Authors Foundation, a nonprofit
organization. More than 25,000 teens have been published in the magazine and its
companion Poetry Journal. Teen Ink runs a London Summer Program for teenage writers.
