Young Writers

Are you a young writer looking for a place to publish your work? Or perhaps you're a teacher who would like to encourage your students to submit their writing and art. If so, check out the links below.

If you'd like to hear three quick tips for young writers from bestselling author Rick Riordan, you can watch this YouTube video.

Please note--these links are provided as a resource and do not indicate an endorsement of any of these sites or their programs. 

If you know of other websites for young writers who would like to be published, please share the links in the comments and we will update this page with the information. Or if any of these links no longer work, please let us know that too.

• 805 Lit+Art Journal submissions page--they accept submissions from teens for their annual Teen edition
• Alliance for Young Artists & Writers
• ALPHABET SOUP Magazine submission guidelines for children
• Amazing Kids E-Zine submission guidelines for ages 5-17
• BookTrust's Writing Tips for Teens site--includes links to writing contests for teens living in the UK
• California Young Playwrights Contest for Californians under age 19
• Canvas Lit, journal by teens for teens submission guidelines for ages 13-18 
• Children's Book Guild of Washington, D.C. list of where to get writing by children published
• CICADA Magazine submission guidelines for ages 14 and up
• Crawl Space Literary Journal "Young Reader Flashlight" submission guidelines for ages 13-18
• CYBERKIDS online magazine submission guidelines for ages 7-12
• DAPHNE REVIEW international review submission guidelines for ages 13-18 
• Enchanted Tales Literary Magazine submission guidelines for artists and writers ages 13 and up
• Esmé Raji Codell's recommended reference books and story starters for young writers and illustrators
• FRODO'S NOTEBOOK online magazine submission guidelines for ages 13-19
• Insight Magazine Annual Writing Contest for students under age 23
• Kay Snow Writing Contest Guidelines  No entry fee for student writers--scroll down for details 
• Kids Can Publish program for writers under 18
• KidSpirit Online Magazine for ages 11-15
• Launch Pad online magazine submission guidelines for ages between 6 and 14 
• Medallion Press Ya-Ya showcase for aspiring authors ages 13-18 
  Note: Ya-Ya stands for “Young Adults writing for Young Adults.” Scroll down the page for YA-YA submission information.
• Moledro Magazine submission guidelines for writers ages 13 and up.
• NaNoWriMo Young Writers Program
• National Peace Essay Contest for High School Students
• NewPages Young Authors Guide
• NEW MOON magazine submission guidelines for girls ages 8 and up
• Novel Novice blog writing prompts: a place to practice and share your writing
• One Teen Story short story contest for writers ages 13-19 
• The Oxford Comma Literary Magazine submission guidelines writers and illustrators
• Parallel Ink submission guidelines: online magazine publishing poetry, narratives, and essays by students ages 12-18 around the world. 
• Rattle Young Poets Anthology for poems written by students through age 16
• River of Words International Art and Poetry Contest guidelines, with categories for ages 5-19 
• Scholastic Art and Writing Awards for students in grades 7-12
• Seshat Homeschool Literary Magazine submission guidelines for ages 13 and up
• SKIPPING STONES Magazine submission guidelines for ages 6-16
• Society of Young Inklings publishing opportunites
• Sprout Magazine submission guidelines for ages 13-22
• STONE SOUP magazine submission guidelines for students up to age 13
• TEEN INK submission guidelines for ages 13-19
• Totem Head's Story Contest for ages 18 and under 
• WRITE THE WORLD online writing community for ages 13-18
• Writers Inspired list of sites for young writers
• THE WRITERS' SLATE submission guidelines
• The Writing Conference annual writing contest for students in elementary through high school
• VCFA Young Writers Network, providing writing instruction resources for underserved students
• YARN: Young Adult Review Network submission guidelines
• Young Poets Network (sponsored by Arts Council England)
• Young Poets' "Word of the Month Poetry Challenge"
• Young Writers Project publishing opportunities for those who live in Vermont & part of New Hampshire.
• Young Writers Society online community for writers ages 13-25  

For links to articles and blogs of special interest to young writers, see the Young Writers' Resources page at Writing-World.com.

Teen writers: Looking for the best fiction to read and study to learn writing techniques? Check out YALSA's list of  Best Fiction for Young Adults.