Readers & Writers' Tips
Learn the Craft
1. Teen Ink :https://www.teenink.com/ Supported by the nonprofit Young Authors Foundation
2. Society of Young Inklings: https://www.younginklings.org/
3. Young Writers Workshop: An interactive, online learning community for young Christian
writers in their teens and early twenties: https://theyoungwriter.com/workshop-students
4. Facebook Page, Christian Teen Writers https://www.facebook.com/ChristianTeenWriters/
5. 15 Best-Selling Teen Authors: https://www.insider.com/authors-who-published-best-selling-
books- when-they-were-teenagers-2020-7#se-hinton-was-also-in-high-school-when-she-
wrote-the-seminal-novel-the-outsiders-2
6. 12 weeks of writer training with author S.D. Smith of the Green Ember series $99 – He has
sold over one million copies - https://greenwriter.sdsmith.com/
Contests
1. National Youth Foundation: Ages K-8, deadline July 15, 2024
http://b04.417.myftpupload.com/student-book-scholar-contest/
2. Tadpole Press: All ages, November 30, 2024, https://www.tadpolepress.com/100-word-
writing-contest
3. Scholastic: https://www.artandwriting.org/awards/how-to-enter
4. Atom Learning: Ages 7-11, deadline September 10, 2024 https://atomlearning.com/young-
author-award
5. Young Writers: Ages 4-18, Deadline September 8/15, 2024,
https://youngwritersusa.com/contest/elementary#:~:text=The%20Young%20Writers'%20Ann
ual%20Showcase%202023,-
All%20Ages&text=Back%20for%202023%2C%20the%20Annual,in%20the%20United%20
States
6. Poetry Contest: deadline September 1, 2024, https://www.ruthweissfoundation.org/
7. Teen Ink: https://www.teenink.com/contests
Magazines
1. List of magazines that publish writing by kids: https://blog.agradeahead.com/post/9-
magazines-that-publish-writing-by-kids/
2. Girls Write Now: https://girlswritenow.org/resource/writing-contests/
3. Anthologies: Auroras & Blossoms - What we accept: (age 13-16) poetry, short stories, flash
fiction, essays, and six-word stories: https://abpositiveart.com/youth/
4. Book Publishers - https://www.tckpublishing.com/childrens-book-publishers/
5. Teen Link: https://www.teenink.com/submit
6. Self-Publish on Kindle
- https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/kids
- https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/how-to-publish-childrens-books
7. Publish Fiction Online https://kidslearntoblog.com/ways-for-kids-to-publish-fiction-online/
8. Publish (read) Novellas Online:
https://austin.bibliocommons.com/list/share/123949611/139407781