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Jan. 19th, 2004 07:31 pmkittydesadeAnd for anyone else with teenage children/friends/relatives who write who might be interested.
Merlyn's Pen: Fiction, Essays, and Poems by America's Teens.
Address:
Merlyn's Pen Inc
4 King St
East Greenwich, RI 02818
Phone: (401) 885-5175
Fax: (401) 885-5199
Website: http://www.merlynspen.org (Still haven't looked at the website)
Contact: R. Jim Stahl, publisher
Magazine: 8.375 x 10; 100 pages, 70 lb paper, 12 pt glossy cover, illus, photos
"We publish fiction, essays, and poems by America's teen writers, age 11-19 exclusively." Published each November. Estab. 1984. Circ 5,000.
Needs: Adventure, experimental, fantasy, historical, horror, humor/satire, literary, mainstream, mystery/suspense, romance, science fiction, slice-of-life vignettes, suspense, western, young adult/teen, one-act plays and dramatic monologue. "Would like to see more humor." Must be written by students in grades 6-12. Recieves 1,200 unsolicited mss. per
month. Length 100-5000 words; average length: 1,500 words. Accepts 50 mss/issue, 50 mss/year. Publishes 6 mos after acceptance. Publishes 50 new writers/year. Also publishes poetry. Sometimes comments on rejected mss.
How to contact: Send complete ms. Send for cover-sheet template. Submissions via website only. Responds in 3 months to queries; 3 months to mss. Accepts multiple submissions. Sample articles and writer's guidelines available on website.
Payment/Terms: Pays 20$-250$ Pays on publication for all rights.
Advice: "Write what you know, write where you are. We look for authentic voice and experience of young adults."
Merlyn's Pen: Fiction, Essays, and Poems by America's Teens.
Address:
Merlyn's Pen Inc
4 King St
East Greenwich, RI 02818
Phone: (401) 885-5175
Fax: (401) 885-5199
Website: http://www.merlynspen.org (Still haven't looked at the website)
Contact: R. Jim Stahl, publisher
Magazine: 8.375 x 10; 100 pages, 70 lb paper, 12 pt glossy cover, illus, photos
"We publish fiction, essays, and poems by America's teen writers, age 11-19 exclusively." Published each November. Estab. 1984. Circ 5,000.
Needs: Adventure, experimental, fantasy, historical, horror, humor/satire, literary, mainstream, mystery/suspense, romance, science fiction, slice-of-life vignettes, suspense, western, young adult/teen, one-act plays and dramatic monologue. "Would like to see more humor." Must be written by students in grades 6-12. Recieves 1,200 unsolicited mss. per
month. Length 100-5000 words; average length: 1,500 words. Accepts 50 mss/issue, 50 mss/year. Publishes 6 mos after acceptance. Publishes 50 new writers/year. Also publishes poetry. Sometimes comments on rejected mss.
How to contact: Send complete ms. Send for cover-sheet template. Submissions via website only. Responds in 3 months to queries; 3 months to mss. Accepts multiple submissions. Sample articles and writer's guidelines available on website.
Payment/Terms: Pays 20$-250$ Pays on publication for all rights.
Advice: "Write what you know, write where you are. We look for authentic voice and experience of young adults."