Our editorial staff looks for a variety of work by authors and artists from all over 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.
You can also help your students get their holiday-specific pieces published by encouraging them to submit at least two months before the holiday. See our contests page for more information about submitting clear color photographs for our Cover Teen contest. All student work is considered for publication on our website, in our monthly print magazine and for the Teen Ink book series. If they send original artwork or photographs, remember that we can't return them. See our guidelines for sending artwork and photos .