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"Stone Soup is the literary magazine and website 100% written and illustrated by kids through age 13. "
"Stone Soup is the literary magazine and website 100% written and illustrated by kids through age 13. "
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Acceptance Rate
Payment
No
Fee
No
Simultaneous submissions
No
Previously published
Yes
Expedited response
No
Available in print
No
Provides contributor copies
No
Examples online
Yes
Active on social media
Yes
Accepted genres
8 genres
Fiction
Max words: 10000
Max pieces: 1
Review
Max words: 600
Stone Soup welcomes reviews by kids of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction books, movies, TV shows, and video games.
Poetry
In packets of 3-5. Fewer is okay, too. Any subject, any form.
Art
All images should be complete scenes in color, filling the entire page. Know that we do have more opportunity to use images of dogs and cats...
Nonfiction
Max words: 10000
Max pieces: 1
Note that we are looking for personal narratives--I.e. vividly told stories about the big and small moments in your life--not, at the moment...
Play
Max pieces: 1
The maximum length for a Stone Soup play is 2,500 words
Video
No specific limitations
Audio
No specific limitations
Fiction
Max words: 10000
Max pieces: 1
Review
Max words: 600
Stone Soup welcomes reviews by kids of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction books, movies, TV shows, and video games.
Poetry
In packets of 3-5. Fewer is okay, too. Any subject, any form.
Art
All images should be complete scenes in color, filling the entire page. Know that we do have more opportunity to use images of dogs and cats...
Nonfiction
Max words: 10000
Max pieces: 1
Note that we are looking for personal narratives--I.e. vividly told stories about the big and small moments in your life--not, at the moment...
Play
Max pieces: 1
The maximum length for a Stone Soup play is 2,500 words
Video
No specific limitations
Audio
No specific limitations
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Cover letters
Coming soon! Advice from editors on what your cover letter and bio should look like!
Eligibility
Young creators
Formatting
Coming soon! All the Times New Romans and double spaces!
Rights for published work
Coming soon! First, third, none, all the rights!
Additional info
Stone Soup welcomes submissions from around the world by writers and artists ages 13 and younger. Upload only ONE submission; wait until you receive a response to your submission before uploading any more. Note that the majority of the stories we publish are only 2-5 pages long. We will consider previously published work--but it depends on where it was published! So, if this applies to you, please note in your cover letter where the piece appeared and when. Payment. If your play is published, you will receive $25. 2 printed copies in other cases.
About the Magazine
Founded in 1973 | United States
Masthead
We currently list only main editors, more will be added later! If you are an editor, you can edit your masthead in our admin panel :)
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