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How Long Submissions Take to be Approved
December 6, 2009
It seems that when you submit something, it takes weeks, perhaps even months for it to be approved. Everything is always published on the website, is it not? Has anyone ever received a letter saying your article was not approved and will never will be? I don't think so. Why not just post everything up right away so we no longer have to wait and wait to see our work up online.
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This article has 423 comments.
easternredcedar said...
on Oct. 16 at 12:36 pm
I submitted something months ago. Still hasn't gotten up.
SadieIsNumber1 BRONZE said...
on Jun. 5 2023 at 2:19 pm
A work im very proud of has been taking way too long to be published. its kind of stressful.
Silentcrow BRONZE said...
on Aug. 1 2022 at 9:14 am
My first poem took a good three months before it was released but yesterday I posted my latest and this morning it was already approved so I would assume that more frequent authors would get results faster
Gray_Marie said...
on Jan. 13 2021 at 12:07 pm
I submitted a poem almost two years ago and I haven't received any updates yet. Starting to think I never will.
Movie_Mochi said...
on Jun. 28 2020 at 7:22 pm
I understand where you're coming from, but I'm actually happy that they do check everything. Don't get me wrong; the wait time is a MASSIVE pain. But I feel as though if they didn't there would be a LOT of inappropriate work that would drive many people away. Not to mention, this is supposed to be for 13-19-year-olds and some parents-such as my own- need the website to have a filter in order for them to feel safe enough for their child to post and converse with other people here.
gthode_of_the_arts BRONZE said...
on Apr. 1 2020 at 3:44 pm
I submitted at least 6 works, one for a contest, and I still have not had those images and 1 short story approved, and I submitted them almost two months ago.
gthode_of_the_arts BRONZE said...
on Mar. 10 2020 at 3:17 pm
I have 6 submissions, 5 of them are photography. One is an article. I can understand the article taking a while, but the photos? That seems like it would take less than a week to be approved.
kcornell13 GOLD said...
on Feb. 19 2020 at 8:16 pm
I don't know what you guys are complaining about. When I submit things they usually get approved in about two weeks.
It takes over a month to get submissions accepted into the website. It seems like a long time, but considering the amazing opportunity we're given it is well worth it. It usually takes 3 months or more for normal literary magazines to accept or deny submissions, and if they're denied they aren't seen by anyone. Teen Ink, to me, is like a literary magazine that not only takes less time to review submissions, but also doesn't let submissions go to waste if they're not accepted into the print magazine by posting them onto the website.
My best advice is to treat Teen Ink as more of a literary magazine when you submit work, and not like an average writing website. You should publish mainly on websites that don't review every submission, and submit your best work to Teen Ink in hopes that you may be published in print. Don't give up if your first 10 stories don't make it onto the print magazine; keep on sending in your favourite works.
I believe I've had four pieces that were not accepted to the website. Two of them were collaborations (you can't post work on behalf of others), one had references to suicide (it's against the rules to talk about suicide), and one was an opinion piece that I guess was seen as top offensive.
My best advice is to treat Teen Ink as more of a literary magazine when you submit work, and not like an average writing website. You should publish mainly on websites that don't review every submission, and submit your best work to Teen Ink in hopes that you may be published in print. Don't give up if your first 10 stories don't make it onto the print magazine; keep on sending in your favourite works.
I believe I've had four pieces that were not accepted to the website. Two of them were collaborations (you can't post work on behalf of others), one had references to suicide (it's against the rules to talk about suicide), and one was an opinion piece that I guess was seen as top offensive.
I believe it is good that they review everything, so that TeenInk can be appropriate and highly qualified. I wouldn't be as proud for my work to get published, if it wouldn't be controlled or if it would be uploaded among a lot of inappropriate articles. Also, they need to review it to give the badges. They are responsible for the publications on here and on how the readers are influenced, so it is their decision wether to approve it or not and in my opinion it is definitelt better to control all the submission, even if it takes a long time to do so.
Dani_Higareda PLATINUM said...
on Oct. 1 2018 at 9:21 pm
I'm just thankful that they publish my work. It does take kind of a long time, but, you know, there are many, many other people who also submit their work and need to get it approved.
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