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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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Phantom_Girl GOLD said...
on Nov. 8 2010 at 2:07 pm
I agree. This has to be my favorite site on the internet. I wish it didn't take so long to publish, but I kind of see it as a necessary evil.
Phantom_Girl GOLD said...
on Nov. 8 2010 at 2:05 pm
They also reject it if it's in a language other than English...I didn't know that until my first poem in Spanish was rejected :(
Everytime I submit something it is accepted but it takes like two whole months!!! I am really anxious for people to read some of the new stuff I put up but I have been waiting forever for it to quit pending but it still is and it has been well over two months.
Oh, believe me, I am very thankful for TeenInk. It is the only place, (other than my own personal notebook), that I can show others my work. No one that I know personally is on TeenInk, so I have no worries about being embarrassed and such. I have nothing to hold me back. I understand that they have the full right to refuse our work and stuff like that, I just wish it didn't take so long... Writing is my way of dealing with certain things and when I see it published, it helps me to heal... Like I said, I just wish it didn't take so long.. But, I am very, very, VERY thankful for this site. (:
jessica182x BRONZE said...
on Oct. 28 2010 at 11:11 am
Can they reject it if they think it's bad or just if it has innapropriate content? :)
HoveringNearBy said...
on Oct. 27 2010 at 5:35 pm
Interesting point.
Yes you are free to write what you wish; however, when you ask another person/group to publish your site they have the right to refuse/censor.
If you just want to publish your own materials, the answer is a BLOG. No censoring there, and no wait to publish!
Teen ink is a beautiful forum for young writers. Be thankful.
madasrabbits PLATINUM said...
on Oct. 27 2010 at 2:20 pm
I think mine takes forever to be submitted because I have a tendecy to just keep writing and writing and submitting and submitting, then I get really bummed when I don't get the e-mail, then I distract myself by writing again thus the cycle continues :/ :L
bbbbbbbbbbbbbb said...
on Oct. 25 2010 at 7:42 pm
Yeah, with all the editors we have today, why should author's even care if their work is good or not? It's the editors job to do that, right? *sarcasm*
WritingJulia SILVER said...
on Oct. 22 2010 at 6:45 pm
I sent my first work to Teen Ink last week and have been anxious to hear a responce... thanks for the info!!
Safeleo said...
on Oct. 17 2010 at 4:05 am
Thank you for making me feel so good about myself. Now that I know It's all my fault, I have something else to be sad about. Thank you for takeing away the only thing I could comfort myself with by telling my self It's teenink's fault.
That means they've rejected it. If you go to your MY Stuff and your work is no longer pending approval and has not been posted to the website, then it was rejected. I've had that happen several times. Just keep checking your "My Stuff" to keep an eye on your work. :)
They own it so that no one else can use it and say they wrote it. It's a legal thing and it protects you and your work. Plus, they allow you to post your work wherever else you want to. It's not like they own it and that's it, it's no longer yours. It's just a protection issue.
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