<p>I am in high school looking to publish three things and I have no idea where to submit them!
1) I have a historical/economics paper that someone suggested I try to publish in the Concord Review, but since it's barely over 2000 words and they suggest 4000 to 6000 I don't think that is going to work. Is there somewhere similar to the Concord Review that I could look at to publish it?
2) I have numerous short fiction pieces that I would love to publish somewhere other than some goofy internet website. Any suggestions?
3) I wrote a fantasy novel **that I would love to submit for publication. Even if I could just publish a snippet of it I would be happy! It's over 65,000 words so most contests boasting they will publish short fiction novels won't work because it is about three times too long. Again, suggestions?
**Any insight would be appreciated! Thank you for your time!</p>
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<p>I am also really interested in publishing my children's story and am having a lot of trouble finding a publisher...well i mean i havent actually contact one, but i am confused about which one i should chose. Any insight would be really appreciated!</p>
<p>If you want to publish a novel just for the sake of saying you were published, you can self-publish. However, this is normally regarded as a joke in the real publishing business. If you have the $$, you can self-publish and the quality of the stuff is not usually great--plus, you have to do all the marketing for the book yourself. Like the author of Eragon. But he is one success story out of millions of flops--this is not the most effective way.</p>
<p>If you want to publish seriously, find an agent. Look up agents through Publisher's Weekly, or Writer's Digest or some other source that provides tips and lists of people in the industry. Look at what certain agents endorse--if you have a children's action/adventure book, for example, look for agents that had supported those types of books in the past. Figure out what the agent wants for submissions. Most want a simple query letter at first, or sometimes a synopsis and chapter excerpts. Send these in to MANY, MANY agents. Do not just choose one publisher/agent and hope your work gets accepted. Even the best authors experience a lot of rejections--it's a matter of finding an agent and later an editor that has interest in your work and sees a niche in the market for it. </p>
<p>Don't take rejection too seriously. If you think your product is good enough to be on the shelves of Barnes&Noble, keep sending it out. If an agent likes your work, he/she will pitch it to publishing companies, so don't worry about that yet. </p>
<p>Also, the more you read about publishing on the internet, the more you will get a general feel of how the market works. A simple google search can come up with many resources. Best of luck.</p>
<p>I'll read the novel! haha. </p>
<p>Or you can do what Christopher Paolini (Eragon) did, who was about 16 when he wrote it, and just publish it yourself, travel around making speeches and advertising your book, and sell it like that. Maybe it will be a movie one day too!</p>
<p>And to the op:</p>
<p>1) Can't help with the economics paper. Search on the internet; try to find a paper or journal that sounds more feasible.
2) Writer's Digest (writersdigest.com) has several contests each year for short fiction that give authors an opportunity to win $$ and get published in a Writer's Digest anthology. I'm not sure of too many prestigious anthologies that take works readily...most of the time you have to have previous industry cred. to get selected. But winning writing contests is great for a writing resume, so try entering some with your short stories. Make sure the contests are legit before sending away money--check the sponsor's statements about copyright issues.<br>
Also, most contests will not really publish your novel-length work. The best thing to do would be to seek publication directly, through an agent. However, the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards is a competition for young writers and they have a novel category, in which you will be eligible for publication by Scholastic, should you win. Check out <a href="http://www.scholastic.com/artandwriting%5B/url%5D">www.scholastic.com/artandwriting</a>.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone! </p>
<p>The one I was most interested in was the history paper though. Doesn't anyone know of somewhere that publishes that sort of thing????????????????</p>
<p>I've also had this question. For your history paper, try teen ink. (just google it for the actual website), where you can publish scholastic papers and fictional writing for competitions all year round</p>
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<p>Other suggestions for the essay? Please???????????????????</p>
<p>Look up children's publishers for the book and send it to them. Many accept non-agented pieces.</p>