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.
How Long Submissions Take to be Approved
dxrider27I am extremely new to this and I submitted 4 works and I hope it doesn't take as long as you say it does
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I hope you are right Cassie, because one reason I joined was to get some real reviews on my poems, and it won't matter after a couple of months.
Padfoot56Really? That's interesting. What genre is your piece? The day that I signed up for TeenInk (about two weeks ago), I submitted something. I was published three days ago.
From experience of being editor-in-chief of a literary magazine, reading each submission and deciding if it is publishing worthy takes a lot more time than most people realize. I don't think that it's unreasonable to wait for two to three weeks to hear back from TeenInk. I'm sure that they receive hundreds of submissons every day and that the staff is doing their best to update TeenkInk daily.
casey261Two to three weeks is fine with me, but I've been waiting months to get my pieces approved. . . :/
Really? That's interesting. What genre is your piece? The day that I signed up for TeenInk (about two weeks ago), I submitted something. I was published three days ago.
xvictoriaxrosePersonally, I think we need a larger review staff. The submissions should still be reviewed. Did anyone ever think about this: If there is an edit article button couldn't people sumbit a G rated work and then "edit" it to be something offensive or inappropriate? In a perfect world, it would be used for the right thing but there are real creeps out there who would use it in a destructful manner.
I am relatively new, and I hope that this process doesn't take too long (:
TaylorAshelyI'm new and I hope that it doesn't take tooooooooooooooooo long. Lol.
Fashionistaactually, I got my one photo on in just a few days....
but my writings taking a lot longer
but my writings taking a lot longer
creativityruleswaiting..... and waiting......... and waiting....zzzzzzzzz........ yawn.... oh man, m nt a teen anymore!!!
Hehe that is so true!! im still waitingggggg.....ugh
EvangelineI agree that it takes way too long(I waited for about a month to get my article approve). But, hey, there's the pros too of having an article go through this system. This is a good way to keep articles with inappropriate content out of Teen Ink. Personally, I feel that this is a necessary thing. We have kids accessing this site and it would be good for them to read inappropriate content. Maybe Teen Ink could get more trusted people to help out in the approving process? The long wait gives u... (more »)
Rose19If articles are not reviewed.. abusive terms and topics might easily find their way onto this site.. so to avoid that.. articles need to be reviewed.. and when thousands of ppl submit articles everyday it aint easy to employ as many ppl.. so I guess there is no other way out..
JordanBlueTAKES FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
francinejari am new and still waiting
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