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How Long Submissions Take to be Approved

December 6, 2009
By Anonymous

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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on Mar. 29 2010 at 6:11 pm
Samantha101 BRONZE, Kaysville, Utah
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Favorite Quote:
"Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow…” –Lawrence C. Powell

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.

casey261 GOLD said...
on Mar. 29 2010 at 2:28 pm
casey261 GOLD, Hainesport, New Jersey
18 articles 0 photos 25 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."

Two to three weeks is fine with me, but I've been waiting months to get my pieces approved. . . :/

on Mar. 28 2010 at 7:58 pm
Samantha101 BRONZE, Kaysville, Utah
3 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow…” –Lawrence C. Powell

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.

on Mar. 28 2010 at 4:56 pm
WriterFanatic PLATINUM, DesMoines, Iowa
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Favorite Quote:
A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.
By Gandhi.

Thanks. True poetry would take longer to go through because it is quite complex. Thanks.

on Mar. 28 2010 at 4:47 pm
xvictoriaxrose SILVER, Staten Island, New York
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I agree with you both. They are responsible for it. But there are some rather obscure things on here, which aren't even written in proper english.

on Mar. 28 2010 at 4:42 pm
xvictoriaxrose SILVER, Staten Island, New York
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Perhaps it's because poetry is more abstract and people could hide innuendos within it easier? Good question!

on Mar. 28 2010 at 4:40 pm
xvictoriaxrose SILVER, Staten Island, New York
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Personally, 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.

on Mar. 26 2010 at 7:39 pm
elfiewrites BRONZE, Hillsdale, New Jersey
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Favorite Quote:
"The seat of knowledge is in the head, of wisdom, in the heart."~William Hazlitt
"Be yourself, everyone else is taken."

I am relatively new, and I hope that this process doesn't take too long (:

on Mar. 25 2010 at 6:34 pm
TaylorAshely BRONZE, Watertown, New York
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I'm new and I hope that it doesn't take tooooooooooooooooo long. Lol.

on Mar. 19 2010 at 8:42 pm
starlight26 GOLD, Miramar, Florida
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Favorite Quote:
*life isnt about pretending to be something you're not. It about being who you are and finding someone
who loves every bit of it."

"Life's tradegy is that we get old too soon and wise too late"

Hehe that is so true!! im still waitingggggg.....ugh

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on Mar. 19 2010 at 4:06 pm
Jaquie BRONZE, West Palm Beach, Florida
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This is certainly one of my favorites: "I will become even more undignified than this, and I will be humiliated in my own eyes." -2 Samuel 6:22

The 'big deal' is that this site is for posting literature. True literature. If you want to talk trash there are many other places to do so.

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on Mar. 18 2010 at 3:38 pm
Fashionista, Devon, Pennsylvania
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Favorite Quote:
Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive, anyway.

actually, I got my one photo on in just a few days....

but my writings taking a lot longer

on Mar. 16 2010 at 4:18 am
creativityrules BRONZE, Lucknow, Other
4 articles 0 photos 29 comments
waiting..... and waiting......... and waiting....zzzzzzzzz........ yawn.... oh man, m nt a teen anymore!!!

on Mar. 12 2010 at 12:53 am
Homeschoolerevangeline BRONZE, BUKIT BERUANG. MELAKA, Other
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Favorite Quote:
When the dreams that you dream seems to disappear from view, that's the time to fight on and soon they'll all come through.

I 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 us an impression that they're trying to 'cope' with the hundreds of articles submitted.

Mango19 SILVER said...
on Mar. 7 2010 at 8:36 am
Mango19 SILVER, Secunderabad, Other
5 articles 2 photos 31 comments

Favorite Quote:
"If Winter comes , can Spring be far behind ?"
"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going"

If 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..

on Mar. 5 2010 at 3:13 pm
JordanJordanJordan GOLD, Churchville, Virginia
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He is here to keep us safe, not scared.

TAKES FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

on Mar. 4 2010 at 9:52 pm
francinejar SILVER, Chino Hills, California
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Favorite Quote:
God and the devil are raging inside me.

still waiting

on Mar. 2 2010 at 7:34 pm
Zazawish777 GOLD, KC, MO, Missouri
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Favorite Quote:
life isn't passing me by, it's trying to run me over!

it takes forever!

on Mar. 1 2010 at 8:30 pm
francinejar SILVER, Chino Hills, California
7 articles 1 photo 22 comments

Favorite Quote:
God and the devil are raging inside me.

i am new and still waiting

on Feb. 27 2010 at 4:21 pm
alwayswriting14 SILVER, Northport, New York
7 articles 1 photo 38 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Everything makes sense yet nothing makes sense."

I agree. It does take a long time to upload the articles and art.