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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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fictitious-quandary GOLD said...
on Jan. 1 2012 at 3:39 pm
I do understand the work they put in but I would love if it only took around two weeks it sucks waiting for over a month to find out if the piece is good enough to get selected for the mag
E.George said...
on Oct. 24 2011 at 10:46 pm
Don't worry about your article. Ask yourself "What is the meaning of life?" It should take you a lifetime to answer so you won't have to worry about your article!
leafy said...
on Oct. 13 2011 at 5:28 pm
***EVERYONE PLEASE READ*** sorry about the all caps, but i just wanted to get everyone's attention. Okay first, look at this piece, and think? Is it written well? Is it even true? Does it really deserve your comment? Sorry if this seems rude, but no. There have been pieces that have been censored, and even rejected. Not only that, but the editors look through to see which pieces should be given an Editor's Choice mark and which should be published. If there was no magazine for this site, I would understand your frustration, but you're wrong. Also, this should've been asked in the forums or emailed to the Moderator, not posted on here. Thanks for reading this, and please, have this post be the last one on here. If you would like to continue to argue this point, please do so in the forums, because this piece certainly does not deserve your comment. ***Thank You***
Annaklusmos BRONZE said...
on Aug. 31 2011 at 6:49 pm
you have to give these people credit though. there are tons and tons of teens on this site and more each day. The amount of work they have to go through to give us a safe fun place to express ourselves is hard enough. then they have to deal with the printed magazine AND running a business too. It can be overwhelming, besides is'nt it worth the wait when it comes out and every body tells you how much they love it?
JustSpaceyCasey BRONZE said...
on Aug. 28 2011 at 2:01 pm
You stole the words right out of my mouth. :)
The_Typewriter GOLD said...
on Jul. 31 2011 at 5:52 pm
I agree that it takes a long time, but I also believe that it varies on what category you're writing for. Once I submitted two pieces at once: a short story and a poem. The short story was posted relatively soon and when an e-mail didn't come for the poem I thought: "I guess it is not going to get posted." However, a long time later it did get posted. As I said, it varies.
andromeda13 SILVER said...
on Jul. 27 2011 at 11:35 pm
well you gotta figure that about amillion people are submitting stuff i bet it takes a long time too look through it all, as long as it isn't extremely inappropriate it will prob get posted sooner or later :)
Bushra Ghaniwala BRONZE said...
on Jul. 21 2011 at 9:55 pm
I was wondering... how long does it take for a piece to get accepted for the print magazine?
Anonymous17 BRONZE said...
on Jul. 21 2011 at 5:42 pm
To me the losing virginity is pornography and the bad language is hate speech. That's just my opinion; I don't want to offend anyone else.
ohmakemeover BRONZE said...
on Jul. 20 2011 at 11:42 pm
Sometimes it has barely taken hours for me, and sometimes it takes a month. As long as it gets posted, I wouldn't sweat it. Sometimes the anticipation is fun! :-)
ohmakemeover BRONZE said...
on Jul. 20 2011 at 11:38 pm
Those things aren't inappropriate, they are a part of teen life that cannot be ignored. What would be inappropriate is hate speech, pornography, etc.
Anonymous17 BRONZE said...
on Jul. 16 2011 at 2:32 pm
How is that true? People write stories that have bad language in it, smoking, drinking, losing virginity...That isn't appropriate, yet it was published on this site.
just-another-url GOLD said...
on Jul. 3 2011 at 4:55 pm
I once wrote something that was not approved but I didn't even get a letter explaining why. And I understand your frustration, I have work that has been pending approval for about 1 month now...
Myvoice4change SILVER said...
on Jun. 17 2011 at 5:02 pm
Karstarr13, what do you mean by "they take everything?"
lovelymoon SILVER said...
on Jun. 10 2011 at 3:47 pm
I agree with you that sometimes submitted work takes a long time to be posted online but I think it's because the editors have to make sure that all the material is appropriate, before putting it up.
Ramsha S. said...
on Jun. 8 2011 at 10:24 pm
On my previous account, my poem was taking so long to get published, like at least a month. And then for some reason, teenink won't let me log in to that account so I made a new one and posted it again. But of course it still hasn't been approved.. :(
tayleeeeeeeer SILVER said...
on May. 31 2011 at 5:03 pm
Well, just be positive. If they posted them immediately, your work would never be discovered(:
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