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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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numbernine said...
on Nov. 12 2010 at 5:37 pm
Well, sorry, but you're making it sound rude...
TheJust ELITE said...
on Nov. 12 2010 at 5:35 pm
TheJust ELITE, Ellenton, Florida
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I think a lot of it has to do with how much YOU post. I have like a bagillion articles and for the first few months they got posted after a few days, now they're taking longer. But then again some only take a few days...
MMAGirl said...
on Nov. 12 2010 at 5:30 pm

Honestly, that would just be the opinion of who reads it. A lot of teens could care less about what's inappropriate or not. Teen Ink still needs control over its website and magazine. If they didn't, they could get parents mad at them and they wouldn't be promoted in schools.

Plus, has anyone heard of "patience is a virtue"? I had to wait several months for one article to get posted to the website and then two months later it was published. I could honestly care less about how long it takes to get posted, when there could be a chance of getting internationally published. Yeah, it's irritating, but it's worth it.

wordsmith97 SILVER said...
on Nov. 10 2010 at 5:54 pm
wordsmith97 SILVER, Norwalk, California
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Your right, maybe they can take a lesson from YouTube and just put every thing up, and if anything obscene is posted let users "flag as inappropriate".

 

audreyhepburn SILVER said...
on Nov. 10 2010 at 4:38 pm
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my first article -kill, kill, kill- got accepted about an hour after i submitted it, but then i submitted a few more, and they aren't being accepted... i agree, why do they have to be approved first?
TheJust ELITE said...
on Nov. 8 2010 at 3:26 pm
TheJust ELITE, Ellenton, Florida
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Hm, I didn't know that. There are some bilingual poems. Maybe you could try rewriting it and doing it bilingual? just a suggestion...
Phantom_Girl GOLD said...
on Nov. 8 2010 at 2:07 pm
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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
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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 :(
Leann14 GOLD said...
on Nov. 6 2010 at 10:17 am
Leann14 GOLD, DeGraff, Ohio
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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.
kemmie SILVER said...
on Nov. 3 2010 at 12:20 pm
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i noticed that,,,,,,,,,its really frustrating
TheJust ELITE said...
on Oct. 30 2010 at 8:59 am
TheJust ELITE, Ellenton, Florida
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no, you have to wait to get posted to the website and usually if it's someone first or first few submissions they don't take too long. :)
t.i.m.n_w PLATINUM said...
on Oct. 30 2010 at 3:34 am
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it does?-i just joined today, and now i'll have to wait to find out if i'm going to get published or not?-i already waited a year to get on this site.........but thanks for the info.
TheJust ELITE said...
on Oct. 28 2010 at 2:25 pm
TheJust ELITE, Ellenton, Florida
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&quot;I feel that a hero is somebody who will stand up for their values and what they believe in and that can take any form. People that have values and have thought them through rather than those who just do what they&rsquo;re told.&quot;-Skandar Keynes<br /> <br /> &quot;When it&rsquo;

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I think it's just for inappropriate content 'cause a lot of poorly written articles appear on the website.
jlw11 SILVER said...
on Oct. 28 2010 at 12:24 pm
jlw11 SILVER, Fayette, Alabama
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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
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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
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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*
TheJust ELITE said...
on Oct. 25 2010 at 7:40 pm
TheJust ELITE, Ellenton, Florida
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&quot;I feel that a hero is somebody who will stand up for their values and what they believe in and that can take any form. People that have values and have thought them through rather than those who just do what they&rsquo;re told.&quot;-Skandar Keynes<br /> <br /> &quot;When it&rsquo;

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Completely agree! :)
WritingJulia SILVER said...
on Oct. 22 2010 at 6:45 pm
WritingJulia SILVER, Binghamton, New York
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I sent my first work to Teen Ink last week and have been anxious to hear a responce... thanks for the info!!