The Young Writer's Guide to Getting Published - Softcover

Kids can write and publish too, and with this handy reference, they'll learn where and how to sell what they write. Kathy Henderson has completely revised, updated, expanded and renamed this edition of the popular marketing manual for the young writers of the 21st century. Young writers will find: profiles of professional editors and young writers, including Stephen King and Jewel; directions for formatting plays and scripts; advice about markets and contests to avoid; information about local and regional places to submit writing; market and contest listings - more than 40 new ones, 155 in all; author's tips with important information, warnings and resource alerts; In all, kids will find over 350 markets and contests that accept submissions from writers just their age. They'll learn the kind of material the organization wants and the editor's or sponsor's remarks and suggestions.

Kathy Henderson is also the author of What Would We Do Without You? Great Lakes: A New True Book, I Can Be a Farmer, and other books for young children.