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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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WritingAngel20 BRONZE said...
on Jan. 23 2010 at 11:57 am
I agree but also I don't see my article anywhere and it used to say it was being approved now it doesn't say anything, y'all need to work on that.
k...i posted mine just yesterday...so i don't really noe...but if it takes months 2 get approved, den luk at dabrighter side...ppl compliment ur work and sum may even tell u how 2 make it better...and if dose tips work...den guys, i think da waiting is worth da wait...
ConstanceScott BRONZE said...
on Jan. 14 2010 at 1:42 pm
Most adult literacy magazines(paper ones especially) will give you a time period in which you have to wait. There is little excuse, especially when you could put up a disclaimer like some pros do.
ConstanceScott BRONZE said...
on Jan. 14 2010 at 1:37 pm
Seems to me like they do not mind posting outrageous articles on this site. Have you seen some of the rants that got to see the light of day. It should be on blogs not a literacy site.
WriterFanatic PLATINUM said...
on Jan. 11 2010 at 11:09 pm
Mabye because they have hundreds of papers to go through everyday. You might not hae profanity, but many others might. As a newbee, it is frustrating, I agree
WriterFanatic PLATINUM said...
on Jan. 11 2010 at 11:06 pm
replying to my earlier message, I apologize. I relize that you guys must go through tons a day. Does anyone know why poetry takes the longest to go through??
WriterFanatic PLATINUM said...
on Jan. 11 2010 at 11:03 pm
It is frustrating! If my submissions are not approved, what good does it do to post them?!!
Pure.Awesomeness BRONZE said...
on Jan. 11 2010 at 10:13 am
I have put up work since LAST YEAR and my work is STILL APPROVING!!! it's not fair for you guys to make us wait that long to wait for our work to be approved. I'm sure you gus have zllions of editors that look at our work and some that don't even pay attention to it. this is frustrating. if my work cannot be approved, then there's no need for me to post work here.
acousticalex BRONZE said...
on Jan. 10 2010 at 4:21 pm
Sorry for the double-post but I needed to add that several of my comments on other articles have not shown up after days.
acousticalex BRONZE said...
on Jan. 10 2010 at 4:20 pm
I'm glad someone else addressed this because it was really frustrating me to find absolutely no FAQ section involving work submission, no Help tab and no section requesting feedback for the website itself. I posted a poem at least two months ago, nothing overly risque about it, and it has yet to have been approved. Maybe they need to up the staffing at this website because it can't be that hard to skim through some writing and click Approve or Deny, or however they do this stuff.
MarinaNicole SILVER said...
on Jan. 8 2010 at 2:52 pm
Some people are crazy and try to post things that shouldn't be posted. The website and magazine are responsible for that, so obviously they're filtering through everything. It takes time, give them a break!
nature-elf PLATINUM said...
on Jan. 5 2010 at 4:31 pm
I waited several weeks for each of my articles, and only two days ago was one of my articles posted, and I waited since September.
Your_Guardian_Angel PLATINUM said...
on Jan. 5 2010 at 12:08 pm
I understand why they don't post things up right away. Duh, it takes time going through hundreds of articles, plus time deciding which ones should go into the magazine but maybe they should post an estimted amount of time for an article to be published so that impatient teens won't lose their head and post not very nice messages on their website.
girdythebirdy SILVER said...
on Dec. 31 2009 at 6:43 pm
As a newbie, this is the one thing that simply is TURNING ME OFF to TeenInk. I've never used profanity and never will, so why does it take months to get published??
When I was submitting stuff last spring and this summer I was always posted with in a week and usually only a couple days. Now I have a photo that has been pending approval for 3 months. I undersand that alot of people submit stuff and that we should give the editors a break but I was just wondering what has changed.
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