Submissions

Literary Magazines Guidelines
  • Please send us a link to, OR pdf, OR zip file of your 2022 literary magazine
  • We will consider either English or Spanish pieces from magazines.
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New Media Guidelines
  • Please send us a link to, OR mp3, mov, mp4, ppt, OR pptx of your new media (digital stories, narrative videos, podcasts and other forms of audio storytelling, as well as multimedia projects).
  • We will consider Spanish and English pieces from each of these categories.
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Student Newspapers Guidelines
  • Please send us a link to, OR pdf, OR zip file of the best pieces from some of your 2022 newspapers. These stories can range from investigative pieces to op eds.
  • We will consider Spanish and English pieces from each of these categories.
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Special Section: Defining a New Generation Guidelines
  • Our special section, “Defining a New Generation,” will feature high schoolers’  creative writing (poetry, short fiction, essay), journalism (narrative pieces, profiles, and feature writing), and new media (links to digital stories, narrative videos, podcasts and other forms of audio storytelling, as well as multimedia projects) about issues such as gun violence, climate change, reproductive rights, identity, etc.You choose.
  • Submit something you’ve already written or write something for the occasion.Please send us a link to, OR mp3, mov, mp4, ppt, OR pptx of your new media
  • We will consider Spanish and English pieces from each of these categories.
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Submission Guidelines

Terms of Publication
  • No submission fees
  • For the anthology’s General Section, we accept digital submissions from high school teachers/staff/moderators who would like to send us a link to OR a pdf of 2022 literary magazines, student newspapers, and new media (digital stories, narrative videos, podcasts and other forms of audio storytelling, as well as multimedia projects).
  • For the anthology’s Special Section, we accept digital submissions from high school teachers submitting on behalf of students, or individual high school students who would like to send us any form of creative writing, journalism, or new media that respond to the theme, “Defining a New Generation.” Topics might include gun violence, reproductive rights, climate change, identity, etc. We are open to any topic you feel is key to understanding the current high school generation.
  • Deadline for submission is January 31, 2023
  • Selected writers and finalists will be notified in Spring 2023.
Distribution Methods
  • There will be a digital version of the anthology available on our website that will be free to download as of March, 2023.
  • Of the 4000 copies of the anthology that will be printed in March, 2023, two free copies will first be sent to featured student writers, and one copy will be sent to finalists. A free copy will also be sent to all high school moderators who submitted student work that was accepted.
  • All remaining copies can be ordered for free in limited quantities from the Blue Book website.
  • Books will be mailed for free.