Welcome to StoneSoup.com's submissions portal. This is where you will find what categories are open for submissions. Most categories are for students 8-18 ,or for educators.
Some categories are free, others required a small fee.
We open and close submissions categories based on our needs, so, if there is a category you know was here, but you don't find it today, be patient! That category will return, and new categories will be created.
We are a small organization. Contest submissions are always processed quickly. Submissions for other categories may not be as fast. Please understand that we are doing our best.
Upon clicking on the "Submit" button, you will be asked to Sign Up for free to Submittable. After which you'll be able to upload your submissions. Thank you.
The Featured Student Page is a highly selective program. Once selected, you will be free to post whatever you like.
To be considered for this program you must submit five pieces for us to evaluate. Finalists will be interviewed through a video call.
This is open to writers, artists, composers, and musicians.
There is one requirement for this program: Passion.
This program is for those of you believe in yourself and for whom your art is your life.
Good Luck!
Get your book published by Stone Soup! Stone Soup is thrilled to announce that we are accepting submissions for our annual book contest.
Contest Details
The Monthly Flash Contest is published in the Stone Soup newsletter the first Saturday of the month. You have one week to complete the contest. Your submission is due by 11:59 PM Pacific time the following Sunday. Please look up your time zone in relation to PT to ensure your submission is considered. The winners are posted the following month.
Length Limit: 500 words
Age Limit: Age 18 and under.
Deadline: 11:59 PM Pacific time the Sunday following the contest announcement
Results: Up to 5 Winners and 5 Honorable Mentions will be announced the following month
Publication: The winning works will be published on the Stone Soup's website and social media; and announced each week in our Saturday Newsletter.
What kinds of images are we look for? We are always looking for vivid and innovative drawings, photographs, paintings, collages, and prints to feature in the magazine. All images should be complete scenes in color, filling the entire page.
Image requirements Please upload a high-res photograph of your artwork in the largest file size possible. Your image should be at least 500kb large—we cannot accept images smaller than that—and ideally 1mb or more. There is no maximum file size, and, in fact, bigger is better in terms of quality!
Always prioritize a clear, crisp image of the artwork over a zoomed-in view with no background; we can always crop the image but will need to ask you to resend if the initial image is of low quality.
Submitting multiple images We encourage you to submit multiple images at once, but ask that you please group them all in one submission; you can submit up to five files at one time.
Please do not submit more than one group of images at a time. Wait for a response from us before submitting again.
We consider stories on any subject and in any form, all year round, by young writers up to eighteen years of age. We have no minimum length. For stories, our maximum length is 10,000 words. If you have a longer piece, please consider submitting to our book contest, which we run annually during the summer. If your story is TRUE, please submit it to our "Nonfiction (Memoir & Personal Narrative)" category instead.
- Upload only ONE submission; wait until you receive a response to your submission before uploading any more.
- Type cover letter text into the cover letter field with any additional information you'd like to send.
- Your submission should be single-spaced in Arial font, size 12. The header at the top of your piece should look like this:
Title by First Name Last Name, Age City, State (or Country if you are not from the US) Example: The Submission by Emma Wood, 32 Santa Cruz, CA
- Use the Add File button to find the file on your computer that you would like to submit. Select the file and click on the Open button. Your file will then appear in the "file" field. Include images inside the story file.
- Review your information to confirm that it is correct. Click Submit and you're done!
- You should receive a confirmation email letting you know that we've received your submission.
- If you are having any technical issues with your submission, please write directly to the Submittable team: support@submittable.com
*Multimedia- submissions are welcome from any age up to eighteen regardless of if you are 8, 14, or 17.
Video: Your video may be fiction or nonfiction. Please be sure to list in the credits all the people who worked on the video.
Spoken Word: We are looking for strong presentations. As we are looking for work to publish this means that sound quality is important. Please test your sound before you make your finished recording.
For Music
We are looking for music compositions and/or performances. All musical styles welcome. Please include a txt file of lyrics and if there is written music then please upload the manuscript.
Stone Soup offers remote internships twice a year: for the spring/summer (February 1 - July 31) and the fall/winter (August 2 - January 31). The six-month internship enables interns to become a part of the team and gain an in-depth understanding of their area of specialty.
We welcome intern applications from young people aged 14-18 and are especially interested in working with interns who are already familiar with Stone Soup and its mission.
The internship is part-time (5-10 hours per week) for six months. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer compensation at this time.
To apply, you will need to provide:
1. A personal statement of 300-500 words describing your goals and interests, and how an internship at Stone Soup would help you achieve those goals. In this statement, please be sure to specify which department you would most like to intern in and why as well as any experience or expertise you have in the area.
2. Three sample creativity prompts.
3. A list of three to five books or pieces of art you've enjoyed this past year and three to five magazines/websites/podcasts you engage with regularly.
4. A résumé
Applications for the spring/summer internship are accepted from September 1 - November 1 each year, with decisions made by January 4. Applications for the fall/winter internship are accepted from April 1 - June 1 each year with decisions made by July 1.
General Guidelines All reviews must be at least 400 words and no more than 700 words. The purpose of a review is for you to tell others what, in your opinion, to expect. This means that you should tell us what the book, but it also means that we want you to go beyond a simple plot summary.
Please begin by selecting a book from your library or bookstore. If possible, choose a book that was published within the last year or two. We also like to see reviews of children's classics.
Read the book carefully and think about what it means to you. We’re not particularly interested in a summary of the story. Instead, we want to know how the characters and situations in the story affect you personally. If there is any part of the story you find especially bad or good, write about that part. Have you had an experience similar to any in the story? If you have, write about your experience and how it compares with the one in the story. Whenever possible, back up the ideas you express in your review with examples from the book. Guidelines: Reviews should be between 400-700 words. The best ones will explore aspects of the poem—what is about? are there images in it? is there rhyme? does it tell a story? are there any unusual words, or any interesting punctuation or spacing? what feeling does it leave you with?—and explain why you like it, perhaps connecting it to an idea or experience you have had, or maybe even another book or poem you have read.