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. Thank you.
The Featured Student Page program enables selected students to publish whatever you like on a webpage that features your photo and text in which you introduce yourself to your readers.
This is a highly selective program.
The student page is for accomplished writers, artists, photographers, composers, and performers ages 8-18. This program is for students for whom creativity is your passion.
Once you are accepted to this program, you will be able to upload as much of your creative work as you'd like. You will not be limited to a single genre. For example, if you write poetry and also compose lyrics, you could post both poetry and your music. If you also write stories, sometimes take photos that you like, you would be able to post that, too. While we expect that you will mostly be publishing your primary art, one purpose of this program is to enable you to share any kind of creative that you produce.
We are asking that upload five files. They can be writing, art, music, and/or video. You can submit all of one category or works from more than one category -- it is up to you.
Please share your best work, only.
We are a small organization. We respond as soon as we can, but if we receive a large number of submissions, it could take us one to two months.
We look forward to seeing your work! Good luck!
We are always actively looking for writers to contribute to our blog. Do you have a lot to say about a single topic—sports, fashion, art, writing, books, music, animals, science, theater, travel, crafting, video games? Do you love writing reviews—of books, TV shows, video games, poems? If so, we want to hear from you!
To be considered please submit a post of between 350-600 words. A blog post can be many different things. It can be a review, a reflection, a story, a how-to, an opinion piece, or an account. It can include pictures, diagrams, videos, maps, comics—you name it!
Let us know in the cover letter whether you are interested in becoming a regular blogger (contributing anywhere from once a month to once a week) or if you are just interested in submitting once.
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Multimedia
Scratch/Little Bits: This is the category for computer-based multimedia projects. This includes Scratch projects, projects created with LittleBits, RaspberryPi or any other computer system or software/hardware combination that you have used creativity. The emphasis here is on creativity. Projects don't have to tell a story, but as story writing is very important to the Stone Soup project, we are definitely interested in narratives that you might be telling through Scratch or some other programming language.
Video: Your video may be fiction or nonfiction. Both live action and animated videos are accepted for online publication and for the Stone Soup YouTube channel. We don't have a length limit, but if you are new to making films, we suggest you keep your video under five minutes. Videos often require teamwork. Please be sure to list in the credits all the people, including adults, who worked on the video. We only ask that the lead writers and directors be age fourteen or younger.
Spoken Word: Read a poem or a story. You may send us a sound file or a video. You may read your own work, something you find at the Stone Soup Online website, or anything else that might appeal to you. We are looking for strong presentations. As we are looking for work to publish this means that sound quality is important. A brilliant reading with poor sound will not be accepted. Please test your sound before you make your finished recording.
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For Music
Original music by young composers. We are open to any music style including classical and jazz.
Please upload the written music, if the music has been written down, and/or has any lyrics, along with the best quality recording you can make. If you can make a video of the performance that should also be uploaded. A link to existing recordings at YouTube, Vimeo, or elsewhere on the internet may be provided in lieu of a fresh video or audio recording just for us.