OUR TEAM:
Editor-in-Chief: Felicia Amow-Hosein
Creative Director: James Amow
Fashion Director/Social Media Director: Sian Amow-Hosein
Teen Advisor: Jordan Amow-Hosein
Photo Director: Laura Ferreira
Features Editor: Neala Bhagwansingh
AmPassion Teen
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
AmPassion Teen welcomes submissions from preteens, teens and young adults, ages 11 to 21. We encourage you to be bold and dar
ing and to be yourselves - unique and proud. Submit your best work for possible inclusion in our MyPassion section. General Submission Guidelines
Before you submit your creative work ask yourself:
Is it original? Does it inspire? Is it socially relevant? Is it informative? To be considered, all submissions must:
Be original. Upon acceptance of a piece, and before publishing, we will request that a parent or legal guardian sign our standard contract granting copyright permission. The contract will be emailed with notification of acceptance. Your pieces should also not be under consideration by any other publisher. How do I submit?
• Please include the following in the subject line of your email submission:
Creative Submission for AmPassion Teen – Insert your name here eg. Peter Parker.
• In the body of your email please include your name, title of your creative work, medium used if you are submitting artwork eg. acrylic, date of birth, name of your school, your email address, phone number, and your parent’s name, phone number and email address.
• In the body of your email briefly introduce yourself and the work you are submitting.
• Send written submissions i.e. poems, articles, stories, book and movie reviews etc. as a Microsoft Word document (Word .doc format) attachment to [email protected]
• Documents must be formatted: Arial, font size 11, justified, black/automatic colour.
• Send artwork submissions as an attachment, not embedded, to [email protected]
• All photographs including that of artwork (drawings, paintings etc.) must be high resolution (minimum 300 dpi) and in jpeg or pdf format.
• Please ensure proper lighting is used.
• We acquire first serial rights for any work we publish. As such, we do not consider work previously published anywhere—including any website other than message boards/discussion forums—except for small print publications like school literary magazines. Writing Submission Guidelines
If your submission is accepted for publication, we will suggest edits. We reserve the right to edit accepted submissions for clarity, quality, or inappropriate content. Only slight changes will be made, and in most cases the writer will be consulted. Working with our editors to refine your submission is a lot of fun, and is a part of the creative collaboration that makes each issue of AmPassion Teen so great. Features
If you want to write a feature article for AmPassion Teen, plan according to our upcoming theme. If you have an idea for a feature article you can send us a proposal of about 150-200 words. Proposals should include a thesis of some kind and an explanation of how the piece will explore the theme. We prefer to receive proposals for articles before you start writing. Features are usually expository pieces of about 800 words. Poetry
Submit your poetry related to our upcoming theme, or a poem that expresses who you are! You can submit up to five poems at a time. We prefer poems of under 36 lines, but we’ll always consider excellent exceptions. We are looking for poems that evoke a feeling or a place, where the words come from your heart. Fiction
We are looking for short-short stories of under 1500 words, though we will gladly look at longer pieces that promise to blow us away. We mostly want “literary” fiction, but send us your fantasy or sci-fi if it’s really good and not fan fiction. Send us stories about the things you feel most strongly about. Media Reviews
We invite you to review books, movies, music, and other artistic works that have something to say about each theme. If you’ve read a book or seen a movie recently that spoke to you, send in a 500-800 word review with your opinion and analysis. What happens next? Our editorial team will carefully review your submission. If we are considering your work, you will hear from us in 4 to 6 weeks; and we will make an effort to respond to each piece, even if we do not accept it for publication. If we are not able to use your work don’t be discouraged! Try again! We can’t wait to hear from you and see your work! AmP It Up! Be Passionate. Be Loud. Be Yourself.
