We focus on publishing writing for and by writers ages 10 & up. We offer free feedback on all submissions (we have a no feedback option as well) and publish a variety of writers from the start of their writing journey to those with books and collections.
Highlights
This magazine may have some eligibility requirements
Please double-check before submitting.
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: 270 days after submission*/Editor reported data350 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: 3%*/Editor reported data?*Chill Subs tracker stats
Publication
Accepts simultaneous submissions
What's that?
When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time
Accepts previously published
What's that?
When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary
Nominates for prizes
From the editors
Best Of The Net
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
Has examples online
How to submit
Processs
Submittable
Cover letter
Cover letters aren't going to make or break your likelihood of publication. However... - Include your age so we can keep track of how many young writers we receive submissions from and publish! - If you are submitting as a part of a class assignment, please include your teacher's name in your cover letter. - Let us know if this is a simultaneous submission (which is a-okay in our book!)
Eligibility
Other, Over18, Young Creators
We publish work from writers of all ages, but especially encourage submissions from young writers (18 and younger).Formatting
Please do not include a cover letter in your writing file. We require poems to be submitted separately (as the genre is often subjective) so we can get a variety of readers reviewing your work. Submit in a typed, legible font. Docx or PDF files preferred.
Author's rights
When your work is accepted by Ember and you accept our offer to publish it, we are purchasing worldwide exclusive First Publication rights to distribute the text in multiple print and electronic formats for twelve months from acceptance or six months from publication, whichever is earlier, and a three-year non-exclusive worldwide license from the date of publication to continue to publish your work in other formats as part of the anthology volume in which it was first published without extending the license term and without constituting a new publication, and to keep that discrete anthology available in our salable inventory throughout that term.
Additional info
Make you feel at home: cozy, meme-friendly, a sense of community, all that stuff Active on social media Pays! "$0.02/word or $20 a piece, whichever puts more money in your pockets!" Offers optional free feedback Because we are a publication for middle grade readers, please do not submit anything with sex, graphic violence, or sexual acts. Allusions are fine, if done subtly and tastefully. Before submitting, think to yourself: Would I want someone as young as 10 reading this?
Tracker statistics
9
Total submissions tracked
350 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
170 days
Fastest response time
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About
Ask any successful author how they got started, and they’ll tell you that when they were young, they loved reading. One of the foundational goals of Ember is to foster the next generation of great writers by providing them with excellent reading material now. We believe that people who learn to love...
Read moreFounded
2014
Country
US
Masthead
Brian Lewis
Editor-in-Chief
Julia Watson Dozier
Associate Editor