Submissions for Lake Erie Ink's 2020 Teen Book Project: The Fundamental Elements
Open to 6th - 12th graders throughout Northeast Ohio. Everything comes from something. That something is the fundamental elements of our everything. It's up to you to decide what that means. It can be anything from fire, water, air, or earth to your perspective on the world and your feelings. Our world is made up of building blocks. What makes you you? What makes us us? What makes the world the world?
DEADLINE: Extended to Wednesday, January 15th 2020!
We are accepting poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and art that engages with the theme The Fundamental Elements. The teen editors encourage writers and artists to interpret this theme broadly and creatively. Fill out this form to submit!
Name (Your work will be published with your full name.)
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First Name
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Grade and Teacher's Name
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School
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Email Address
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Integrity Statement
My signature is a statement that all of the works that I am submitting are my own and all of the works that I am submitting are written in my own words, using my own ideas.
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Author's and Publisher's Rights
My signature is a statement that my submission has not been published before in any book, periodical, or online (social media is okay). If this changes during the submission period, I will notify Lake Erie Ink to have my writing or art removed from consideration. If chosen for publication by Lake Erie Ink, I keep the right to submit the same work elsewhere if I choose.
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Parent / Guardian Consent and Contact
I give permission to my child to submit writing or art to Lake Erie Ink for consideration. If chosen, I give permission for my child's work to be published in Lake Erie Ink's 2020 book.
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Submit Writing Below
Contributors can submit up to 5 items total. Read on for genre-specific guidelines.
Poetry Guidelines
Contributors may submit up to 3 poems that engage with the theme The Fundamental Elements. Please submit each poem as a separate .doc, .docx or .pdf file. Individual poems can be up to 30 lines. Do not include your name on your submission.
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Prose Guidelines
Contributors may submit up to 2 prose pieces that engage with the theme The Fundamental Elements including short stories, flash fiction, memoir, personal essays, narrative non-fiction, and chapters from larger works that stand alone. We accept prose writing up to 1,500 words each. Please submit prose submissions as separate .doc, .docx, or .pdf files. Do not include your name on your submission, and please specify if your submission is fiction or non-fiction.
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Art Guidelines
Contributors may submit up to 3 BLACK AND WHITE art pieces that engage with the theme The Fundamental Elements. This includes photography, drawings / illustration, collage, mixed media, and one-page, portrait-oriented comics. Works should be submitted as high resolution .jpg files. Do not include your name on your submission.
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6 Word Bios
Please include a biography of yourself that is EXACTLY six words. No more, no less. If chosen for publication, your six word biography will be included in the book.
6 Word Bio (example: a roaring lion without any teeth)
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