Submission Guidelines

1. Manuscripts must be typewritten and double-spaced on 8 1/2 x 11 pages. The writer's name, address and appropriate teacher must appear on each page. Please be sure to affix sufficient postage.
   
2. We do not return written submissions. Please keep a copy for yourself. All rights return to the writer after publication. We will ask students whose work is chosen to send an electronic copy.
   
3. If you are submitting photographs and would like them returned, please include an adequately sized, stamped, self-addressed envelope. You must include your name and address on the back of each photograph. All other work will be destroyed.
   
4. There are no restrictions on style, subject matter or length (up to 30 pages). We are looking for the best-written work and photography/graphics by high school students (grades 9-12) from the United States.
   
5. Categories for submissions are:
6. • Fiction
   • Poetry
   • Essay
   • Photography
     
7. We send copies of The Apprentice Writer to accepted contributors and their teachers.
   
8. We are unable to acknowledge those works, which are not accepted for publication. If you have not heard from us by May 15, your work has not been accepted.
   
9. Submit individually or have your teacher send to:
   
   Gary Fincke
   Writers Institute Director
   Susquehanna University
   514 University Ave.
   Selinsgrove, PA 17870-1164
   
   Submission Deadline: March 1, 2010
   Acceptance announcements will be mailed by May 1, 2010
   Publication and Distribution: September 2010