Submit Your Story
Dec 1, 2021 – January 31, 2022* (deadline extended)
Email: writesofpassagegroup@gmail.com

Guidelines:

1. NOTE:
   Black women, you can also submit a story about a time when you were between 13 and 19 years old. Please be mindful that the magazine’s target audience is Black girls & teens in this age group, their parents, other relatives, and their friends.
2. Your personal essay should be your own previously unpublished story.
3. Your story should be around 500 words.
4. Your story should be double-spaced with one-inch margins in a Word doc, docx, or Google Doc.
5. Email your story to: writesofpassagegroup@gmail.com
6. If your story is accepted for publication, an editor will reach out to you by email within 6 months with any suggested changes/edits. This might include: grammar, spelling, punctuation, story clarity & cohesion. If you decline to have your work edited, your story will not be published.
7. Writes of Passage Group/Thirteen2Nineteen does not pay for stories at this time.
8. If your story is accepted for publication elsewhere, please notify us as soon as possible.
9. If you have any questions not covered above, please email: writesofpassagegroup@gmail.com
   
   PERMISSION
   If you are under 18 years of age, you will need a parent/guardian’s permission if your story is accepted for publication. You can find the form here:

Please print, scan (or photograph), and return the completed form to: writesofpassagegroup@gmail.com (AFTER you are notified that your story has been accepted).

Thank you!