Enter a Stone Soup Contest

As a minor, you must have an authorized adult sign this submission application. Please get a parent or guardian to be with you as you upload your work.

Each Stone Soup contest has its own rules, deadlines, and word-count limits. Please read the contest page in full before submitting — your entry must meet the requirements stated there.

You will hear from us within a month after the contest deadline. Good luck.

The contest Which contest are you entering? required

About the Parent or Guardian. Parent or Guardian name required Parent or Guardian email required

About you, the writer. Given name(s) required Your first name. If you have more than one given name, you may include them all. Family name(s) Your last name or family name. Leave blank if you go by one name only. Your name in your home language You may also provide your name in your home language and alphabet — Chinese, Hindi, Arabic, Hebrew, or any other writing system. This is optional. Age required Country required City required State or province Photo of the writer A photo of the writer helps readers connect with your work. You can skip this if you prefer. JPG, PNG, or HEIC, up to 10 MB.

The piece Title required What kind of writing is this? required Manuscript required Upload a DOC, DOCX, TXT, or RTF file (up to 10 MB), or paste your work into the box below. No PDFs or photographs of manuscripts. …or paste your work here Illustration One photograph, drawing, or painting to accompany your work. Optional. JPG, PNG, or TIFF, up to 10 MB.

Attestations I am the author. I confirm this is my original work and is not copied or plagiarized from another published source. I am the author. I confirm this work was written by me. With the exception of help with spelling and minor grammatical issues, I confirm that this was written without help from another person or from "AI" tools such as ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Gemini or Claude. I am the author's parent or guardian. I have read the full text of the publishing agreement. I give Stone Soup permission to publish this work on a non-exclusive basis.

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