Submit your stories, memoir, novels, and poems to Stone Soup

A page from a manuscript by Honoré de Balzac, c. 1850, with extensive handwritten revisions in the margins. — Manuscript by Honoré de Balzac, c. 1850.

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.

Requirements: All works must be in English. You must be age 18 or younger. There are no length limits. All novels and long form fiction submitted here will also be entered in our Stone Soup Annual Long Form Fiction Contest.

Stone Soup is a literary project. We are interested in what you say. We are also interested in how you say what you say. We are looking for literary works that speak from the writer's heart. We are more interested in seeing work that aspires to excellence than we are in seeing work that is technically perfect, but takes no risks.

We try to respond within two weeks.

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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Submit your stories, memoir, novels, and poems to Stone Soup

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