Young Adult (Writing For Young People 13+)

Please read these guidelines thoroughly before submitting to Lunch Ticket. Submissions that do not adhere to our guidelines will not be considered.

Young Adult for Lunch Ticket Issue 27

(see general guidelines)

Young Adult Submission Guidelines:

• Writing for Young People can be submitted year-round. Submissions received between October 1st and March 31st will be reviewed for the spring issue (published in June), and those received between April 1st and September 30th will be reviewed for the fall issue (published in December).
• Please submit to Lunch Ticket only once per issue reading period (regardless of genre).
• Any submissions received through this section that are not Young Adult (Writing For Young People 13+) will be declined without being reviewed.
• If your work has been published in Lunch Ticket, please skip one issue before submitting again.
• All submissions at Lunch Ticket are read anonymously in the first round. We only read pieces that have all identifying information removed. Make sure no identifying information exists in the document title, submission title, or the work itself. Identifying information (such as names and bios) can only be included in the cover letter, and not in any attached files or the submission title.
• All prose must be double-spaced in 12-pt Times New Roman font.
• Submissions should not exceed 3,500 words. 
• For poems, please submit to the Poetry category. This section is for Prose only.
• We allow simultaneous submissions. Please indicate in your cover letter that this is a simultaneous submission, and if your piece is accepted elsewhere, you must notify us immediately.
• We do not accept previously published work (this includes work published in personal blogs or social media).
• We do not accept AI-generated work.
• Submitters must be 18 years of age or older.
• All submitters are added to our bi-monthly newsletter email subscriber list.

We look forward to sampling your work!