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How Long Submissions Take to be Approved

December 6, 2009
By Anonymous

It seems that when you submit something, it takes weeks, perhaps even months for it to be approved. Everything is always published on the website, is it not? Has anyone ever received a letter saying your article was not approved and will never will be? I don't think so. Why not just post everything up right away so we no longer have to wait and wait to see our work up online.


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lyssa28 BRONZE said...
on Mar. 3 2011 at 5:06 pm
lyssa28 BRONZE, Las Vegas, Nevada
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yeah of course :D

on Mar. 2 2011 at 9:11 pm
Authorgal98 GOLD, Frankort, Illinois
17 articles 0 photos 194 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Let your mind sart a journey through a strange new world..."

Aw, thanks! That means a lot. Hey, cna I check out your work?

lyssa28 BRONZE said...
on Mar. 2 2011 at 8:32 pm
lyssa28 BRONZE, Las Vegas, Nevada
2 articles 0 photos 89 comments
nah, ur really down to earth, supportive, and positive

on Mar. 2 2011 at 8:27 pm
Authorgal98 GOLD, Frankort, Illinois
17 articles 0 photos 194 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Let your mind sart a journey through a strange new world..."

No, you didn't. We're all writers on here, so most of us know how great that is and feel happy. :) Wow, I sound realllly stupid....

lyssa28 BRONZE said...
on Mar. 2 2011 at 8:24 pm
lyssa28 BRONZE, Las Vegas, Nevada
2 articles 0 photos 89 comments
thx :D I didnt realize how snotty i sounded until after i submitted it

on Mar. 2 2011 at 8:16 pm
Authorgal98 GOLD, Frankort, Illinois
17 articles 0 photos 194 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Let your mind sart a journey through a strange new world..."

Congrats! Bet you desevre all that. :)

lyssa28 BRONZE said...
on Mar. 2 2011 at 7:28 pm
lyssa28 BRONZE, Las Vegas, Nevada
2 articles 0 photos 89 comments
i was purposely being sloppy, and im in accelerated english (and i have been since elementary) and my essays have been reccomended for writing contests. xD

on Mar. 2 2011 at 5:48 pm
Authorgal98 GOLD, Frankort, Illinois
17 articles 0 photos 194 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Let your mind sart a journey through a strange new world..."

I don't want to fight, I hate drama, but could you be a little bit nicer? Comments aren't as formal e.i, you didn't capitalize anything. See, we don't try as hard. ^.^

(Sorry, I know you were probably joking but it doesn't read that way first time you see it).


on Mar. 2 2011 at 3:23 pm
flyingpinkgiraffes, Chardon, Ohio
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seriously.  isn't it a COMPUTER PROGRAM that checks it for plagarism?  then shouldn't it be done imediatly?

thisisme said...
on Feb. 28 2011 at 8:10 pm
yup, and that comment is all the proof needed to back your statement...how did you ever get through English??

on Feb. 21 2011 at 3:18 pm
CassaJade SILVER, Rancho Santa Fe, California
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Favorite Quote:
\"The world may be broken but hope is not crazy.\"
-John Green

they sometimes don't post stuff if it is of an "inappropriate" subject or if it uses an excessive amount of bad words

hope that helps! :)


TheDuck GOLD said...
on Feb. 12 2011 at 12:59 pm
TheDuck GOLD, Braselton, Georgia
11 articles 12 photos 77 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Raids, bullets, crime... no problem. A missing duster? Crisis."-The Last Sacrifice
"If we stand for nothing, we'll fall for anything." -All Time Low

My first submission was posted almost immeadiately but any other ones have taken months!

 


leafy said...
on Feb. 12 2011 at 9:04 am
leafy, City, Other
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Favorite Quote:
Gil: I would like you to read my novel and get your opinion. 
Ernest Hemingway: I hate it. 
Gil: You haven't even read it yet. 
Ernest Hemingway: If it's bad, I'll hate it. If it's good, then I'll be envious and hate it even more. You don't want the opinion of another writer. 

dang it, i didn't know it could take so long. oh well....i can just hope that it'll get through quickly

boklenhle GOLD said...
on Feb. 9 2011 at 5:38 pm
boklenhle GOLD, North Platte, Nebraska
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Favorite Quote:
Our scars tell us where we have been, but do not have to dictate where we are going.

I agree completely!! :P

hannybanana said...
on Feb. 9 2011 at 9:45 am
I agree.(:

iamawsome said...
on Feb. 9 2011 at 9:42 am
THiS is great!  who else thinks so? let me know...HIT ME UP!!

on Feb. 7 2011 at 5:54 pm
eileentotheleft BRONZE, Los Alamos, New Mexico
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Favorite Quote:
"Perfectly perfect is fine (or so the story goes), but nature left all on her own will make the perfect rose." -Persnickity

Poems tend to take longer to publish, whereas nonfiction stories don't take long at all. I think it takes so long so someone can look through and make sure you don't use innappropriate content. And there are more poems than nonfiction stories submitted, so...

on Feb. 6 2011 at 8:06 pm
Dreamer37 BRONZE, Snellville, Georgia
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if you look at the top right corner of your screen, where it says logged in as ___, below that there's a button for 'submit my work.' you have to go there, the otehr place doesn't understand you're logged in. hope that helps!

on Feb. 2 2011 at 9:13 pm
GottaLoveSoccer2626, Bountiful, Utah
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I agree, it has been a week and they have not published my story yet.

on Feb. 2 2011 at 3:34 pm
Norma-Bernard GOLD, Moosic, Pennsylvania
14 articles 2 photos 26 comments

Favorite Quote:
"When a door closes, somewhere out there a window opens."

I am new to Teen Ink, and I was wondering, how long does it take to get your piece approved? I am dying to know how people feel about my piece, and it seems like forever!