SAMPLE SUBMISSION LETTER
Fantastic Publication Mr/Ms. Student
35 One Pear Lane 123 Main Street
Rohoboth, MA Hopkinton, Massachusetts
02683 01748
(this publication is fictional)
Ms. Woods
Use this if you have never been published (feel free to adjust the wording to match your voice)
My name is so and so, I am a student at Hopkinton High School in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, and I am writing to submit my stories Dear Ernie and Another Story for consideration. I have been writing for over four years, but have just started submitting stories to national magazines. I look forward to hearing from you and I thank you for your consideration.
Use something like this if you have…
My name is so and so, I am a student at Hopkinton High School in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, and I am writing to submit my stories Dear Ernie and Another Story for consideration. My stories have recently been published in Collab and Merlyn’s Pen. I look forward to hearing from you and I thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Actually sign your name here
So-and-so (NB – how you sign your letter is how your name will show up should you be accepted. So consider what you want your “writer name” to be…)
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SAMPLE SUBMISSION LOG (To help you keep track of your submissions)
(to download a .doc version of this file, click Sample Submission Log)
| TITLE | Date | Magazine | Status |
| The Doctor | 5/16/13 | The Kindly Review | Accepted |
| Still Hungry | 4/15/14 | Sparrow | |
| Finding Time | 7/2/18 | Heart Light | |
| What? | 7/2/18 | Truly Yours | Rejected |
| The Devil | 1/23/16 6/12/17 |
The Light of Wisdom Second Chances |
Rejected Rejected |
| Blue Mountains | 12/3/17 | Appalachia Review | |
| I Don’t Know | 4/4/11 | TCL | Defunct |
Bold indicates an accepted submission
Italics indicates a current submission
Hopkinton High School English Department 