Memoir Publishing

Share and celebrate your memoir with the world!

Choose one of these options to publish your final memoir.


1. Read aloud in class - done!


2. Submit to Omnibus:
  1. Proofread your memoir one last time.  Save it as a Word document with your name in the file name.
  2. Email Mrs. Bailey: baileym@holliston.k12.ma.us
    1. Subject = Omnibus submission
    2. In the email, write Mrs. Bailey a note.  Tell her a little bit about your memoir.  Here is the place to request an Anonymous by-line if you wish.  Sign your name.  (Your name needs to be on your memoir, even if publishing anonymously.)
    3. Attach your memoir file.
    4. You can CC Ms. Cassidy: cassidyk@holliston.k12.ma.us


3. Submit to a website:

  1. Proofread your memoir one last time.
  2. Read the Submission Guidelines and any Writing Tips on the website - and make sure you apply them - before submitting.

Teen Ink (requires a free log-in – submit online)
Frodo’s Notebook (ages 13-19 – email submissions)
Submission Guidelines (“Creative/Personal Essay” – if there’s a strong reflection of your personal code)
The Writers’ Slate (email submissions)
Figment (a writers’ forum to share and comment on work – requires a free log-in – post online)
FAQ

 


4. Submit to a magazine:

  1. Proofread your memoir one last time.
  2. Read the Submission Guidelines and any Writing Tips on the website - and make sure you apply them - before submitting.
  3. Send your submission by method requested (email or print).
    • If you need to mail your memoir, print a clean copy with the appropriate heading for the magazine, and bring it to Ms. Cassidy to set up an envelope, postage, etc.

Cicada (ages 14-23 – email or mail submissions)
The Claremont Review (Canada – mail submissions)
Creative Kids Magazine (mail submissions first class)