Re: fiction written by kids

Ben Crowell wrote:

My daughter, age 10, wrote a ~1.5k fantasy story recently that I
thought was pretty impressive for her age. Her teacher sent home
a flyer for this business:
http://anthologyofpoetry.com/pages/anthologyofshortstories.cfm
My daughter thinks I'm being too suspicious, and says it must be
legit, because the school screens everything very
carefully. But AFAICT this is basically a business where they
have no real readership, and they simply make their money by
selling copies to friends and family of the kids. They say their
acceptance rate is about 55%. One thing I didn't really understand
was that their web page said "All submissions become the property of
the Anthology of Poetry, Inc.," but the flyer says in addition that
"Each author retains copyrights to the selected short story."

In general, does anyone know of any appropriate, non-scammy ways
that a kid like my daughter could develop her fiction writing
skills, have some fun, and maybe have some chance of having her
work read by people who aren't her friends and family?

There are publications which publish only work by people below adult
age. You can find them at http://duotrope.com, which allows searching
only for markets meeting certain specifications.

There's a forum for non-adults at http://fmwriters.com.

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