Guidelines:
- Must be a member of KWA.
- No adult material, including suggestive wording or sexual inuendo. MUST be suitable for children ages 5 – 12.
- Must be an unpublished work which you own the rights to. You will retain the rights to your work even after publication.
- Use only the name you wish to have listed as the author.
- Short stories shall be limited to 2-3 per author and can be no longer than 5,000 words. Poetry shall be limited to 5 per author and can be no longer than 52 lines per poem. Also remember that the book will be 6 x 9 inches. If you write a line that has fifty words, it will get split up on the page. So think about how you want your poetry to look – might even use page set up at 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 when you write it.
- Submission rules: Please make sure that line spacing is 1.5, with a font size of 14 pt. Times New Roman. We will be using a paragraph indention of 5 spaces. (set indent to .5) Stories need to be formatted with full justification. If you wish to leave a space between paragraphs, then please indicate this with 3 centered asterisks ***. If possible MS Word works best. Many writing programs seem to take on their own life when they are e-mailed. Example: a space may appear between every paragraph. The editor must then determine whether or not it was on purpose. It’s usually not. The centered asterisks (***) confirms that is how the author wants it.
- E-mail as an attachment (this is very important – will not accept it any other way) to: brianbalzer@att.net with a subject matter of: KWA Children’s Anthology Submission
- Deadline is August 1st, 2026 – no exceptions.
Again, send submissions to: brianbalzer@att.net with a subject matter of: KWA Children’s Anthology Submission