Guidelines

Young Voices publishes art, photography, comics, stories, poems and writing. We accept submissions year-round. The deadline for the 2026 issue of Young Voices is March 22, 2026.

Who can submit

Teens ages 12 to 19 who live, work or go to school in Toronto.

Young Voices welcomes creative work from Toronto teens of all genders, orientations, races, abilities and identities.

What can be submitted

Up to two pieces each year: one piece of writing and one visual piece. Related pieces (i.e. artwork submitted in conjunction with writing) will be considered separately.

Written work

Young Voices publishes poems, stories, reviews, nonfiction and more. Maximum length per piece is 1,000 words. Typed entries are preferred, but hand-written is okay too.

Visual work

Young Voices publishes hand-drawn and digital art, paintings, photography, and single-page comics. The magazine is printed in full colour. Note that we do not accept images of copyrighted characters.

Hand-drawn art, paintings and comics

• Preferred size is 8½" by 11"
• We may scale down or crop larger images to fit.
• Maximum comic length is a single page.

Digital art and photography

• Electronic work must be high resolution, 300 ppi or pixels per inch, to look clear and sharp when printed.
• Recommended minimum size is 2400 pixels wide and 3000 pixels high.

Timeline

We accept submissions year-round. Each spring, teams of teens working with professional writers and artists select work for publication. Before the selection teams see the submissions, we remove creators’ names so they choose from anonymous pieces. In June, we contact contributors whose work has been selected for publication. We only contact those whose work will be published. Young Voices magazine is published annually in the fall.

The deadline for the 2026 issue of Young Voices is March 22, 2026.