Submit!
Now that your story is complete it has the chance to be read by your community, shared with your classroom, and to win an international award, not to mention cool prizes!
First, take a minute to go through the review criteria to make sure your article or photo is at its best.
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Did I make sure my ARTICLE...
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Did I make sure my PHOTO...
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| Picks one of the major topics under the Young Reporters requirements? | Focused on one of the major topics under the Young Reporters requirements? |
| Shows how this issue affects my local community? | Relates to something happening in my local community? |
| Identifies the problems and offers solutions? | Is both aesthetically pleasing and tells a story? |
| Lays out the facts in the most logical order so my readers can understand? | Has a title and caption that explains the image in fewer than 150 words? |
| Uses only credible sources for information and states where the facts are from? | |
| Is edited for spelling and grammar errors? | |
| Has an enticing title? | |
| Is no more than 1000 words? |
Now that you're done, submitting your piece is easy!
- Submit your article here. This will make you eligible for Canadian prizes and to have your piece on the Canadian website.
- You will then receive an automated email response describing how you can submit your piece to the International Young Reporters website to make you eligible for international awards.