How To Submit A Story To Kids' Corner
BoatUS welcomes stories from kids of any age up to 18. We like stories that are between 1,000 and 2,000 words long. The story must be the work of the child whose name appears on the story. Please put the story on a CD, along with the following information and pictures, and send it all to Kids' Corner, BoatUS Internet Operations, 880 South Pickett Street, Alexandria VA 22304. Here's what we need:
- Child's name
- Child's birth date (not to be used on the website)
- Child's mailing address and the email address and phone number of one of the child's parents (the address will only be used for verification purposes, and will not be used on our website)
- Child's home state (to be used on the website)
- The approximate date of your cruise For example, "summer 2007" or "May 2005 to Sept 2007" (Sorry, we cannot accept stories that are about trips that concluded more than two years ago.)
- What kind of boat you were on (type, make, and length)
- Who was on the boat (names)
- We'll also need plenty of digital photos of the child, family, and your voyage. These need to be in .jpg or .gif format, and not above 288px width.
- BoatUS will pay $50 for the first 10 submissions that we put on our website; this payment includes photos. (Sorry, only one story per
family.)
- BoatUS reserves the right to publish on our website, and pay for, only stories that we determine fit our requirements.
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