Call for Papers: How to Submit Work to The Byway

A kid's crayon and marker drawing of a unicorn, with a pink and blue striped body and a skinny neck.
Pink and blue unicorn. Drawing by Emmett (8) Panguitch.

Teachers and students in Piute, Wayne and Garfield counties, we need your input in the form of essays and papers!

Find out here how and what you can submit to the newspaper.

How to Submit to The Byway

To submit The Byway, email your papers to [email protected]. Include your name, age or grade, and the town you are from in the byline, for example: by John Doe (13) Fremont. You may also send one or two pictures to go with your paper (optional).

One of the editors will edit the article and get it back to you within one week. At this point you will have two business days to review the edits, if desired, before we start getting the paper published.

The same submission guidelines apply for artwork, speeches, poetry and photography.

A Bryce Valley basketball player shoots the basketball from the 3-point line while a player from Valley raises his hand to guard him.
Bryce Valley’s Rodolfo Perez takes a 3-point shot in a consolation game against Valley February 29. Photo by Gracie Wiseman (senior) Bryce Valley.

What to Submit

Papers and other work should align with our missions to open a forum for positive civil discourse, unite Rural Utah with content written by us and about us, and provide an opportunity for our youth to write and be read. Basically, they should be respectful, avoid dividing communities, and be your own work.

That’s it!

Want to write a review for your favorite movie or book, a fantasy story about knights and dragons, a report on a sports event, an opinion editorial about a topic close to your heart, or a true story about your animals? If there is space, your writing will have a chance to be published.

We recommend a length of 300-600 words, but that is flexible depending on the topic.

Happy writing!

Byway Editorial Team

A kid's crayon and pencil drawing of a white unicorn surrounded by trees and flowers.
Unicorn in the woods. Drawing by Hudson (10) Minersville.

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