submit christmas short story

A Christmas short story could revolve around a little girl who finds a broken ornament in the attic. She decides to fix it and as she does, she is magically transported to the North Pole. There, she meets Santa's elves who are in a bit of a panic because the reindeer are sick. With her determination and a bit of Christmas magic, she helps the elves find a cure and saves Christmas.

Add a bit of mystery or suspense. In your Christmas short story, you could have a present that keeps disappearing and reappearing. The characters then have to figure out what's going on. This element of the unknown will make the reader eager to keep reading to find out the solution.

You could try submitting them to literary magazines that focus on holiday-themed content. Some popular ones include 'Holiday Tales' and 'Christmas Stories Quarterly.'

Here are some ways to submit short stories and related information: 1. ** Traditional Paper Media **: Paper media such as Youth Digest, Flower Fire, Aige, and Flying Romance are more reliable. The remuneration was usually between 100 to 200 yuan for 1000 words, and about 10,000 words for a piece of work. There were few copyright issues. However, the current state of the print media industry was not very prosperous. It had high requirements for the quality of manuscripts and was not very friendly to novices. 2. **GZ No. **: suitable for beginners to practice, with a variety of topics and a large number of manuscripts. However, there were unreliable situations that might result in arrears of payment, fraud, or the disappearance of the manuscript, so they had to be carefully screened. 3. [Read some stories every day: This platform is not bad for short stories. After being selected as a VIP, the minimum remuneration is 1000 yuan per story.] The disadvantage was that the platform's traffic wasn't very good and wasn't very friendly to novices. Novices needed to provide a lot of free manuscripts to support their accounts. 4. [Zhihu: The entry requirement is high and troublesome, but the remuneration is very high. If the quality of the article is good, it is possible to earn 20,000 to 30,000 yuan a month.]

If you want to submit to a literary institution or publishing house, you can follow the following steps: 1. Find an institution or publishing house that you are interested in. You can search online or ask your friends for information. 2 Read their submission guidelines and learn how to submit, the deadline, and the type and requirements of the work required. 3. Prepare a detailed submission letter. The letter should include the author's basic information, the title of the work, the background of the creation, the idea and story outline, the word count requirements, the format requirements, the review period and other information. 4. Submit the work to the designated submission email or mail it to the designated address. Usually, the author's contact information was required so that the institution or the publishing house could contact the author for revision and review. 5. If the work passes the preliminary review, the author will be contacted by the publishing house to make changes and polish it before arranging for further review. If the work is not accepted, the author should seriously consider whether his work is suitable for the appetite of the institution or publishing house and decide whether to continue submitting. Please note that different institutions or publishing houses may have different submission requirements and processes, so it is recommended to carefully read their guidelines before submitting and prepare your work according to the requirements.