Include a SASE with each mailing of manuscripts, too, unless guidelines specify otherwise. Except where magazines specifically say they'll accept simultaneous submissions, do not send the same piece to more than one magazine at a time.

If your piece is rejected, send it right out to another magazine that's a possible market for your work. Don't be discouraged by rejections. Writers who try to publish expect to be able to paper at least one wall in their workspaces with rejection slips.

Visit the websites of various magazines that accept writing by young authors. Several links are listed below. Most of these magazines accept all genres -- poetry, essays, stories, plays, and poems. Good luck!