: Re: If unstated, do literary magazines generally publish work submitted by minors? Unless a literary magazine/journal is looking for work from a certain age range (ex. the teen experience, 20 to 30-year-olds),

@Samaraweera193

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Neither age nor geographic origin are typical considerations when submitting work. Unless you specify them when querying or submitting, they won't even know (unless your email address and/or postal return address give it away), and you usually wouldn't specify unless it makes a difference to your writing, or supports your qualifications to write a specific piece.
When it comes to getting paid, however, it's a different story. I'm no lawyer, but I believe a parent would have to sign the contracts for a minor. And getting paid internationally is always difficult.
It's worth noting that the competition for inclusion in well-known literary magazines is incredibly fierce (even for adult writing professionals in the same corner of the world!). You might have better luck starting out by publishing in a local magazine, and/or one aimed at youth, and then building your way up to larger, more international publications. Better a successful publication in a small local magazine than any number of rejections from Granta.

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