Launch Pad: Where Young Authors and Illustrators Take Off!

Launch Pad: Where Young Authors and Illustrators Take Off! publishes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, book reviews, and artwork by kids ages 6 to 14. Launch Pad is an online publishing venue that selectively publishes the works of young authors and illu...

Launch Pad: Where Young Authors and Illustrators Take Off! publishes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, book reviews, and artwork by kids ages 6 to 14. Launch Pad is an online publishing venue that selectively publishes the works of young authors and illustrators. Written works accepted for publication are assigned to young artists to illustrate, resulting in highly unique and creative publications. Launch Pad welcomes submissions of original stories, poems, and book reviews that have not previously been published. Young artists are encouraged to submit samples of artwork to be considered as illustrators. Launch Pad is an open access publication, and does not charge any submission or publication fees. Launch Pad has been publishing the works of talented young authors and artists. Launch Pad is the 2012 recipient of the Scholastic Publishing Library Award, awarded by the American Library Association (ALA).