1. I wish to be on the paper because: I'm bored and want to write.

2. My desired position is: Stories and Poems writer

3. Any experience in this area: Not really.

4. My example:
It was placed in the paper as a "guest" article.. :

On Halloween, Trick Or Treater's flashlights illuminate the night,
It's inevitable for children to receive candy without light,
Getting ample candy from door to door,
You persevere from your sores,
To keep going, without falter or sight,
All on Halloween night.
To keep the scare alive, abrupt a "Boo!" at a friend,
Don't aggravate the people around you by acting like it's the end,
Everything in sight is dismal, just for Halloween frightm
All on Halloween night.
To deceive people to go again before the night ends,
Even if they live right around the bend,
Your futile efforts to finish the neighborhood doesn't make it right,
All on Halloween night.
It's normal to falter, when you approach an abode,
When Trick or Treaters are coming up the road,
But as the night grows smaller,
The pile of candy in your bag grows taller,
Everyone feels less jubilant as Halloween starts to fall out of sight,
All on Halloween night.
Being frugal with your candy will make your brothers and sisters bicker,
As you try to endure the boring count of your candy over a candle light's flicker,
You enjoy eating your hoard of luscious candy treats,
That nobody can beat,
The jubilant Halloween night comes to the end with a fright,
All on Halloween night!

P.S. If I wrote a story, could it be like continuing on from each edition of the story? Like I write a little bit each month?

Thanks.

I like the poem, although I first thought it was a story. .

Double check spelling, but overall it's not bad.

Hardly anyone writes poems for the section, so I'd be glad to have you onboard.

I note you say you'd like to write some episodic story/stories. I would prefer single, short stories, as there are many episodic stories already in progress (Waves, Courage, Mystery of Chocolate, Seclusion) and some of these appear to be dying without being completed. It's tough on our readers to remember the many different threads of all the stories in progress.

Your poem was very good, and I'm happy to accept your application on the back of that submission. Read the sticky section guidelines in Stories and Poems.

Welcome to Sal's Newspaper staff.

BTW - you're welcome to contribute in any section, but I recommend sticking to Stories and Poems for a couple of editions to get the hang of it.