For some, getting

published in a magazine is a long journey. For seven-year-old Max Sultan

of Fayetteville, his first experience with the publishing world came on

his first try.

Sultan's picture,

"Eagle," was recently published in the May edition of Highlights

for Children magazine on the "Our Own Pages" page. Sultan drew

the picture last year as a student in Mrs. Ortega's first-grade class

at Hood Avenue Primary School.

Ortega sent

the picture in and Sultan and his family were recently informed of the

picture's publication. Sultan is a fan of the "Hidden Pictures"

section of the magazine.

Highlights

magazine was founded in 1946 and currently is delivered to 2.5 million

children. The magazine receives over 35,000 submissions from their readers

each year but can only publish a small percentage of them. Sultan's picture

was among that number this year.

Sultan admits

to liking to draw but has many other interests. He plays for the Fayetteville

Earthquakes in a local soccer league and also enjoys hockey, baseball

and, like many of his peers, Yu-Gi-Oh. Sultan is now a student at East

Fayette Elementary School and is looking forward to entering the third

grade in the fall. He is the son of Craig and Rebecca Sultan and is the

older brother of Jack.