Additions to the Adult Writers' List • Girls' World is a new magazine for girls ages 6 to 11 designed to inspire creativity through artwork, crafts, recipes, games and party ideas. In response to my inquiry about freelance pieces, the editors replied, "Yes, we pay $100 for fiction stories of about 1200 words. They should be appropriate for girls ages 6 to 10. The stories can be emailed to [mail@girlsworldmag.com] and if we are interested, we will get back to the author." Contact information can also be found here. • Ask You Ask Me is a themed science magazine for children ages 6-14 published in China by Xiaoduo Media. From their website--"We are interested in articles rich in scientific accuracy and lively approaches to the subject at hand. The inclusion of primary research (interviews with scientists focusing on current research) are of primary interest to the magazine." Pieces are up to 1,000 words. Fiction: science-related stories, science fiction, retold legends, etc., relating to the theme. Feature Articles: in-depth nonfiction articles. (An interactive approach is a definite plus!) Q & A interviews, plays, and biographies are of interest as well. Articles will be assigned. To be considered, send an email about your background and writing credits. Contact information is at the link given above. This is a paying market. • GREYstone is an online quarterly magazine that has been publishing since 2011. This literary magazine publishes poetry, art, flash fiction, photography, and scientific art submitted by students and teachers (K-12). Submission guidelines are here. This is a non-paying market. Addition to the Young Writers' List • GREYstone -- see information above. Theme Lists • Themes for Cadet Quest for 2014-2015 are here. Manuscripts need to be submitted by the end of April, so if you're interested, don't delay too long. • Theme lists for Fun for Kidz, Boys' Quest, and Hopscotch have been updated. Many filled themes have been removed and "Frogs, Toads and Salamanders" has been added for Hopscotch. Just a heads up: In the past these 3 Bluffton magazines have not used formal contracts and therefore have only taken first publication rights. They now have a formal contract and are asking for additional rights. US Kids Magazines Updates As of the beginning of March, Turtle magazine has merged with Humpty Dumpty. The age range for the new Humpty Dumpty magazine has changed from 5-7 to 2-6. As of this writing, the submission guidelines page does not yet reflect the changes, so you'll want to watch for updates for such things as possible revised word count requests. Catherine Greis is now the Managing Editor for both Jack & Jill and Humpty Dumpty. Change at Carus/Cobblestone Lou Waryncia, who was the Senior Editor at Carus/Cobblestone, is no longer with the magazines. Nancy Sanders' Blog In my November Tidbits I mentioned Nancy Sanders' blog series she had been doing on writing and submitting a nonfiction piece to Highlights magazine. She had planned to combine the series into a free ebook, but that's not going to happen. She said if you're interested in the series, you can now see the whole series here. At the bottom of each post, just above comments, you can find a link on the right to the next post in the series. Discontinued • On Course is on longer being published. • Turtle has merged with Humpty Dumpty. Updated Links in the Adult List Links for this magazine have been updated: • Cadet Quest and submission guidelines Updated Links in the Young Writers' List Links for these magazines have been updated: • Liminal magazine was removed from the list due to inappropriate content for my child-friendly website. • Vademecum Magazine Reminder The next issue of Writing for Children's Magazines will be published in May. If you want to sign up for the Writing for Children's Magazines Yahoo group, you'll receive a notice of when new issues are posted, plus occasionally receive updates between issues (especially if the information is time-sensitive). Writing for Children's Magazines, March 2014