Submission Guidelines
Thank you for your interest in contributing to our family of award-winning children’s magazines! We seek to publish the finest quality writing and illustration for children of all ages. Our readers share an alert curiosity about the world around them and a delight in artistic expression.
Cricket Media, Inc. has no open calls for submissions at this time. Please check back.
Writing and Art by Children and Young Adults
Children of all ages can submit stories, poetry, essays, and art to contests that run in our magazines. Our magazines do not accept general submissions from children under the age of 18. Many magazines do publish student work. See listings at the NewPages.com Young Authors Guide.
Thank you for your interest in contributing to our family of award-winning children’s magazines! We seek to publish the finest quality writing and illustration for children of all ages. Our readers share an alert curiosity about the world around them and a delight in artistic expression.
NOTE: We no longer accept hard copy submissions.
For BABYBUG®, LADYBUG®, SPIDER®, ASK®, CRICKET®, and MUSE®, please submit online via our Submittable page, where you’ll find guidelines and submission Forms.
To learn more about submitting writing and art to our magazines, follow the links below.
Literary Magazines
Illustrated poetry, fiction, and literary nonfiction for ages 6 months and up
- BABYBUG® for ages 6 months – 3 years
- LADYBUG® for ages 3 – 6
- SPIDER® for ages 6 – 9
- CRICKET® for ages 9 – 14
Our literary magazines welcome submissions from writers of every level of experience. Please do not submit the same piece to multiple literary magazines. If a submission to one magazine is more appropriate for another, we will pass it on to that magazine’s editor. To learn more about submitting writing and art to our literary magazines, follow the links below.
Cricket Media, Inc. is committed to a diverse literary culture, and we welcome works by writers from underrepresented groups (people of color, people with disabilities, LGBTQAI+ folks, and other marginalized peoples).
Our literary magazines do not post theme lists. However, we do post specific calls for submissions several times each year.
Nonfiction Magazines
Nonfiction Magazines
Science, technology, culture, social studies, and ideas for ages 3 and up
- CLICK® Science and Discovery for ages 3 – 7
- ASK® Science and Discovery for ages 7 – 10
- MUSE® Science and Discovery for ages 9 – 14
- COBBLESTONE™ American History for ages 9 – 14
- FACES™ World Cultures and Geography for ages 9 – 14
Our science, social studies, and discovery magazines seek writers with subject expertise. Those interested in writing for these magazines should submit a resume and several writing samples. Click on each magazine to view the individual editor’s specific submission guidelines.
Art Submissions
See our submission guidelines for artists.
