Who is your audience?
Stories for Children Magazine is for kids ages 3 to 12 years old, but don’t let that stop you from reading our ezine. We have teachers, writers, illustrators, and parents reading Stories for Children Magazine each month, too. Just recently a teacher from Henrico County, Virginia contacted me about using multiple stories and articles in preparation for the state’s reading and comprehension test. I’ve also received emails form two children’s actors. One is on the TV show Jericho and the other is the Disney Channel.
Are you open for submissions at the moment?
We did close our door to submissions this summer, but are open once again September 1, 2007.
What are your guidelines?
Our guidelines are like most publishers who are serious about the type of writing they want to see for their publications. The basics always apply at on-line or print publications, but here is quick breakdown of what we look for: we publish short stories, articles, poems, coloring pages, word and picture puzzles, book reviews, arts and crafts, and interviews with children's book authors and/or illustrators for children ages 3 to 12 years old.
Stories for Children Magazine will publish reprints with the information as to where it was published prior to our magazine. Content should be age appropriate. We encourage you to study back issues for content and style.
When writing non-fiction, please use primary sources with up-to-date information. We also like to see engaging articles that read more like a story or have a wow factor. Kids read enough book reports and text books at school. We want to be fun and lively when sharing information.
Stories for Children Magazine isn't a themed magazine, but there are holidays and subjects that we would love to cover in each monthly issue along with the creative, adventurous, and thought provoking stories and articles.
STORY CATEGORIES:
- READ ALOUD STORIES (ages 3-6): Rebus, easy-to-read stories, humorous tales, fantasy, fables, and myths.
- EARLY READERS (ages 7-9): Realistic fiction, humorous tales, satire, fantasy, fairy tales, science fiction, fables, light scary stories, mysteries and myths.
- MIDDLE READERS (ages 10-12): Realistic fiction, humorous tales, satire, fantasy, fairy tales, science fiction, fables, scary stories, mysteries and myths.
- NONFICTION CATEGORIES: nature, animals, science, technology, environment, foreign culture, history, and biographies. Please make sure the information is appropriate for the right age group.
- Discovery (ages 3-6): Learning about the world around them.
- HOW AND WHY (ages 7-9): Wants to understand the how and why of things.
- TELL ME MORE (ages 10-12): Has a basic knowledge of how things work. This age group wants to dig deeper to really understand their world.
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