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SPIDER®, a literary magazine for children, features fresh and engaging literature, poems, articles, and activities for newly independent readers. Editors seek energetic, beautifully crafted submissions with strong “kid appeal” (an elusive yet recognizable quality, often tied to high-interest elements such as humor, adventure, and suspense). Cricket Media 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).
Fiction Whether a fictional setting is long-ago or here-and-now, or the protagonist is the class clown or a talking tiger, characters and the worlds they inhabit should be complex and believable. Length: 300–1000 words Poetry Poems should be succinct, imaginative, and accessible; we tend to avoid long narrative poems. Length: Up to 20 lines Nonfiction For nonfiction, SPIDER readers enjoy well-researched articles about animals, kids their own age doing amazing things, and cool science discoveries (such as wetsuits for penguins and real-life invisibility cloaks). Nonfiction articles should rise above a simple list of facts; we look for kid-friendly nonfiction shaped into an engaging narrative. Length: 300–800 words Crafts and Activities We also appreciate clever crafts, recipes, games, and puzzles; however, please submit only activities that a reader would be able to perform on his/her own, with minimal parental assistance. Length: 1–4 pages
Market Type: Magazine
Accepts: Children's, Games, How-to
Web Address: www.cricketmag.com
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Updated April 7, 2021
