American Girl - Description: American Girl is a bimonthly, four-color magazine for girls ages 8 and up. Our mission: to celebrate girls, yesterday and today. We hope to reinforce reader's self-confidence, curiosity, and self-esteem.
Guidelines: Historical nonfiction: Format is done in copy blocks that work with photos. Think visually when you write this. Contemporary Nonfiction: Send query rather than manuscript.
Submission Needs: Fiction may be contemporary or historical. No science fiction, fantasy, or first romance.
Historical Nonfiction: Real girls in American history. Famous adult women, little-known stories about girls in history. For ex: girls in blizzard of 1888.
Contemporary Nonfiction: girl mushers from Alaska, rhythmic gymnasts, ballerinas, summer campers, sports-related.
Girls Express: short profiles of girls in sports, arts, hobbies, cultural activities.
How-to stories: send for freebies, hot ideas for a cool day, how to write to the President and get a response. Easy crafts in 5 steps.
Giggle Gag: visual puzzles, mazes, math puzzles, word games, simple crosswords, cartoons.
Word Length: Fiction up to 2,300 words. Girls Express up to 175 words.
Address: Magazine Department Assistant, American Girl, PO Box 620986, Middleton, WI 53562-0986.

Calliope - Description: Covers world history, east and west.
Guidelines: A query includes: nonerasable paper, cover letter with subject, word length, one page outline, a bibliography of materials used in preparing article. SASE. Send writing sample, address and number with query. May send many queries for one issue, but each must have a separate cover letter, outline, bibliography, SASE. No phone or handwritten queries. Text saved as ASCII text (in MS Word as "text only"). Disks either MAC (preferred) or DOS-compatible 3 1/2".
Submission Needs: Must relate to theme. In-depth nonfiction, plays, biographies, authentic historical or biographical fiction, adventure, retold legends, crafts, recipes, woodworking projects easily done by children with minimal adult supervision.
Word Length: Feature articles: 700-800 words. Supplemental nonfiction: 300-600 words. Fiction: up to 800 words. Activities: up to 700 words.
Payment: Feature articles, supplemental nonfiction, and fiction: $.20-$.25 per word. Activities pays on an individual basis.
Rights: We purchase all rights.
Address: Calliope, 7 School St., Peterborough, NH 03458-1454.

Children's Better Health Institute - Description: Turtle Magazine for Preschool Kids (ages 2-5), Humpty Dumpty's Magazine (ages 4-6), Children's Playmate Magazine (ages 6-8), Jack and Jill (ages 7-10), Child Life (ages 9-11), Children's Digest (preteen).
Guidelines: typed, double or triple-spaced, name, address, number, social security number, date, word count on first page. No title page. Keep a copy. Submit to a specific magazine, not just to CBHI. Send entire manuscript. All work is on spec. No queries or assigned stories. No drawings or artwork. In all material, no reference to sugary foods, candy, cakes, cookies, soft drinks. No simultaneous subs.
Specific Needs: Turtle and Humpty Dumpty: uses stories, poems, creative nonfiction, read-aloud. Games/crafts: minimum of guidance; clear, brief instructions, use available materials. Turtle uses simple science experiments. Humpty Dumpty features healthy recipes with little or no use of appliances. Nonfiction must be narrow/specific in focus. Children's Playmate and Jack and Jill: Children's Playmate needs easy to read fiction for beginning readers, poems, rhyming stories, nonfiction. Jack and Jill has stories, articles at 2nd or 3rd grade level. Both heavy on fiction, adventure, mystery, fantasy, humor. Nonfiction: sports, science, nature, historical, biography, health/fitness. Children's Digest: stories longer/meatier. Needs adventure, mystery, science fiction, humor, health messages, facts to educate about health, games, puzzles, crafts, hobbies. Nonfiction articles: sports, nature, environment. Submission Needs: Stories, articles, activities with health-related themes: exercise, nutrition, safety, hygiene, drug education.
Fiction: need not have health as primary subject but include it. Characters should have good health practices unless failure to do so is necessary. Stories up-to-date, possibly from one-parent home, sports/fitness, profiles of familiar amateur/ professional athletes, average athletes (esp. children) who overcame obstacles, new/unusual sports.
Nonfiction: Don't preach; be positive; humorous.
Word/math puzzles: healthy mess., enjoyable, age app.
Recipes: children can make with minimal adult supervision. No fats, sugar, salt, chocolate, red meat.
Photos: No single photos. We buy short photo features (6-8) or photos with articles. Include captions/model releases. No drawings or artwork.
Word Length and Payment: Poetry: $25. Photos: $15. Puzzles/games: No fixed rate.
Turtle & Humpty Dumpty: up to 22 cents/word. Fiction/nonfiction - up to 350 words.
Children's Playmate: up to 17 cents/word. Fiction/nonfiction - 300-700 words.
Jack and Jill: 17 cents/wd. Fiction/nonfiction - 500-800 words.
Child Life: not accepting manuscripts at this time.
Children's Digest: up to 12 cents/word. Fiction - 500-1500 words. Nonfiction - 500-1000 words.
Rights: We purchase all rights. We buy one-time rights to photos. One-time book rights may be returned when author has a publisher and provides a date of publication.
Address: Children's Better Health Institute, PO Box 567, Indianapolis, IN 46206.

Clubhouse - Description: This Christian publication is for children 8-12 years old.
Submission Needs: Open to unsolicited material. Do not want contemporary fiction set in the US, but do want historical American fiction or embellished accounts of true events. Want stories set in Asia, South America, the CIS and Canada. No poetry or any boy-girl relationships. Currently need stories about young athletes (Christian) and drama.
Payment: $0.15 to $0.20 per word for nonfiction; $75-$200 for fiction story on acceptance.
Word Length: Articles: 200-1,000 words, fiction: 500-1500 words.
Rights: 1st rights.
Assistant Editor: Suzanne Hadley
Postal Address: 8605 Explorer Drive, Colorado Springs CO 80920.

CollegeBound Teen Magazine - Description: College Bound Magazine is written for high school students by college students (or those young at heart) to give them an edge in the college admissions process and beyond.
Payment: Pays $100-$125 for features of 800-1200 words; $50-$75 for shorter departmental pieces; depending on length and research required.
Address: 200 South Avenue, Suite 202, Staten Island, NY 10314. P(718)761-4800. F(718)761-3300. Email: editorial@collegebound.net.

Confetti - Description: Written for early (4-6 yr. old) and middle (7-10 yr. old) readers. Confetti aims to promote the joy of discovery thought picture-oriented stories, nonfiction and poetry.
Submission Needs: We are currently soliciting picture-oriented material: Stories, nonfiction articles, and poems.
Guidelines: Illustrations can be color or B & W. Cover artwork should be in color. Don't send originals. We welcome unpublished writers and illustrators. Manuscripts should be typed, double-spaced, ample margins, on quality 8.5" x 11" paper, pages numbered. SASE. Include name, address, phone, e-mail, word count, title. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable. Young Readers' Submissions: may include artwork, stories and poems.
Payment: Five copies in the issue in which the submission is published.
Word Length: Stories, nonfiction articles, and poems: 500 words max., craft projects: under 75 words, Young Readers' stories: 250 words max., Young Readers' poems: no longer than 15 lines.
Rights: Authors and illustrators retain all rights and may resell their work.
Address: Confetti, 5511 Cabat Lake Court, Fairfax, VA 22032.

Cricket Magazine - Description: This literary quality magazine is for children 9-14.
Submission Needs: Looking for fiction and nonfiction for the older age range. Want humor and mystery (no mystery spoofs), fantasy and original folk tales. Want science articles. Must be well written and well researched. Send a short bio with nonfiction. Also wants complete manuscripts.
Guidelines: Will use stand-alone excerpts from unpublished novels.
Payment: .25 per word on publication. Considers reprints and pays 50%. Pay for poetry is up to $3 per line.
Word Length: Nonfiction: 200-1500 words, fiction: 200-2000 words, poetry up to 25 lines.
Editor-in-Chief: Marianne Carus
Address: Carus Publications, PO Box 300, Peru, IL 61354-0300.

Crinkles - Description: This publication is for 8-14 year olds.
Submission Needs: Includes current events, people, places, history, animals, sports, folktales and myths.
Guidelines: By assignment only. E-mail first for theme lists.
Payment: $150.00 and up.
Editor: Paula Montgomery
Rights: Buys work-for-hire rights.

Family Ties - Published By Disney. Prints personal essays from humor to inspirational in "Family Ties" section. About 1,300 words. Pays $1,500. Guidelines PDF from link.

GL (Girl's Life) - Description: For girls 10-15.
Submission Needs: No short fiction or poetry from adults. Has "Last Laugh" department which uses jokes and quizzes.
Guidelines: Queries only on nonfiction. Use the Ass. Press Stylebook and Libel Manual. Assignments in MS Word 5.1 or similar program on disc. Accepts unsolicited mss. on spec. Send query, resume, published writing samples. Every story needs: headline, by-line, intro, lead, body, conclusion, name, address. Referrals for art.
Payment: 50 cents per word for features, $300-$500 for 1st rights.
Word Length: Wants briefs of 100-200 words; features of 1000-2500 words.
Rights: Buys 1st rights.
Address: 4517 Hartford Rd., Baltimore MD 21214.

Guide - Description: This Seventh Day Adventist publication uses true stories only, no fiction, for young people 10 to 14, with an emphasis on the older age.
Submission Needs: They want games and puzzles like the ones used in the secular magazines. Also wants true Christian humor, adventure/action. No poetry.
Payment: Pays 3-7 cents a word for stories.
Word Length: 500-1200 words.
Rights: Buys 1st or reprint rights.
Address: 55 West Oak Ridge Drive, Hagerstown MD 21740.

Guideposts Sweet 16 Online - Description: for girls ages 11-17 published by Guideposts. It is a bimonthly, four-color publication that offers teens true, first-person stories about real teens. Sweet 16 has it all: fashion, beauty, celebs, boys, embarrassing moments, advice columns.
Guidelines: Sweet 16 is not a beginner's market. We do not publish poetry or fiction. All manuscripts must be typed, double-spaced. SASE.
Submission Needs: We'll publish action/adventure story, but focus on relationships and real-life issues: friendship, romance, peer pressure. We need "light" stories about finding a date, learning to drive & catch-in-the throat stories. Language and subject matter must be current, uplifting, and teen-friendly. No preaching or lecturing!
TRUE STORIES--Five each issue. 400-1,200 words. It is first-person narrative by a teen, written in simple, dramatic, anecdotal style. Use description & dialogue. Dramatize situation, conflict, struggle. Then tell how teen changed or the problem was solved.
***MYSTERIOUS MOMENTS -- "Strange-but-true" stories. Miracles. Unexplained coincidences. Girl or boy narrators. Tell us in 250 words. These can be ghostwritten for teens, or adults writing about their teen years. Be sure voice is "teen."
POSITIVE THINKER -- A single-page on a teen girl who has overcome something remarkable and has positive outlook. (A cheerleader with no arms.) Text is a series of bulleted items in first-person, a catchy tag followed by a few lines of text. Tells us a story in anecdotes, dialog. 300-500 words. Query.
TGTBT -- Boys who are "Too Good to Be True." We're seeking guys who are cute, wholesome, and doing something very cool. (We only run 6/yr, so we're choosy!) We've profiled a stunt pilot, a hot-air balloonist, a chef. Query with photo.
DIY -- Trendy crafts, do-it-yourself fashion & beauty, bedroom accessories. Anything cool, fun, easy, original! Seasonal ideas welcome. Send snapshot of finished project.
BEAUTY/SELF-HELP -- Fun, trendy, seasonal pieces about a single topic in beauty. We'll consider health-related, safety-related, consumer-type pieces. (How to Stop Biting Your Nails.) 300-500 words. Query.
QUIZZES -- 500-600 words. Teen issues, approached with humor. "Are You Rude?" "Are You Dating a Dud?" We are seeking both multiple-choice quizzes and quizzes in graphic-based formats. Query with sample questions.
Payment: from $300-$500, occasionally higher. Will pay approved expenses. Shorter manuscripts (100 - 750 words) pay $100-$300. Payment on acceptance.
Rights: Buys all rights.
Address: Guideposts Sweet 16, 1050 Broadway, Suite 6, Chesterton, IN 46304, or via e-mail to: writers@sweet16mag.com .

Potluck Magazine - Description: Potluck Children’s Literary Magazine publishes writing and artwork from young writers/artists ages 8 to 16.
Guidelines: Typed with name, age, address, e-mail, word or line count in upper corner, SASE. Keep a copy. Double space poems between stanzas. Book reviews: include title, author, any awards it received, what made it worth reading, why do you recommend it, for what age level. Double space short stories between paragraphs. Art: include title, medium. All work must be original, not previously published elsewhere, and not submitted elsewhere. Submit Online.
Submission Needs: All forms of poetry, all subjects for short stories, all styles of art.
Word Length: Poetry: 30 lines max. Book reviews: 250 words max. Short stories: 1,000 words max. Artwork: 8 1/2'' X 11".
Payment: One contributor's copy. Special prepublication prices are available to all accepted writers/artists.
Rights: Potluck has permission to publish your work online and in print. Work will remain online for up to 3 months. Potluck acquires first rights, upon publication all rights return to author/artist.
Address: Potluck Children's Literary Magazine, PO Box 546, Deerfield, Illinois 60015-0546.

Scholastic Canada - Description: Early Readers, Chapter Books, Non-fiction, Information Texts.
Guidelines: Seeks your original stories, and non-fiction texts for children in grades one to three. Only from Canadian citizens or landed immigrants.
Payment: Flat fee of $600 - $2000 will be paid if your piece is accepted. No royalties.
Address: Ms. YĂźksel Hassan, Scholastic Canada Ltd., 175 Hillmount Road Markham, Ontario L6C 1Z7.

Through the Looking Glass Children's Book Review - Through the Looking Glass Children’s Book Review is an online monthly children’s book review journal. It has reviews of children’s books of all genres. The website also includes author profiles, organization and publisher information and profiles, and features on a wide variety of topics.