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Market Round-Up October 2007© Jodi
M. Webb –
All Rights Reserved
Just like their adult counterparts,
children’s magazines are available in every specialty: girls, boys, crafts,
science, history, Christian, environment…the list goes on and on. Too many
writers dismiss children’s magazines as markets for beginning writers.
Anyone who has attempted to capture the attention of an energy-packed child
for longer than two minutes knows that children’s markets demand as much
expertise as any adult magazine (if not more—try making the academia talk of
a botanist interesting to a 12 year old girl who has decided science isn’t
‘cool’). Another myth, that they pay peanuts, is also untrue. Just like
adult magazines the pay ranges from pennies a word to $1.00 a word for the
most elite children’s magazines.
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You can write for girls’ magazine even if
you don’t know what celebrity has a new boyfriend and what the ‘have to
have’ accessory is this season. American Girl is more interested in girls
accomplishing interesting things, short short fiction, and fun crafts. They
also have a call out for word puzzles, especially seasonal themes.
American Girl Magazine
http://www.americangirl.com/corp/guidelines_mag.html
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The best things about publishers who
dip their ink into children’s market is that one is seldom enough.
Odyssey Magazine brings science to kids ages 10 through 16 with
articles, interviews, activities, and quizzes. Not a science nut? Carus
Publishing has 14 magazines to choose from: toddlers, literary, science,
history, anthropology and more. Check them out at the second link.
Odyssey/Carus Publishing
http://www.cobblestonepub.com/guides_ODY.html
http://www.cricketmag.com/pages_content.asp?page_id=6
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Can you make something from nothing
AND explain it clearly to others? Pack-O-Fun is looking for original
crafts kids can make on their own with common household objects and
minimal adult supervision. This magazine is marketed to teachers and
scout leaders but all the crafts are for children.
Pack-O-Fun Magazine
http://www.pack-o-fun.com/Guidelines.aspx
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Jodi’s Tip: Don’t ever
forget when you’re doing interviews or research for assignments that you can
probably find a home for a similar article in a kid’s magazine. When I found
out that most bone-building is done before age 20, I sold two articles one
on osteoporosis: one on preventing it to a girl’s magazine and one on
dealing with its effects to a senior magazine. When I interviewed a man who
founded a company where adults spend their vacation following around a
person living their dream job(clown, baker, airplane pilot), I asked enough
questions to help me develop an article for teens on the wisdom of career
shadowing before choosing a career path. Make every interview count!
About the author:
Jodi M.
Webb spent years writing articles for dozens of magazines such as
Pennsylvania Magazine, American Profile, and Christian Science Monthly. But
recently she’s been discovering a wonderful new market: business writing.
Her new specialty includes catalog copy, customer newsletters, and press
releases. You can also find her blog Readin', Writin' and Unravelin' at As
We Are Magazine (www.aswearemagazine.com
). Like every writer Jodi feels she has a book (or two…or three) in her but
she hasn’t managed to get an agent or publisher to agree with yet. Stay
tuned for updates!/
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