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Choose "1 year + Digital Edition" from the dropdown menu and receive 6 print issues mailed to the young reader in your life PLUS a fully interactive, enhanced digital edition each time a print issue mails. We will email download and login instructions when we process your order.

CICADA is a groundbreaking teen magazine that inspires young adults to literary excellence.

Filled with high-quality literature written for and about teens, CICADA also encourages readers to create art on their own terms. Perfect for CRICKET magazine readers who are ready to step up to the next level, or for any teen who's passionate about the written word.

Each 48-page issue of CICADA includes:

• Advertising-free, exceptional stories and thought-provoking poetry
• Spot Artist Extraordinaire an idiosyncratic, cutting-edge illustrator whose art appears throughout an issue
• Expressions creative nonfiction essay written by a young adult  
• Call for Creative Endeavors invites readers to submit poetry or artwork based around that issue's theme

Look inside.     Read reviews.     Write a review. Check out our interactive sampler to see for yourself why the teen magazine CICADA won a 2013 Parents' Choice Gold Awards, plus many other awards! See what other customers are saying about CICADA, the literary magazine for teens ages 14 and up, and add your comments!

More great kids' content from CICADA magazine

Just for Teens

Several ebooks drawn from past editions of CICADA are ready for your iPad, kindle, or nook.

Free with each paid subscription to CICADA comes access to bonus content on the magazine's companion Web site. www.cicadamag.com is the online home of CICADA and features The Slam, our award-winning online forum for microfiction and poetry. Designed for budding writers, www.cicadamag.com gives teens writing tips and submissions needs for CICADA. To further encourage creative expression, the site showcases interviews with each issue's Spot Artist Extraordinaire.

Past issues

CICADA back issues are available individually. See our favorite titles or visit the Educators' site for full selection.

Other information about CICADA magazine

1. Cricket Guarantee: You can transfer your subscription among any of our kids' magazines at NO COST. You can cancel at any time and request a refund for issues that haven't shipped yet by contacting 1-800-821-0115. 
2. All of our children's magazine subscriptions qualify for free shipping when being sent to a U.S. address (additional $15 for non-U.S.). 
3. You can personalize and send or print a gift card to announce your gift. We have special designs for each of our 14 children's magazines. 
4. Your first issue will arrive in 4-6 weeks. Find out more.