Cricket Magazine Group Literary Magazines
BABYBUG® – for babies and toddlers
LADYBUG® – for ages 2-6
SPIDER® – for ages 6-9
CRICKET® – for ages 9-14
CICADA® – for ages 14 and up
Our “bug magazines” accept unsolicited manuscripts. (There is currently, however, a moratorium on submissions for CICADA.)
Cricket Magazine Group Nonfiction Magazines
CLICK® – opening windows for young minds for ages 3-6
ASK® – arts and sciences for kids for ages 6-9
MUSE® – the magazine of life, the universe, and pie throwing for ages 9-14
Our science and discovery magazines seek writers with subject expertise. Those interested in writing for these magazines should submit a resume and several writing samples.
Cobblestone Magazines
APPLESEEDS – general social studies for ages 6-9
CALLIOPE® – world history for ages 9-14
COBBLESTONE® – American history for ages 9-14
DIGTM – archeology for ages 9-14
FACES® – world cultures and geography for ages 9-14
ODYSSEYTM – science for ages 9-14
Cobblestone magazines select articles by detailed query letter.
Additional guidelines or information
Cricket Books
Children’s (Students’) Writing and Art
Illustrators’ Guidelines (Cobblestone Publishing)
Thank you for your interest in writing for Cricket Magazine Group/Carus Publishing's award-winning children's magazines. We welcome submissions from writers of every level of experience, and we assure you that your manuscript will be read and reviewed when submitted. Unless otherwise noted, we consider all submissions for all our magazines, so if you submitted an article for publication in CLICK magazine, we may deem it more suitable for ASK, MUSE, or another of our publications.
Author and artist guidelines and submission address for each magazine are available by clicking on one of the magazine titles at the top of this page or by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to:
Carus Publishing
Attn: Submission Guidelines Request - magazine name
70 East Lake Street, Suite 300
Chicago, IL 60601
Submissions or guideline requests without a self-addressed, stamped envelope will not receive a reply.
If you would like to know what kind of features we publish, please review copies of our magazines. If you would like to purchase a sample copy of any of our publications to get a better idea of our content, please click here.
