Children's Book Market - Children's Magazine Market

Get Paid to Write in 2011!

“I have been published several times and attribute
this to the market directories from ICL.”
—Jan Ven Pelt, Whittier, CA

Dear Writer,

Armed with the latest information from our current market directories, our readers have sold books in the last several months to Delacorte, Henry Holt, Lerner Publications, Scholastic Press, Tyndale House, Orca, Milkweed Editions, Parkway Publishers, and other publishers—74 recent sales. Others have made more than 200 recent story and article sales to Highlights for Children, Cobblestone, Ladybug, Turtle, Pockets, Humpty Dumpty’s Magazine, Boys’ Life, Cricket, Spider, Jack and Jill, Boys’ Quest, Clubhouse, and many others. In the past year “our people” have notched 334 sales that we know about.

Notice we said that they used our current directories. There are important market changes each year that impact your chances of success. That’s why it's important to have our new, 100% updated 2011 directories before you submit your manuscripts in the coming year.

Those are the “rights” you need to increase your odds of getting published, and that’s what our new 2011 directories will deliver to you as no other directory or market resource can.

53 eager new publishers listed in this year’s Book Markets for Children’s Writers weren’t there last year and we added 25 carefully selected agents . . . 35 new magazine markets open to freelancers make their debut in this year’s Magazine Markets for Children’s Writers and we added 44 prime writer’s resources.
140 book publishers and magazines in last year’s directories are gone. You don’t want to send your manuscript to one of them. They are either out of business or not accepting freelance submissions—either way bad bets for your work.
The two directories have a combined total of 1,269 listings—bringing you more solid children’s market publishing opportunities than any other source . . . PLUS—
The significant recent changes in contacts, editorial needs, pay rates, addresses, who’s in, who’s out—all the updated information you need to increase your chances of publication and keep you from wasting time and postage . . . PLUS—

Leading editors and writers have a strong bond with the Institute of Children’s Literature. That’s why they are motivated to pass on to our students and graduates their exclusive inside tips on how to get published in today’s market.

Editors from Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, Boyds Mills Press, Charlesbridge, Morgan Reynolds, Enslow, Millbrook, Capstone, Ronsdale Press (Canada), and others clue readers in on how to attract serious editorial attention. The editors of such magazines as Highlights for Children, Cicada, Cobblestone, Cricket, Nature Friend, Pockets, Odyssey, AppleSeeds, and Faces reveal changed needs and the best strategies for making it onto their pages now.

In exclusive articles, top magazine editors offer insight on how to spin science facts into writers’ gold, creative takes on writing to a magazine’s theme, and crafting top-notch fiction for boys. Book editors reveal the publishing trends for 2011-2012: irresistible action-adventure novels, nonfiction early readers with creative flair, and biographies that break the mold.

“I was really glad to get the new edition. The magazine
that bought my story wasn’t listed in the old edition.”
—Mary Ann Donlan, Eagle River, AK

Walker & Company would like to receive more submissions of middle-grade and young adult novels, and picture books for the preschool and early elementary age levels.
Tilbury House is currently looking for books for middle-graders on social justice issues.
Dorchester Publishing is concentrating on acquiring romance, horror, Westerns, and thrillers.
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers is looking for stories that celebrate diversity and that relate to current issues.
Milkweed Editions is particularly in need of submissions of multicultural or ethnic stories for middle-graders.
Facts on File is currently interested in history, science, and political science topics.
Feiwel & Friends is on the lookout for fiction and nonfiction about animals, friendships both real and imaginary, sports, and school for young readers ages 4-18.
Heuer Publishing is actively seeking plays for young people that specifically include fresh and original comedies and murder mysteries.
Picture books depicting Jewish summer camps, and nonfiction with ecology themes are of interest to Kar-Ben Publishing, a publisher of books with Jewish themes.
Raven Productions is especially interested in books about children’s outdoor experiences for ages three and up.

Humpty Dumpty is currently seeking poetry, crafts, recipes, and rebuses, for ages 4 to 6.
Spider’s current needs include science fiction and original fairy tales, for ages 6 to 9.
FamilyFun Magazine is looking for original ideas for family projects and family-friendly travel destinations.
Scholastic DynaMath is interested in receiving math activities that tie in with high-interest current events, for ages 8-12.
Odyssey would like to see more science fiction short stories that correspond to its list of themes.
Focus on the Family Clubhouse is looking for short fiction with strong character-based takeaways, set outside of the U.S.
Live is especially searching for articles relating to holidays other than Thanksgiving and Christmas.
CollegeOutlook is seeking student-centered articles on subjects related to the stressful, pre-college experience.

We include all the changes and updated submission facts you need to save time and postage, and to steer your manuscripts to where they have the best chance of being accepted for publication.

GUARANTEED. If you find our directories wanting in any way, return them during the 30-day free examination period and owe nothing.

“I think the Market Directories are
worth their weight in gold.”
—Alanda Davis, Topeka, KS

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Good luck in 2011! I’d love to hear from you when you sell your writing.

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I believe you’ll see why Amanda Hall wrote to us to say, “Every submission and sale I’ve ever made has been because of the Market Directories. Other directories just can’t compare with those put out by the Institute.”