Cricket - Fiction (Go to Poetry)
CRICKET magazine seeks to publish the highest quality fiction, poetry, and literary nonfiction to engage our audience of enthusiastic young readers. Editors consider unsolicited submissions from writers of every level of experience. Since its founding in 1973, CRICKET has published some of the most respected writers of children’s literature. It is also a wonderful opportunity for promising new writers to showcase their best work.
Market Genres, Styles & Subjects
Genres
FantasyGeneral
Humor
Science Fiction
Young Adult
Market Types, Lengths & Pay Scale
Flash
600 to 1000 words
Unknown
Short Story
1000 to 6000 words
Unknown
Market Submission Types
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Reprints?: Yes
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: No
Postal Submissions?: No
Reprints?: Yes
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: No
Market Response Data
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numbers will be so please be sure to log all of your submissions here and not just your rejections or acceptances.
Accuracy:
There are 27 completed reports in the past 12 months.
Averages and Boundaries:
19 min | 66.00 mean avg | 45 median | 218 max days
Responded:
100.00%
Accepted:
3.70%
Rejected:
96.29%
(0.00% of rejections are personal)
Rewrites:
-
Dead Letters:
-
Lost/Returned:
-
Never Responded:
-
Withdrawn:
-
Pending:
10 pending responses (6 min | 53 mean avg | 37 median | 230 max days waiting)
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