Chamran
I picked two mag's out of Writer's Handbook 2004 ed. and submitted one short story to each. I assumed since they were listed here it was a safe bet. Was I right?
I had a story published by Cricket. They sent a minor edit and contract about 8 months later and then another 6 months passed before it was published. With the check I paid the electric bill, bought Frosted Flakes and framed the magazine. ~karen
My time frame with cricket was about the same, which was a little slower than most, but that's how sometimes I like having a check coming in down the road. It helps balance my budget.
Thanks for responding ctripp and zmethosHmm. I submitted a short story to them in February and received a form rejection in March. But I was also submitting to the magazine for older readers, so maybe they have a different turnaround.
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They are still constantly swamped with submissions, because it's about the prestige this group of magazines still commands in the kid lit Industry. It's certainly not about the money nor the loss of rights to story, poem or Illustration. They once upon a time offered better terms, with a payment each time the work was used again in various ways but now they own the work and do with it as they like, licensing it to others, no further compensation that I have heard about.
You have obviously waited far longer then 6 months, hope you hear something soon!
ePals Corporation (Canadian) still owns Cricket Media but disolved the Carus Group (which they had acquired a number of years back and which owned Cricket mags among other publications)