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Cricket Media

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Length
Up to 6,000 words
Pay
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Simultaneous
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Reprints
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What they accept

CRICKET is Cricket Media's literary magazine for readers aged 9 to 14, publishing realistic contemporary and historical fiction, science fiction and fantasy, folk tales, myths and legends, and humor. Most stories run 1,200 to 1,800 words, shorter pieces of 600 to 900 words are also needed, and longer stories of up to 6,000 words are occasionally serialized; submissions are complete manuscripts via Submittable, responses take three to six months, and payment and rights terms are detailed in the acceptance letter.

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