Turtle Magazine for Preschool Kids:

We are accepting poems (4-8 lines), short rebuses (100-150 words), easy recipes, and simple science experiments.

We are accepting poems (4-12 lines in length).

We are accepting poems (4-12 lines), rebuses (100-200 words), and easy recipes.

All material submitted (poems, rebuses, recipes, etc.,) should reflect good, wholesome values and healthy living. Although our emphasis is on health, we certainly use material with more general themes, including holiday and seasonal poems. Recipes must be healthful and simple so that children can make them with minimal adult supervision. Please avoid reference to eating sugary foods, such as candy, cakes, cookies, and soft drinks. Science experiments need to be very simple. Keep in mind the age of your intended audience. Please send seasonal material at least eight months in advance.

Reading our editorial guidelines is not enough. Careful study of current issues will acquaint writers with each title's "personality," various departments, and regular features. Sample copies are $3.95 each (U.S. currency) from the Children's Better Health Institute, P.O. Box 567, Indianapolis, IN 46206.

Manuscripts must be typewritten and double-spaced. The author's name, address, phone number or e-mail address, date of submission, and the approximate word count of the material should appear on the first page of the manuscript. Title pages are not necessary. If you include a cover letter, please keep it brief. Keep a copy of your work. We will handle your manuscript with care, but we cannot assume responsibility for its return. Please submit to a specific magazine, not just to CBHI or the Children's Better Health Institute. This aids us in tracking your manuscript.

Please send entire manuscript. (No e-mail submissions.) All work is on speculation only; queries are not accepted, nor are stories assigned. The editors cannot criticize, offer suggestions, or enter into correspondence with an author concerning manuscripts that are not accepted, nor can they suggest other markets for material that is not published. Material cannot be returned unless it is accompanied by a self-addressed stamped envelope and sufficient return postage. If you do not wish ms. returned, you must say so in your cover letter.

Please do not send drawings or artwork. We prefer to work with professional illustrators of our own choosing.

About three months are required to review manuscripts properly. Please wait three months before sending status inquiries. If a manuscript is returned, it should not be resubmitted to a different publication at this address. Each manuscript is carefully considered for possible use in all magazines, not only the one to which it was originally addressed.

• Turtle: up to 22¢ a word, Fiction/nonfiction

• Humpty Dumpty: up to 22¢ a word, Fiction/nonfiction

• Children's Playmate: up to 17¢ a word, Fiction/nonfiction

• Jack and Jill: (not accepting at this time)

• Children's Digest: (not accepting at this time)

• Poetry: $25.00 minimum

• Photos: $15.00 minimum (not accepting at this time)

• Puzzles and games: (not accepting at this time)

We purchase all rights to manuscripts and pay upon publication. Simultaneous submissions are discouraged. One-time book rights may be returned when the author has found an interested publisher and can provide us with an approximate date of publication.

Except for items that are used in children's columns, the editors do not encourage submissions from children. Even highly talented young people are not usually experienced enough to compete on a professional level with adult authors. There is no payment for children's contributions.