Cicada Magazine is calling for submissions of short stories, comics, poems, and nonfiction essays. They’re a young adult lit\/comic magazine. They pay well, and they’re run by the established Cricket Magazine group.<\/p>\n
They’re a great publication that any YA writer should be proud to be published by.<\/p>\n
They pay up to $3.00 per line of poem, and up to $0.25 per word for nonfiction, and up to $0.10 cents per word for fiction. They accept fiction pieces up to 9,000 words. Nonfiction is capped at 5,000 words. Fiction is capped at 9,000 words.\u00a0 They also pay $3 per line of poetry \u2013 with no length limit.<\/p>\n
They also publish comics, which are commissioned from a brief pitch.<\/p>\n
Once you submit your writing, your work goes through a series of readers. The first readers determine whether your writing is a good fit for the magazine. The work is then sent to 3 editors, and finally the editor in chief. This is a rigorous, but common, selection process. If you make it past the first round, but do not get published, take it as a sign that they may be interested in more work from you. No matter what happens, don’t be shy! But also, be sure that your writing matches their needs.<\/p>\n