Addition to the List Spellbound Magazine (a fantasy publication for children that closed in 2003) is reopening as an electronic magazine. This is a quarterly themed magazine. The first electronic issue, Winter 2012, has "Rings & Other Magic Things" as its theme. Submission period for it is July 1- October 1. They use short stories (max. 2,500 words; pay 2.5 cents/word) and poems (max. 36 lines; $10 for poems less than 8 lines and $20 for others). Submit by email to: Raechel Henderson for fiction submissions@eggplantproductions.com Marcie Tentchoff for poetry poembound@eggplantproductions.com Thanks for this news goes to Jan Fields, ICL WebEditor. She says, "This is a return of a magazine that was really quite nice with the same editor as before." Stories for Children Magazine Update Stories for Children Magazine recently reopened submissions. Their new website is www.sfcmagazine.com and their submission guidelines are now www.sfcmagazine.com/submissions.html. Knowonder! Update After a 3-month break to get themselves repositioned, Knowonder! relaunched on June 1st with a new look and a brand new app. In addition to their daily stories, they now have seven other categories of content. They are paying $25-$50 for stories and articles. You can find their website here: www.knowonder.com. Pockets Themes Pockets now has the rest of its new 2013 theme list posted. You can view it here. New 2013-2014 Themes Recently Posted for Three Carus Magazines New themes for Calliope are here: http://www.cobblestonepub.com/guides_CAL.html. New themes for Dig are here: http://www.cobblestonepub.com/guides_DIG.html. New themes for Faces are here: http://www.cobblestonepub.com/guides_FAC.html. A New Magazine Coming Next Year Highlights is debuting a new magazine next year. It's for ages 0-2 and is called Hello. The size will be 6-1/4" x 7". Kathleen Hayes of High Five will be editing the new magazine. Writing for Children's Magazines, July 2012   Copyright Evelyn B. Christensen