Crow Toes Quarterly publishes submitted work that falls underneath the “dark” children’s lit section. It’s located in Canada, but don’t let that scare you away.
It’s a relatively young publication, having published only thirteen issues to date, but I think it’s a really great concept, and if I had children I would subscribe to it immediately. I might anyway.
Their submission guidelines follows, for you aspiring young adult writers:
Crow Toes Quarterly is looking for playfully dark, intelligent, descriptive literature written for children ages 9 and up. Stories can range in length, but must not exceed 3000 words and please, pretty please, send only your best, most carefully edited work. Poetry is open to interpretation…
Another guideline mentioned is that all submissions must be sent via snail mail, which is refreshing in a way, even if it seems time and money consuming.
They are also currently holding a poetry contest, write a 14 word poem about wings and submit it via e-mail. 10 winners will have their poems published and receive a free print copy of the issue in which they are published (the upcoming 14th issue). No riches or much glitz, but it’s a small publication. Submit for the fun of it.
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