If you're waiting for a response on In the Dark submissions, please be patient with me! I'll have all responses sent by the EOD on Wed. A summer without childcare & the start of a new school year have set me back a bit, but every free minute I have is used to send decisions. Sorry for the delay.
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Can you squeeze in one more road trip this summer? Why not use @shaunjexauthor.bsky.social's poetry collection about the oddest — and shyest — creatures in North America as your guidebook? Check out @littlethoughtspress.com's blog for details. www.littlethoughtspress.com/post/book-re...
Book Review: A Catalog of Curious Creatures by Shaun Jex
Reviewed by Jennifer ThomasSome people collect shells, comic books, or keychains. Shaun Jex collects tales about American creatures that most of us have never seen, “the type that people tell stories ...
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Check it out! I have a story in this issue of @littlethoughtspress.com.
If your favorite ritual is reading each new issue cover to cover, then today is your lucky day! Issue 14: Traditions & Rituals is here! Now available in print & as a free/PWYW pdf. Special thanks to @steenahernandez.bsky.social for serving as guest editor! www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
Having a hard time starting the day? Add some magic! My poem "A Magical Morning" adds that spakle in the Little Thoughts Press "Traditions & Rituals" issue. Read the whole issue here: littlethoughtspress.gumroad.com/l/ltpmag14 @littlethoughtspress.com
So excited to be in this issue with my poem “Magical Morning”!
If your favorite ritual is reading each new issue cover to cover, then today is your lucky day! Issue 14: Traditions & Rituals is here! Now available in print & as a free/PWYW pdf. Special thanks to @steenahernandez.bsky.social for serving as guest editor! www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
Very proud that "Hamentashen" was included in the newest lovely issue of Little Thoughts Press @littlethoughtspress.com issue, "Traditions and Rituals". You can get a copy by clicking on this link: www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues #kidlit #poetry
If your favorite ritual is reading each new issue cover to cover, then today is your lucky day! Issue 14: Traditions & Rituals is here! Now available in print & as a free/PWYW pdf. Special thanks to @steenahernandez.bsky.social for serving as guest editor! www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
ISSUES | Little Thoughts
A collection of past Little Thoughts Press issues.
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SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN! 💫 Check out our guidelines and send us your spooky and splendid tales of the dark. www.littlethoughtspress.com/submissions And don't forget...we're a magazine for kids! Pleas save your adult-themed submissions for someone else.
SUBMISSIONS | Little Thoughts
Little Thoughts Press publishes stories, poetry, and artwork for young readers ages ten and under. All submitted material should be aimed at this audience. While writing for children does not need to ...
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Submissions for Issue 15 open on June 22nd! In a galaxy far, far away, through the depths of the ocean, in the middle of a moonless night… For this issue, we want you to take us into the dark. Visit www.littlethoughtspress.com/theme to learn more! #kidlit #callforsubmissions
Hardest interview question? What would your bellybutton say to you? 😂 @littlethoughtspress.com is such a lovely place to get published! www.littlethoughtspress.com/post/intervi... #kidlit #writingforkids #writing
Interview: Rachel Burrows
Rachel Burrows' writing for children can be found in Northern Gravy, The Toy, Tyger Tyger, Little Thoughts Press and The Dirigible Balloon. She is an Undiscovered Voices 2026 Winner and was also short...
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Many thanks to Jennifer Thomas and @littlethoughtspress.com for their wonderful review of A Catalog of Curious Creatures! I'm thrilled to know that my little collection of oddities is being enjoyed. #poetry #poetrycommunity #kidlit #writingforchildren www.littlethoughtspress.com/post/book-re...
Book Review: A Catalog of Curious Creatures by Shaun Jex
Reviewed by Jennifer ThomasSome people collect shells, comic books, or keychains. Shaun Jex collects tales about American creatures that most of us have never seen, “the type that people tell stories ...
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Submissions for Issue 15 open on June 22nd! In a galaxy far, far away, through the depths of the ocean, in the middle of a moonless night… For this issue, we want you to take us into the dark. Visit www.littlethoughtspress.com/theme to learn more! #kidlit #callforsubmissions
👃🏾 I don’t pick my nose. 🍯 My sister, Honey June, does. I’m not judging… just saying. My friends at @littlethoughtspress.com 💭have my report. 📝 You should read it. 👓 It deserves an award 🏆, an A+, and a treat or two!!! 🍬 ✨ #KidsLit #Poetry
Thank you to everyone who shared their work for our Traditions and Rituals submission call! I believe I have responded to all submissions. Please check your spam folder if you haven't heard from me! And a huge thanks to @steenahernandez.bsky.social for her work in selecting this issue's pieces!
#NationalPoetryMonth #kidlit Close out a month of celebrating poetry with @lindapoet.bsky.social's dreamy, flowing "River Vow" from Issue 12: Better Together. www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
So many ways to celebrate spring with poetry… Share your ways, maybe you’re participating with Joyce Uglow in the Stuck Bumblebee Challenge jpuglow.substack.com Or with Claire Taylor @littlethoughtspress.com littlethoughtspress.beehiiv.com/p/a-celebrat...
A Celebration of Spring
poems for the spring season
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A little mutual aid flashback from grade school...
#NationalPoetryMonth #kidlit "Feast" by Andrew Sprung, in Little Thoughts Press Issue 12: Better Together, available now in print & pdf. Accompanied by artwork from Imogen Hartland. www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
“A Very Serious Report on the Boogers in My Nose” by @genesis-pearl.bsky.social is a very timely piece now that allergy season is upon us! I had the very serious assignment of illustrating the problematic boogers.
Happy Earth Day! 🌏 Get inspired to do your part to help clean and protect the Earth with Claire Schlinkert's poem, "Litter-Picker" from Issue 12: Better Together, available now in print & pdf. www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
Illustrating “I Once Met a Man…” tickled my funny bone! You can find this idiom-packed poem by David McMullin on page 2 of @littlethoughtspress.com Issue 13: Head, Shoulders, Spleen & Nose. @davidmcmullin.bsky.social #Kidlitillustration #poetryforkids #kidsmagazine #childrensillustration #kidlit
#NationalPoetryMonth #kidlit "Eli's House" by @theplaypoet.bsky.social is a heartbreaking & heartwarming look at the important ways we show up for each other in times of grief. In Little Thoughts Press Issue 12: Better Together, available in print & pdf. www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
Late to celebrate, but excited to be part of this beautiful issue! Thank you to the editors, cheers to all the creators, and big thanks to my amazing CPs! #kidlit #kidlitcommunity @littlethoughtspress.com
If it's your tradition to wait until the last minute to submit your #kidlit writing & artwork, then I've got good news for you... Today's the last day to send your submissions for Issue 14: Traditions & Rituals! www.littlethoughtspress.com/submissions
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#NationalPoetryMonth #kidlit Bop along to "Chit Chat" by Graham Seal in Issue 11: Stirring Words. www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
#NationalPoetryMonth #kidlit "Feast" by Andrew Sprung, in Little Thoughts Press Issue 12: Better Together, available now in print & pdf. Accompanied by artwork from Imogen Hartland. www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
I have been out of town for the past week—if you recently ordered copies of our magazine, I apologize for the delay and will be shipping them out very soon!
#NationalPoetryMonth #kidlit Choose love. Choose care. Choose community. "Love Letter" by Cathy Stenquist (@cathystenquist.bsky.social) is part of Little Thoughts Press Issue 12: Better Together. www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
Lit Kids is OPEN to submissions for Issue 10: Folklore/Mythology through 5/15! We accept writing, art, and photos by 5-13 y/o kids. Our mentors can't wait to spotlight new talent. Please subscribe, spread the word, and keep shining! ✨ www.litkidsmagazine.com/submissions #kidlit #emag #parents
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Happy National Poetry Month! Let's kick it off with a playful poem from Webb Smith featuring the kind of weather we've come to expect in April. "Cats and Dogs" by Webb Smith in Little Thoughts Press Issue 11: Stirring Words. accompanied by artwork from @kimwnolan.bsky.social
Sometimes I celebrate my week by changing the display ! 😂 #library #schoollibrary #kidlit #writing #poetry @littlethoughtspress.com #poemsonthemove