Writing for Children's Magazines: Owlkids

Anyone else watch OWL/TV in the 80′s? It was a Canadian kids show that focused on science and nature, based on the popular OWL magazines. Does anyone remember the name of the creepy talking skeleton?

I often watched it and can still remember the theme song…if you’re feeling a bit nostalgic for it, here it is:

While the show ran from 1985-1994, the magazines are still going strong. These award winning magazines, published monthly, cover a variety of topics, from science, nature, animals, current events, and culture, to puzzles, activities, stories, comics, and more. Packed with illustrations and photos, these magazines are very popular with Canadian children.

Chirp, chickaDEE and Owl Magazines are all part of Owlkids, Each magazine is geared toward a different age group: Chirp for ages 3-6, chickDEE ages 6-9, and Owl for ages 9-12.

chirp magazine for ages 3-6

Submissions Guidelines (as of 2012):

“Currently we are looking for primarily non-fiction writers for science, culture, animals, and current event topics. If you are interested in writing for the magazines, please send us a resume with recent clippings or writing samples, and a brief description of your proposed work. Please specify which magazine you are interested in writing for. Chirp, chickaDEE and OWL Magazines do not accept unsolicited manuscripts.”

chickaDEE magazine for ages 6-9

Owlkids also publishes books, and for more information about submission guidelines please contact them here. I do know that as with other Canadian magazines, they do not accept manuscripts from outside of Canada.

This is my second in a series of writing for children’s magazines. To read about REAL The Canadian Kids Magazine, check out my post from March 2012.

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