We welcome writing & artwork by kid-lit creatives of all ages & backgrounds. Submissions should be appropriate for an audience of readers aged 10 & under.
Submissions for Issue 14: Traditions & Rituals will be open March 1st - April 10th.
https://www.littlethoughtspress.com/submissions
Huge thanks & so much love to everyone who entered our Silly Love Sonnets contest & to Linda Hofke for serving as our guest judge.
After much consideration, we've made our final choices for our winner, honorable mentions, and kid's choice pick!
www.littlethoughtspress.com/post/winners...
Background image of blood vessels overlayed with text that reads Submissions Are Open for Issue 13: Head, Shoulders, Spleen & Nose.
Need a creative respite from the busy holiday season or an activity to keep your kids engaged over winter break? Send us your #kidlit stories, poems & artwork all about the human body!
What happens when a bone breaks? How does a sneeze grow? Are the large and small intestines buddies or rivals?
Great news! One of your all-time favorite friendship PBs is coming out in May.
(Bonus points: it's also one of your all-time favorite dog books, Orca books, Troy Wilson books, and Mike Deas books.)
Don't say I didn't warn you.
Woohoo! Congratulations, Carrie!! This is so, so, so richly deserved. 😊
Cover of April and Back Again by Claire Taylor featuring a color pencil and pastel image of a woman's face.
My book has a cover!!!
& it rocks!
Shout-out to Liz Woodward for her amazing artwork.
April and Back Again is coming your way early next year from @pubgen.bsky.social.
I can't wait to share this collection 💛💛💛💛
That’s a fabulous illustration! I’m so excited for you, Claire! 🥰
A page from Little Thoughts Press Issue 11: Stirring Words with a sneak peek of the poem Pandemonium by Rachel Burrows, featuring artwork of musical instruments by Imogen Hartland.
'Tis the season for school holiday concerts. Gear up for the jolly pandemonium with @rburrows.bsky.social's humorous tribute to young musicians and their hardworking teachers.
"Pandemonium" is part of Little Thoughts Press Issue 11: Stirring Words.
www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
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Looking for a great holiday gift for a young reader? Get all 3 of our 2025 issues for only $18!
A limited stock of our 2025 bundle is available this month only. We are so proud of these issues that celebrate visual art, the power of words, and the importance of community.
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Old house illustration
People waiting for the bus illustration
Ice skaters illustration
Fall meadow illustration
It's #PortfolioDay!
I'm a children's book illustrator/author based in Indiana. On the hunt for projects that can make use of my love for vintage illustration, stories that make you give a little gasp and explore seasonal fun. ✏️
Find more at: www.michelledwoodillustration.com
#kidlitart #kidlit
A photo of a cut paper collage featuring some orange tents in a nighttime landscape, with scraps, scissors and glue surrounding it.
Turns out I participated in #peachtober first time in 2018?? With this little collage for the word "camp"! WILD!!! SO long ago!!
#peachtober25
Submissions extended for Issue 12: Better Together to October 6th.
Wanted to submit to Issue 12: Better Together but ran short on time? Good news, we’re extending our submission window through October 6th!
Send us your #kidlit writing & artwork celebrating community & the power of working together!
#litmag #callforsubmission
www.littlethoughtspress.com/theme
COVER REVEAL!
Coming in May and available for pre-order.
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By me and Mike Deas and @orcabook.bsky.social.
Congratulations, Troy and Mike! What a wonderful cover. 😊
Calling all #KidLit writers!
Cover of the Stirring Words issue of Little Thoughts Press magazine, showing two children stirring a pot of glowing words.
I still can’t believe I got to guest edit an issue of @littlethoughtspress.com. I’m hugely grateful to the editor, @clairemtaylor.com, for giving me this chance, and to all the writers and artists who embraced our theme.
Come and be stirred by beautiful words!
littlethoughtspress.com/issues
Attention, #parents!
Lit Kids opens to submissions for Issue 8: Air on 10/1. We accept writing, art, and photography solely from creative kids between the ages of 5 and 13. Subscribe to stay in the loop (and blow us away)! Keep shining! ✨
litkidsmagazine.wixsite.com/lit-kids-mag...
#emag #kidlit
I could stare at this for hours. 😊
the long view
#scape #eastcoastkin
Issue 11: Stirring Words is here!
Guest edited by @jthomasabc.bsky.social, Stirring Words is a celebration of words that will inspire, delight, and entrance young readers.
Available now in print and pdf.
www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
Thanks, Peter!
A hydrangea flower highlighted by sun.
When the sun chooses a flower. ✨
A list of topics to consider for our Better Together: A Celebration of Community and Collective Action submission theme: voting/voting rights post-disaster cleanup efforts the history behind designated days like Earth Day, Arbor Day, Labor Day (or similar days in other nations outside the US) kids organizing a bake sale/dance-a-thon/other fundraiser to raise money to support a friend or classmate a celebration of public libraries as free, safe community spaces unique, location-specific community projects. What’s something special about your community? a story about a student-led effort to increase recess time, add school clubs, or get pizza on the lunch menu--anything that takes the idea of collective action and organizing and applies it to kids helping a classmate who is struggling in class, or is being bullied/ostracized donating food/toys/school supplies buddy systems at school supporting small businesses young people around the world who have made a difference; visit: myhero.com/child. local heroes/activists more people should know about
This year has been a lot to handle & it's hard to know what to say to our children about the current state of the world. We want our Better Together issue to be a source of both historic & current examples of how we support & care for each other & work to bring change for the better.
I’m super excited to have a poem for kids featured in @emberjournal.org! This poem involves a couple of my favorite things: the mind-blowing concept of infinity ♾️🤯 and pasta! 🍝😁
Read the poem here: read.emberjournal.org/stefan-karls...
#poetry #poetryforkids #kidlit
Congrats, Stefan! Your poem has knotted up my brain, in the best possible way. 😄
Thanks, Cynthia! It's a treat to get to stay involved with LTP. 😊
I’m happy to be a submissions reader for the next issue of @littlethoughtspress.com. The theme is Better Together!
Wondering what to write about? Why not shine a spotlight on one of the young heroes featured on this website? myhero.com/child
Our submission window is still OPEN!
I already have quite a few gems in my inbox. 🤩
Get those stories in!!
www.littlethoughtspress.com/submissions?...
@littlethoughtspress.com
Thank you @littlethoughtspress.com for publishing my poems in your ##StirringWords edition of your fab magazine amongst so many wonderful poems and short stories 😍
No one told me I had a parcel! My contributor’s copy of the Stirring Words edition of Little Thoughts Press. It’s beautiful! Thanks @littlethoughtspress.com @jthomasabc.bsky.social for accepting my pandemonium euphonium pantoum! 😅 🎷🥁🪇 #poetryforkids #kidlituk #poetry