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Theme list for 2011 - 2012 [query due date]
- Mapping Egypt's Valley of the Kings (Feb 2012) [1/28/11]
- The Perfect Storm: Weather, Climate and Us (finds that offer evidence of climate change and otherwise) (Mar 2012) [2/26/11]
- Uncovered Boats: Sunk and Found! (Apr 2012) [3/30/11]
- Games and Toys (May/Jun 2012) [4/28/11]
- Reptiles: More Than Just Dinosaurs (Jul/Aug 2012) [6/25/11]
General Information
DIG focuses on archaeology - recent discoveries, techniques used in the field and in the laboratory, archaeologists past and present, innovative 'dig' programs for our age audience (9- to 14-year-olds), rethinking of popular theories, and creative activities that entertain as well as inform. Accuracy is essential. Writers are encouraged to study recent past copies for content and style. (Sample copies are available at $6.95 plus $2.00 shipping and handling.)
Procedure
In order for your idea to be considered, a query must accompany each individual idea (however, you can mail them all together) and must include the following:
1. a brief cover letter stating the subject and word length of the proposed article,
2. a detailed one-page outline explaining the information to be presented in the article,
3. an extensive bibliography of materials the author intends to use in preparing the article,
4. a self-addressed stamped envelope.
Authors are urged to use primary resources and up-to-date scholarly resources in their bibliography. Writers new to DIG should send a writing sample with the query. If you would like to know if your query has been received, please also include a stamped postcard that requests acknowledgment of receipt. In all correspondence, please include your complete address as well as a telephone number where you can be reached.
A writer may send as many queries for one edition as he or she wishes, but each query must have a separate cover letter, outline, bibliography, and self-addressed stamped envelope. All queries must be typed.
Guidelines
Feature Articles:
700-800 words
Includes: in-depth nonfiction, plays, and biographies
Supplemental Nonfiction:
300-600 words
Includes: subjects directly and indirectly related to the theme. Editors like little-known information but encourage writers not to overlook the obvious.
Fiction:
up to 800 words
Includes: authentic historical and biographical fiction, adventure, retold legends, relating to the theme.
Payment: The above three pay 20 to 25 cents per printed word.
Activities:
up to 700 words.
Includes: crafts, recipes, woodworking, or any other interesting projects that can be done either by children alone or with adult supervision. Sketches and description of how activity relates to theme should accompany queries.
Puzzles and Games:
(please, no word finds). Crossword and other word puzzles using the vocabulary of the edition's theme. Mazes and picture puzzles that relate to the theme.
The above three pay on an individual basis.
Note
Queries may be submitted at any time, but queries sent well in advance of deadline MAY NOT BE ANSWERED FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. Go-aheads requesting material proposed in queries are usually sent five months prior to publication date. Unused queries will be returned approximately three to four months prior to publication date. Hard copy queries ONLY, no email.
Mail queries to:
Editorial Department
Cobblestone Publishing
Attn: Rosalie Baker
30 Grove Street, Suite C
Peterborough, NH 03458
More information here. Check out the submissions guidelines for other Cricket magazines here.
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