CRICKET magazine seeks to publish the highest quality fiction, poetry, and literary nonfiction to engage our audience of enthusiastic young readers. Editors consider unsolicited submissions from writers of every level of experience. Since its founding in 1973, CRICKET has published some of the most respected writers of children’s literature. It is also a wonderful opportunity for promising new writers to showcase their best work. CRICKET does not distribute theme lists for upcoming issues. However, we have particular interests in stories that explore themes of identity (gender, race and ethnicity, neighborhoods, beliefs and traditions); citizenship and global cultures; scientific and technological exploration; and the creative spirit.

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Tashi, a former tennis prodigy turned coach, turned her husband into a champion. But to overcome a losing streak, he needs to face his ex-best friend and Tashi’s ex-boyfriend.

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Recent Harvard grad Keke McQueen, 23, is eager to ditch her hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan for her dream job in Atlanta, but when Keke discovers that her once super-sharp Grandma Janice is showing early signs of dementia, Keke…

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As Christina prepares her restaurant for its busiest time of year, she gets her DNA test revealing that she’s Jewish. The discovery leads her to a new family and an unlikely romance over eight nights.

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When his late mother appears in a vision and tells him to go to Bucharest, Charlie Countryman immediately boards a plane across the Atlantic. A chance encounter with an ailing passenger leads Charlie to Gabi, a Romanian beauty, changing the course of his entire trip. As he falls head-over-heels in love with Gabi, he realizes that her dark past is riddled with dangerous baggage: namely her gangster ex-husband who has no intention of letting Gabi go. Determined to protect her, Charlie enters into a hallucinatory underworld filled with violence and, strangely enough, love.

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Since childhood, Jojo and Paula have been inseparable. When Jojo falls in love, Paula does everything she can to stop Jojo from making the biggest mistake of her life: getting married.

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Curtis King (Christian Keyes, Madea Goes to Jail) is a handsome and popular student athlete with high expectations for his senior year in college. While he may have game on the court, he has yet to develop a game plan for his heart. Thinking that keeping a personal journal may help him uncover life’s best path, Curtis finds himself guided directly to the love he needs most. This refreshingly romantic look at growing up and finding one’s destiny also stars Grammy® Award nominated singer Brian McKnight, Letoya Luckett (Preacher’s Kid), Richard T. Jones (Why Did I Get Married?), Valarie Pettiford (“Treme”) and Clifton Powell (Ray).

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When a typhoon cripples their boat, the crew sails into the eye of the storm, where they discover a high-tech Russian communications and research vessel adrift. Only one Russian crew member is still alive, raving about “intelligent lightning.” They soon discover that an alien life form has taken over the ship’s computers and is churning out mechanical warriors. With their own boat destroyed, the crew must battle the creature as the ship reenters the storm.

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A mermaid is taken from the Pacific Ocean and her tail is brutally hacked off by a fisherman’s axe. After being captured, she is thrown into a mental institution for women where no one believes she is a mermaid.

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A bounty hunter and his old rival both chase after a killer.

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