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A print lit mag for kids featuring writing and artwork by both adult and youth creatives. EIC: @clairemtaylor.com

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50% of my Etsy sales this month will be donated to the Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition to support their fight for immigrant justice.

Order notebooks, bookmarks, zines, and wall art and help support an important cause!

Link in bio, thank you!
#Crafts #WritingCommunity #WritingLife
Four images arranged in quadrants, including: a marbled piece of wall art, a blue handmade notebook, a children’s poetry zine called Chatting Poems, and handmade woven bookmarks.
February 10, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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Comments are open and our contest is underway! Can’t wait to read your odes to the sweet, silly, surprising little things you love!
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Our Silly Love Sonnets contest starts tomorrow, Feb 9th and runs through Wednesday, Feb 11th!

Come share your small, silly pleasures and help us spread some joy!

Read the contest rules here:

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February 9, 2026 at 1:09 PM
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Comments are open and our contest is underway! Can’t wait to read your odes to the sweet, silly, surprising little things you love!
littlethoughtspress.com Little Thoughts Press @littlethoughtspress.com · 2d
Our Silly Love Sonnets contest starts tomorrow, Feb 9th and runs through Wednesday, Feb 11th!

Come share your small, silly pleasures and help us spread some joy!

Read the contest rules here:

www.littlethoughtspress.com/post/2026-s-...
February 9, 2026 at 1:09 PM
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Time is running out to submit work for Issue 9: Mystery! 🔍
Calling 5-13 y/o kids! Please send writing, art, and photos to our mentors by 2/14 for consideration. The clock is ticking down, and we can't wait to see what you've got. Keep shining! ✨
www.litkidsmagazine.com/submissions

#parents #kidlit
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February 8, 2026 at 6:14 PM
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Our Silly Love Sonnets contest starts tomorrow, Feb 9th and runs through Wednesday, Feb 11th!

Come share your small, silly pleasures and help us spread some joy!

Read the contest rules here:

www.littlethoughtspress.com/post/2026-s-...
February 8, 2026 at 3:14 PM
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It's almost that time again! Valentine's is right around the corner and our Silly Love Sonnets contest starts Monday, Feb 9th!

Check out last year's entries: www.littlethoughtspress.com/post/2025sil...

and winners: www.littlethoughtspress.com/post/winners...

to gear up for this year's contest!
Silly Love Sonnets contest badge featuring an illustration of a raccoon with a rose in its teeth against a backdrop of pink hearts.
February 4, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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1/30/2026 is the 78th death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Here is my poem honoring him, published in @littlethoughtspress.com Issue 12: Better Together. #gandhi #justice #poetry #kidlit
January 30, 2026 at 8:56 PM
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"... if life was always perfect you would never be sad, or angry, and those emotions are very important. They make us human."

So much wisdom to be found in this story from young writer Isabelle Paruzel-Gibson.

"Perfectly Imperfect" in Issue 11: Stirring Words www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
A page from Little Thoughts Press Issue 11: Stirring Words with a sneak peek of the story Perfectly Imperfect by Isabelle Paruzel-Gibson. Accompanying the story is an illustration of a child lying on their stomach painting nature images.
January 27, 2026 at 6:51 PM
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I’m behind on many things because there is simply too much in both my personal life and the world right now that is requiring my immediate attention. But I’m gearing up to share more about our Better Together issue and its amazing contributors soon!
January 24, 2026 at 8:48 PM
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If you are still waiting on a response to your submission to Issue 13: Head, Shoulders, Spleen and Nose, I appreciate your patience. I’m working as fast as I can to get emails sent and should have all decisions sent out by the end of the day today.
January 21, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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A perfect #kidlit poem for MLK Day by @paljes.bsky.social, "Winning Wars With Peace" honors the lives and legacies of both MLK and Gandhi.

Read the full poem in our Better Together issue which celebrates community engagement and collective action.

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Winning Wars With Peace by Pallavi Jesrani When injustice reigned all across the land, they raised uplifting voices, and took a steadfast stand. One sought independence one strove for civil rights, with strong resolve and passion that scaled the highest heights. They both revered the truth, and each one had a dream. Their stirring words aroused, and thousands joined their team. At no time did they use arms or ammunition. Non-violence was a core value of their missions. They marched away to Dandi. Made their own free salt. Marched off to Montgomery, and led a bus boycott.
January 19, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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I'm so excited and honored to be included with the amazing writers and artists @littlethoughtspress.com in issue 12, Better Together! My story, Newsgirl, is about the newboys' strike of 1899 from the perspective of a newsgirl - brought to life by the wonderful art of @kimwnolan.bsky.social.
January 19, 2026 at 6:18 PM
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SUBMISSION CALL COMING!

Wednesday, 1/14, 10 AM (MT) / 12 PM (ET) / 6 PM (CET)
Subs will be capped at 150, so be quick.

The nitty-gritty:
750 words for prose (or 2 micro pieces of equal combined length)
1-2 poems & hybrid pieces (each no longer than 2 pages)

guest ed: @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social
Beginnings for HAD Simone de Beauvoir once said beginnings are sheer acts of choice. Eliot believed the end and the beginning are all entangled. Anything that falls in-between is collateral. There must be a reason new beginnings are rarely gentle and often messy. Send me anything that explores why that might be the case. Think in terms of a fresh start, a clean slate, the beginning of a long journey, a reset, whether it be literal, metaphorical, or spiritual. Submissions open Wednesday, 1/14, 10 AM (MT) / 12 PM (ET) / 6 PM (CET). Submissions will be capped at 150, so be quick. The nitty-gritty: 750 words for prose (or 2 micro pieces of equal combined length) 1-2 poems & hybrid pieces (each no longer than 2 pages) All submissions will receive a response within 24 hours. Thanks all for participating. 💀 💀 💀 — Sarp
January 12, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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"The Trouble with See-Saws" by Paula Thompson is a perfect little package of wordplay.

In Little Thoughts Press Issue 11: Stirring Words, available in print & pdf.

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A page from Little Thoughts Press Issue 11: Stirring Words with a sneak peek of the poem The Trouble with See-Saws by Paula Thompson.
January 8, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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Quite the pickle for this pickle in a pickle.

A Pickle in a Pickle by young artist, Ben Taylor, in Little Thoughts Press Issue 11: Stirring Words, available in print & pdf.

www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
A page from Little Thoughts Press Issue 11: Stirring Words with a sneak peek of the artwork, A Pickle in a Pickle by Ben Taylor. The illustration is of a team of pickles playing baseball. One of the pickles is caught in a pickle.
January 7, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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Happy 2026, everyone! 🥳
As of today, we're OPEN to submissions for Issue 9: Mystery! 🔍
Calling 5 to 13 y/o kids: send your writing, art, and photos by 1/31 for consideration. Our mentors can't wait to fit all the pieces together! Keep shining! ✨
www.litkidsmagazine.com/submissions

#kidlit #parents
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January 1, 2026 at 6:48 PM
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The week between Christmas and New Year was made for hurkle-durkle. Let's stay in bed all day and read @shsinnett.bsky.social's delightful poem "Hurkle-durkle" in Little Thoughts Press Issue 11: Stirring Words, available in print and pdf.

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🎨 by Shaunessy Sinnett
A page from Little Thoughts Press Issue 11: Stirring Words with a sneak peek of the poem Hurkle-durkle by Shaunessy Sinnett, accompanied by an illustration of a smiling child in bed long after the sun is up.
December 30, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Close your eyes and picture the nocturnal dance from Lisa Billa's beautiful nonent, Plankton Pageant, in Little Thoughts Press Issue 11: Stirring Words.

Available in print and pdf: www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
A page from Little Thoughts Press Issue 11: Stirring Words with a sneak peek of the poem Plankton Pageant by Lisa Billa.
December 29, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Sharing a snippet of this powerful poem by Jen Jocz, which I illustrated for the Better Together issue of @littlethoughtspress.com. “The Shoes That Kept Coming” is inspired by the Birmingham Children’s Crusade of 1963. You can read the full story in Issue 12, pages 23-25. #kidlit #writingcommunity
Picture of page 23 of Little Thoughts Press children's magazine, issue 12: Better Together. The first page of a 3-page poem titled "The Shoes That Kept Coming" by Jen Jocz, illustrated by Kim Wagner Nolan. The illustration depicts people wearing all different shoes marching together. The story is inspired by the Birmingham Children's Crusade of 1963.
December 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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The days are growing longer again so here's to all of us, people and pebbles alike, enjoying a little more sun.

Read Mona Voelkel's poem, A Pebble Remembers, in Little Thoughts Press Issue 11: Stirring Words:

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🎨 by @kimwnolan.bsky.social
A page from Little Thoughts Press Issue 11: Stirring Words with a sneak peek of the poem A Pebble Remembers by Mona Voelkel featuring an illustration by Kim Wagner Nolan of a busted castle and a smiling pebble on top of a pile of rocks.
December 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Hooray! @littlethoughtspress.com just launched Issue 12: Better Together (www.littlethoughtspress.com). Be sure to check out pages 40-42, on which you will find poems by two of my critique partners: @pjpurtee.bsky.social and @davidmcmullin.bsky.social. (My poem is on page 33!)
Little Thoughts Press | A children's literary magazine
Little Thoughts Press is a children's literary magazine designed for a youth audience ages ten and under. Founded in 2021 by editor in chief, Claire Taylor.
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December 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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A celebration of our 2025 catalog, contributors, team and more in our latest (and last of the year) newsletter!

Thank you so much to everyone who read, supported, contributed to, and spread the word about Little Thoughts Press in 2025!

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Thank You for a Fabulous 2025!
A celebration of this year's Little Thoughts Press catalog, contributors, and more!
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December 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Whether it's test-day jitters, stage fright, or just general feelings of overwhelm, Kelly Clasen's story "The Spelling Knee" is a beautiful reminder of how helpful it can be to take a moment to B-R-E-A-T-H-E.

Issue 11: Stirring Words is available in print & pdf.
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A page from Little Thoughts Press Issue 11: Stirring Words with a sneak peek of the story The Spelling Knee by Kelly Clasen.
December 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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We could spend all day quibbling (or kwibbling) about how certain words SHOULD be spelled, but there's no denying that Mike Flowers' poem, Quibble, is positively delightful!

Check it out in Issue 11: Stirring Words, available in print & pdf.
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A page from Little Thoughts Press Issue 11: Stirring Words with a sneak peek of the poem Quibble by Mike Flowers, featuring artwork of by Kim Wagner Nolan.
December 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Super happy to say that my "Sandcastle Rescue Center" illustration is included in the Better Together issue of
@littlethoughtspress.com!

The full issue has a ton of inspiring art ❤️

If anyone is interested in the issue here is the link: littlethoughtspress.gumroad.com/l/ltpmag12

#kidlitart
an illustration of a rescue center for marine life in the background while the foreground has a group of three women who are helping a turtle get back into the water.
December 16, 2025 at 8:18 AM