BY GARY DALKIN
The School Magazine, founded in 1916, is a group of Australian literary magazines for children. The magazine, actually four titles – Countdown, Blast Off, Orbit and Touchdown – is most often read in a classroom context and the editors will accept fiction, non-fiction, plays and activities that are suitable for Australian children.
Material should be suitable for children aged 7-14. Fiction can be up to 2,000 words, poetry up to 100 lines. Enquire first for non-fiction. Submission is by mail only, and you may send up to three manuscripts at a time. Payment is Aus$270 per 1,000 words for prose and between $47- $198 per 1,000 words for poetry.