Kids Submission Guidelines and Contests for CALLIOPE ®At CALLIOPE ®, we always love to hear from you! Check out our submission guidelines and contests for CALLIOPE ®, listed below, or simply write or email us about whatever's on your mind. Don't forget about our ASK CALLIOPE ® feature, where our expert answers your questions about world history. Ask Calliope Q & ACalliope, the ancient Greek Muse of epic poetry and eloquence, loves to talk to kids about her favorite subject - history. We've just posted some of her recent exchanges here.
CALLIOPE's Write Your Own Fable Contest! Our October 2009 issue is all about Aesop and his fables...and now it's your turn! Once you've read the issue, you will have read many of Aesop's fables, as well as adaptions, ancient and modern, of his tales. Now we want to hear from you! Create your own story in 150 words or less, and send it, with YOUR moral, to: FABLE CONTEST CALLIOPE Magazine 30 Grove Street, Suite C Peterborough, NH 03458
CALLIOPE will choose three to print in upcoming issues, and send each author a great game kit.
Looking for More Aesop's Fun? Test your Aesop knowledge with a matching activity here.
CALLIOPE's "Honor an Ancient Deity" Contest The results are in! Congratulations to Hallie T. of Seattle, WA, our first place winner, and Uttara C. of Chesterfield, MO, our second place winner. Look for their winning entries here and in the January 2010 issue of CALLIOPE!
There Was A Reason Why They Called her Catherine the Great...Find out why here (and read a bonus sidebar, too) and in our May/June 2009 issue!
Want to Know More About Our Arabic Lights issue?
Read about the connection between Arabic weaving and today's computers, and learn how to "translate" those Arabic names here.
A Note About our Marco Polo issue:
Correction: Please note the the images of Antonio's and Caterina's tombstones on pages 36 and 37 of CALLIOPE's April 2009 issue on Marco Polo should be credited to The Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History at the University of San Francisco Center for the Pacific Rim.
Contest: Maps of the Future
Check out the winners here! Submission Guidelines2009 - 2010 School Year| Sep | Karnak - Egypt's Chosen Place | | Oct | Aesop and His Fables - Did He Really Exist?
| | Nov/Dec | Great Wall of China
| | Jan | The Parthenon - Symbol of Eternal Greece
| | Feb | Isabella of Spain - Queen of a New World
| | Mar | Michelangelo | | Apr | Dutch East India Company - Trade Goes Internation
| | May/Jun | Exploring Africa with Stanley & Livingston
| | Jul/Aug | Meaning of Numbers
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Send your poems, stories, and drawings to: CALLIOPE 30 Grove Street, Suite C Peterborough, NH 03458 NEW EMAIL: askcalliope@caruspub.com
All submissions must be your own, original work, certified by a teacher or guardian. If you are age 13 or younger, please also include a document signed by your guardian granting permission to contact you regarding your submission and to acquire additional personal information as needed to process your work. All submissions become the property of Cobblestone Publishing Company and will not be returned. We assume no responsibility for unsolicited material. Submissions do not guarantee publication.
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