Cicada®

CICADA^® is the literary magazine for teenagers who appreciate terrific writing. No other magazine confronts the joys and absurdities of growing up like CICADA. Exceptional stories and poems written by established adult writers and teens themselves explore the issues that todayís young adults find most important.

• Respects teenagers' creativity and intelligence
• Stories with characters facing situations teenagers grapple with
• Accompanying site The Slam gives teens an opportunity to have their poetry critiqued by peers

"CICADA^® will grab teens who like to read. It will make them feel pat of a community." - Hazel Rochman, Booklist

CICADA JULY/AUGUST 2009 (Jul, 2009)

Features include: Our Turn/Your Turn; Confession of Love in Dream Cream; The Goodness of St. Rocque; Creative Endeavors: Love; Bull's-Eye; The Summer Student; Spot Artist Extraordinaire: Robin Muccari; The Witch's Daughter; The Surgeon; Expressions: Spiderwebs and Dirt.