Cicada®

CICADA^®, the literary magazine for teenagers, contains stories, prose poetry, and essays that are by turns realistic, fanciful, humorous, serious, and engaging, but always thought-provoking. CICADA^®'s 128 pages of intelligent and lively writing also include cartoons, photos, and illustrations.

• 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

MAY 2008 ISSUE CIC (May, 2008)

Features include: Our Turn/Your Turn, Simple Ink, Uncle Preston's Sword, Spot Artist Extrordinaire, Creative Endeavors, Next, Show Me the Proof, Searching for Edith, A Gift from Gertrude Stein, Sweeter than Water, Snady Deliliah, Lord Arthur Savile's Expressions-The Lion and the Eagle, Call for Creative Endeavors