Art Magazines and News for Kids
Art magazines, e-zines, publications and current news for children on arts and literature. Magazines and periodicals are paper-covered publications issued regularly to inform, instruct, or entertain. The word 'magazine' is derived from the French 'magasin', "storehouse," and probably was first used in 1731 by the 'Gentleman's Magazine' of London. Although magazines cater to a host of diverse interests, most fall into one of these broad categories: consumer or general, for segments of the general public; trade and technical, with specialized information; farm, for agricultural interests; and small magazines, usually low-circulation, noncommercial journals. The current popularity of the Internet has introduced a new form of publication, the webzine or e-zine. Peruse the list below for art news and magazines for kids.
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Be True Arts E-zine
A soon-to-be-completed web zine, which is promising to be a comprehensive, high-quality online web zine for kids, focusing on the Arts.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: Canada: CBC 4 Kids
The latest in sports and news for kids, with jokes, stories, music, contests, science experiments, stories, poems, and endangered animals.
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Bad Subjects
"Political Education for Everyday Life" from The Bad Subjects Collective offers intelligent meditations on contemporary culture and capitalism.
Children's Express Organization
A place for kids to express themselves on a variety of subjects, 'Children's Express' has reports by kids, on issues that affect their lives.
Firehorse Magazine, Australia
'Firehorse Magazine', published Down Under, offers a variety of materials to give you a free taste of what the subculture's like in Australia.
Harlem Live Magazine
This award-winning news magazine provides coverage of the social life of Harlem, with political insights, humor and attention to veracity.
Harper's Magazine
'Harper's', long known as one of the best print magazines in existence, offers this extremely pared-down edition of their publication online.
Ishmael Reed Publishing: KONCH Magazine
'KONCH' magazine, published by Ishmael Reed, is a sophisticated literary showcase for contemporary African and African American writing.
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana: Sycamore Review
This excellent literary magazine, edited by Purdue University graduate students, has archives which include the full text of back issues online.
Salon.com
'Salon' may well be the best the web has to offer in a regularly updated zine for literate readers. Outstanding book reviews and interviews.
Scholastic.com: Scholastic News Online
Most parents today will remember 'Scholastic Magazine' from grade school. Moving with the times, its site targets kids grades 3 through 6.
The Atlantic Monthly: The Atlantic Unbound
Atlantic Unbound's site is as good as their print version, the Atlantic Monthly. A trove of articles and resources for interested readers.
University of Central Florida, Orlando: MidLink Magazine
An award-winning magazine for kids, by kids. Articles on current events, poetry, web site reviews, math activities and more. Submit your own!
University of Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Review
New works of poetry and fiction, reviews and essays. Their site features tables of contents for each issue, and selections from the journal.
University of Indiana, Bloomington: Indiana Review
This site provides useful information on the 'Indiana Review', an above-average literary magazine published out of the University of Indiana.
University of Iowa, Iowa City: Iowa Review
The University of Iowa does a good job of representing their literary review magazine online, with excellent selections from the magazine.
University of North Florida, Jacksonville: Mudlark: An Electronic Journal of Poetry and Poetics
'Mudlark' offers an interesting approach: their electronic journal is basically a series of poetry chapbooks, each featuring a single writer.
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia: Cross Connect
'Cross Connect', a triannual electronic journal for contemporary art and writing, is based in Philadelphia at the University of Pennsylvania.