High Five Magazine

High Five is now closed to submissions. Thank you for submitting during our open period!   

7/1/2026: We are thrilled to have received so many submissions from authors all around the world. Yay! Our next step is to read and discuss all pieces. We hope to start sending out decisions in early August. If our schedule changes, we'll post updates here.  

Thanks for thinking of High Five as you write! We're excited to see what you've written!

Thank you for your interest in writing for High Five. We encourage you to become familiar with our magazine (library, bookstore, online) before you submit. 

• We're looking for great stories, fresh voices, and nonfiction relevant to the lives and interests of children ages 2-6. We adore whimsical stories that will tickle readers' imaginations. We get excited by nonfiction that will teach kids (and parents!) something new. 
• We're more interested in stories and nonfiction. Stories should delight, engage, and inspire young children ages 2-6. If  your story has a young child as the protagonist, that child should be the one to solve the dilemma. (Don't forget that all stories should have a dilemma or a little problem that needs a solution.) Stories should be paced so that they fit on four magazine pages, with a maximum of 160 words total. Nonfiction should reflect what's interesting and comprehensible to a preschooler and is also capped at 160 words. We're more interested in insects than biographies.  
• We're less interested in holiday content, gardening, 'a day in the life of,' and stories that don't have dialogue.  
• We do not publish rebus stories, finger plays, works longer than 160 words, or previously published works.    

Please note: We do not accept work through Submittable (or through e-mail) from writers younger than 16. Young writers and artists may send their work to: Highlights, 803 Church Street, Honesdale, PA 18431. Or they may upload it at this link: https://www.highlightskids.com/asks/share-with-us/your-own-pages