City Kidz World Magazine Publishes 22 Children in South Brunswick

Children in South Brunswick showed that they were both imaginative and focused this summer when 22 of them completed several short stories, essays, fables, and myths and submitted them to the Back to School issue of the local New Jersey children’s literary and academic magazine, City Kidz World, which comes out the last week of September.

South Brunswick writers and artists ranged in age from ages 6 to 14 years.

“This is the largest response we have ever received from the young writers in New Jersey,” said Diane Henderson, editor of City Kidz World. “Some of the children who published stories in the magazine have now been contributors to the magazine each of the three times it has come out within the last year. We are noticing that their writing is becoming more sophisticated and they seem to be extremely determined to get stories published each issue."

The magazine is for readers of all ages, but all of the stories and art work are submitted by children ages 5 to 17.

The students who were published from South Brunswick include:

Abhinaya , “The Big, Fat, Fight!”;  Afrah, “The Misunderstanding”;  Aishwarya, “Squeak, Squeak”; Anoohya, “A Beautiful Day,” and “The Lamb and the White Wool”; Atif, “Twisted Poem” and “A Futuristic World”; Asrita, “A Beautiful Day”;  Bridget, “Trip to Mars”; Ellison, “Tarantula and the Ant”; Everett, “The Dragons Attacking Atlantis”;  Farhan,  “The Battle”;  Hafsa, “A Proud Day” and “The Chipmunk and the Squirrel”; Hamid, “The Baby Thief”; Laya, “Fish’s Chase to Success” and “Squeak, Squeak”;  Maleeha, “The Unexpected Day”;  Param, “Ninja vs. Dragon”; Om, “The Best Adventure”; Parth, “The Mysterious Island of Rubies”; Saba, “The One Thing I Want…”;  Shree, “The Spectacular Adventure”;  Tanvi, “Disabled child: A Scape Goat~~an inspirational essay about rights of disabled children~~~…”;  and Yash, “Shawn, the Great Swimmer…”

Henderson said, “The mission of this magazine is to create an outlet for children’s creativity. It is both literary and academic.”

“We believe that all children have a voice and an imagination. We want to encourage children to put down the video game controllers, walk away from the television sets and use their imaginations. The next step is for them to be able to communicate those creative ideas through media -  handmade creative contributions: story writing, movie making, drawing, etc. The sky is the limit. We believe that this will help them in the future just as much as math, science, and athletics,” she said.

The magazine comes out four times a year, said Henderson, and has been in publication since 2008. The copies, which are free, can be found in local libraries and YMCAs in Central Jersey. Also, the class of every published student is offered one free classroom set of the publication.

There were 43 writers and artists published in the magazine for the Fall Back to School issue. Nearly all of the writers and artists live in New Jersey, but three of the artists are from India.

In addition to being published in the magazine, some of the submissions will be displayed on the City Kidz World magazine website at www.citykidzworld.com throughout the Fall. The deadline to submit for the winter issue is Nov.15 and the winter issue will come out in mid-December.  Students who would like to contribute to the magazine can submit all of their contributions to editor@citykidzworld.com.