[asingrey Posts: 90 Status: Offline]

So I just had my very first children's magazine acceptance. I am so, so excited! I signed a contract with Pockets for the Jan. 2015 issue.

But this brings up something else. Can I include this in my cover letter for another submission to a different magazine before it is published? Or do I wait until it is published? If I can include it, how much info do I give? Do I say fiction and under contract? Or do I give the title and the future publication date?

I've never had an acceptance to include before, so I'm not sure what is customary. I want to do the right thing.

[Vijaya Posts: 8,465 Status: Offline LISTEN. Let all mortal flesh keep silence ... WWW]

Congratulations!!! May this be the first of many.
Definitely say that you have XYZ accepted for publication in Pockets!!! After about 3 acceptances, I would just name the magazines and after several more, you can just say you have over a dozen publications in A, B, C.

Vijaya 

[asingrey Posts: 90 Status: Offline]

Thanks!

[CarrieF Posts: 271 Status: Offline WWW]

You can say something like: My work is forthcoming in Pockets magazine. Or since you know the specific issue: My story "Title" is scheduled for publication in Pockets magazine in January.

After a while, when I had work published in some magazines and accepted (but not published yet) in others, I wrote something like: My poems and stories have been published (or are forthcoming) in ABC, DEF, GHI, and JKL magazines.

[RebeccaL-G Posts: 1,179 Status: Online RA SCBWI Cen-Cal WWW]

Ditto what Vijaya and CarrieF said.  Plus, congratulations on your acceptance! If you are an SCBWI member you can change your status to PAL member once you've signed a contract. 

[Ev Posts: 4,427 Status: Offline Making learning fun! WWW]

Yes, congrats on your acceptance!  Pockets is a wonderful magazine.

Vijaya and Carrie have both given you good possibilities for your current situation.

After you get a bunch more acceptances (which I expect you will  ), another way you can say it is-- I've had x acceptances from children's magazines including A, B, C, and D.

[kwlarson Posts: 258 Status: Offline Books for curious kids WWW]

You have received fantastic advice, so I'll just say "hoooray!" Congrats on your acceptance.

Kirsten

[Carol M Posts: 43 Status: Offline Lily in the Loft. YNWP, 2017 WWW]

Congratulations!