Children's Magazine · open call

Send us your work.

The Dorna Children's Magazine is written and illustrated entirely by children, for children, from anywhere in the world, published in print and online. It's open to writing, drawings, photographs, comics, puzzles, anything a child has to say, in any language. A parent or guardian must give explicit consent before we can keep, review, or publish the work.

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Step 1 of 2

About you and your work

The child fills this in (with help from a grown-up if needed).

Your first name

Your age

Country you live in

Which call is this for?

Fold your idea of home into something you can send, and let it fly to us

A crane always finds its way home. Show us yours.

Dorna means crane. Cranes fly enormous distances, over seas and cities and deserts, and they always find their way home. So for our very first edition, we are asking children everywhere one question: what is home to you?

Home can be so many things. The place you sleep, or the place you used to. The smell of a kitchen. The people around your table. A song, a story someone in your family tells, a street, a tree, a language. Something you carry with you even when you are far away. Or something you are still trying to figure out.

And home does not look the same for everyone. A house, an apartment, a tent, a houseboat, even an igloo: made of brick, or cloth, or snow, or simply made of people.

You can draw it, paint it, write it, photograph it, film it, or sing it. Any language. Any length. The only rule is that it is yours, something you made yourself. A grown-up can help you send it in, but the making is all you.

This is not a contest, and there are no winners or losers. Every piece that reaches us will find its audience: some in the printed magazine, all of them in our online archive, some at readings and events. And everyone who sends something will receive the finished edition when it flies out into the world in spring 2027, in time for Nowruz, the first day of spring.

So fold your idea of home into something you can send, and let it fly to us. The call is open until December 2026.

Work sent to an edition is considered for that magazine. A general submission still reaches the editors and can join a future edition.

Language of the work

Title (if it has one)

Tell us about it, or write your story / poem / joke here

Upload your work (image, PDF, or text file)

Drag & drop your artwork or writing here, or tap to browseImages, PDFs, or plain text files

For drawings, paintings, photos, comics, scans of handwritten work. Up to about 25 MB. For text-only work, the box above is fine on its own.

Step 2 of 2

Parent or guardian consent

This part is filled in by the child's parent or legal guardian. Your consent is required before we can keep, review, or publish the work.

Your full name (parent or guardian)

Your email

Relationship to the child

Phone (optional)

Consent (please tick all four)

I am the parent or legal guardian of the child named above.I consent to Stichting Dorna processing my child's first name, age, country, and the submitted work, for the purpose of considering it for the Dorna children's magazine.I consent to Dorna potentially publishing this work in the Dorna children's magazine, in print and digital editions, credited with my child's first name, age, and country only. No last name. No contact details.I understand I can withdraw this consent and request removal at any time by emailing info@dornafoundation.org.

Type your full name as your signature

Your typed name plus the timestamp recorded on submission counts as your electronic signature.

By submitting, you confirm the consent items above. Stichting Dorna is the data controller. See the data notice below, or the full privacy policy.

How we use this

Data controller. Stichting Dorna, Alexander Boersstraat 18 H, 1071 KX Amsterdam, NL · KVK 96770831.
What we keep. First name, age, country, the work itself, plus the guardian's name, email, relationship, optional phone, and timestamped signature.
Encryption. Names, emails, phone numbers and signatures are encrypted at rest. The submitted work and editorial notes are not, they're what the editors review.
Retention. Unconfirmed submissions expire and are deleted after 14 days. Confirmed submissions are kept until the relevant magazine edition closes, or until the guardian asks us to remove them.
Withdraw at any time. Email info@dornafoundation.org and we'll delete the entry. No reason needed.

Prefer to send by post?

Mail the work to the address below, with a signed note from the parent or guardian including the four consent items above and a way to reach you (email or phone). We'll write back to confirm we received it.

Stichting Dorna, Children's MagazineAlexander Boersstraat 18 H
1071 KX Amsterdam
Netherlands

Questions: info@dornafoundation.org