Writing for the Educational Market: Tips, Articles & Interviews

Jun 1, 2025 | Educational Market, Picture Books

Looking Into the Educational Market: What Are the Opportunities?

Maybe you’re an emerging writer of children’s books, a seasoned educator, or an experienced professional writer who has wondered about working in the Educational Market.  The market needs a variety of formats, including photo-illustrated picture books, fiction, nonfiction, poetry, memoir, reader’s theater skits, lesson plans, and more. Read on for some tips, articles and interviews that will help introduce you to the Educational Market!

3 Quick Tips from Ed Market Author Mike Downs:

Tip #1 from author Mike Downs: when doing your research, make sure you keep excellent notes on your sources.

Tip #2 from author Mike Downs: when sending your resume to educational publishers, make sure you feature things you’re good at.

Tip #3 from author Mike Downs: if you’re including poems in your pitch, make sure you use a rhyming dictionary to make sure they are the best they can be.

Things You Need to Know About the Ed Market:

Must-Read FAQs on the Educational Market

Sandra K. Athans and Mike Downs discuss AI, educational standards, editing, making changes, re-purposing old stories, and give their best advice on breaking into the Educational Market. Read the article.

Writing for the Educational Market: Five Pros Share Some Things to Know (Q&A)

Paula Morrow, Jan Fields, Katie Kawa, Sandra K. Athans and Mike Downs share about how they got started in Educational Publishing, what credentials might be needed, and common misconceptions. Read the article.

Podcast: Paula Morrow and Jan Fields on Writing for the Educational Market and Finding Success in an Important Field

Two pros talk with George Brown about showing editors and publishers how you can connect with something they need, eveloping an action plan for entering the educational market and fiction, nonfiction and poetry for this market. Read the article.

Educational Publishing: Have You Considered Hi-Lo?

Every area of publishing has jargon that is confusing to newcomers to the field, but one term that appears over and over in educational publishing is “hi-lo.” So what is hi-lo? Basically hi-lo stands for high interest level with an easier/lower reading level. Read the article

Meeting the Needs of 3 Different Audiences for the Educational Market

The writer for the educational market must please 3 different audiences: the editors who acquire your manuscripts, the schools that buy your books, and of course the children or teens who will ultimately–you hope!–be reading and enjoying your words. So how do you juggle the needs of all 3? Read the article.

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