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The Caterpillar is a magazine of poems, stories and art, created by grown-ups for children. It is the younger sibling of The Moth, an art & literature magazine for grown-ups. The Caterpillar is for kids between the ages of 7 and 11(ish), though grown-ups are bound to like it too. It appears four times a year ‒ in March, June, September and December ‒ and is jam-packed full of entertainment.
John Hegley chose The Caterpillar as one of his 'top ten children's poetry books' in The Guardian and it's not even a book, or a poetry book for that matter! How about that for sneaky? Sharing the limelight with the likes of Carol Ann Duffy, Michael Rosen and Jacqueline Wilson. You can check out the list here. The Caterpillar includes some GREAT writing by the likes of Michael Morpurgo (of War Horse fame, of course), Meshack Asare, Julie O'Callaghan, Dennis Lee (the man who wrote the words to Fraggle Rock!), Chrissie Gittins, Frank Cottrell Boyce, Mo O'Hara, Mark Lowery, Hilda Offen and Janet Wong (she's read her poems on the Oprah Winfrey Show!). The magazine is edited by Rebecca O'Connor.
You can purchase a single copy for €7, or an annual subscription (4 issues) for just €28 (Ireland/UK) or €32 (rest of world) here.
THE CATERPILLAR POETRY PRIZE
An annual prize for a poem written by an adult for children. The winner receives €1,000 and publication in the summer issue of The Caterpillar. The prize closes 31 March. An annual prize for a story written by an adult for children. The winner receives €1,000 and publication in the winter issue of The Caterpillar. This prize is currently suspended. We launched The Moth back in 2010. It features poetry, short stories and art for grown-ups - including the likes of Colm Toibin, Sally Rooney, Les Murray, Lionel Shriver and Yusuf Komunyakaa. The Moth also runs The Moth Poetry Prize (one of the biggest in the world for a single poem), The Moth Short Story Prize, The Moth Art Prize and The Moth Retreat for artists and writers.
REBECCA O'CONNOR Rebecca is co-founder and director of The Moth, which publishes The Caterpillar. She edits and designs The Caterpillar and The Moth. Her debut novel He Is Mine and I Have No Other was published by Canongate in June 2018. Her debut poetry collection We'll Sing Blackbird was shortlisted for the Irish Times Shine Strong Award and she is a recipient of a Geoffrey Dearmer Prize from Poetry Review.
WILL GOVAN
Will is co-founder and director of The Moth. He conducts the interviews and takes photographs of the interviewees for The Moth. He studied portraiture at Heatherley School of Fine Art in London and paints in The Moth Studio. He also sometimes visits schools to read from The Caterpillar.
HELEN SHARP Helen is an editorial assistant at The Moth. She holds a PhD in Philosophy and is an artist and writer. Helen spends lots of time with her horses and dogs in her spare time.
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The Caterpillar is stocked in the following outlets:
Antonia's Bookstore, Trim Article, Dublin Book Culture, New York Bookseller Crow, London Boulder Bookstore, Colorado Charlie Byrnes Bookshop, Galway Crannóg Bookshop, Cavan Dingle Bookshop, Kerry Do You Read Me?, Berlin Eason nationwide Foyles, London Kenny’s Bookshop & Art Gallery, Galway Lithic Bookstore, Fruita, Colorado Little Acorns Bookstore, Derry London Review Bookshop, London Magalleria, Bath Rathgar Bookshop, Dublin The Reading Room, Carrick-on-Shannon Shakespeare & Co., Paris The Winding Stair, Dublin Under the Greenwood Tree, London Woulfe's Bookshop, Listowel
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