About

At The Scrumbler, we believe passionately in the power of children’s natural creativity and independent thinking, and want to be wildly supportive in helping them channel that out into the world.

The Scrumbler is an independent magazine dedicated to publishing the very best poetry for children. We mix the work of all age groups, including amateur and professional poets, and artists, with the aim of respecting the voices of all.

The Scrumbler is printed roughly twice a year. We gratefully accept submissions of poetry and illustrations from people of any age. If you would like to illustrate, please email a sample of your work. We don’t have any submission deadlines, but as the magazine is published every four months, there may be a delay in responding to you, even if your work is accepted.

People at The Scrumbler

Mike Kavanagh
Editor

The editor of the Scrumbler is Mike Kavanagh, a Canadian poet based in Oxfordshire, England. Mike’s poetry has been published in London Magazine, Fire, the online magazine nthposition.com, and the anthologies Poems for Children (Oxfam), Read Me At School (MacMillan), and Michael Rosen’s A-Z, The Best Children’s Poetry From Agard to Zephaniah.

Mike has had experience in education, running poetry workshops, teaching guitar in schools, and has also worked as a screenwriter and producer of online digital media projects. He currently works at Oxford University Press, in online publishing. He lives in the countryside near Oxford with his wife, three homeschooled children, a dog, two cats, and a small flock of chickens.

Emelie Trevena-Jackson
Resident artist

Emelie Trevena-Jackson was born in 1974 and grew up in Ibiza, England and Sweden. To this day she is inspired by Swedish fairy tales. Emelie studied art and design at Chelsea Art College and lives in the Cotswolds in England with her husband. She exhibits her paintings regularly.