HELLO! In case you haven’t heard …

We’ve paused publishing new issues, which means subscriptions aren’t available at the moment. But there’s good news for anyone who still wants to enjoy our kind of magazine magic: gift bundles and much-loved previous issues are in stock (take a look here).

This magazine couldn’t have existed without our wonderful readers and subscribers, contributors and supporters. Thank YOU for making it possible.

Nicky X
Editor and publisher

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Since our launch in December 2017, we’ve published 23 issues: 19 as Kookie and 4 as Youkie. Through it all we’ve worked to give readers a bigger, brighter view of the world and their place in it, and we’ve treasured every moment.

Kookie (as in, cookie) was created to meet the needs of one under-served audience in particular: preteen girls who want (and deserve) a magazine that provides a rounded and optimistic sense of who they are and what they could become. It was the kind of magazine we wished we had growing up – and couldn’t believe still wasn’t widely available today.

After producing our beloved Kookie for five years – including taking home the Mumbrella Publish Award for Small Consumer Publication of the Year in 2019 – it was time to shake things up. The world keeps changing, and so must we. Our magazine was girl-led, but anyone could read it – and many boys did too. In fact we think reading about girls in challenging, creative and leading roles is good for everyone!

We took the next obvious step, making sure all kids felt included by giving all kids presence on the page. We also changed our name to mark this new chapter, releasing issue 20 as Youkie in September 2022.

So Youkie is for girls and boys?

Yes! Youkie is created for ALL kids aged 8 to 12+.

We know girls don’t just want to be pretty in pink. Well boys aren’t just interested in blowing up aliens either. Preteens are complex and we stand with youth, who are leading the way in challenging these narrow types.

Kookie was determined to do better for a new generation of girls, and that hasn’t changed. Now Youkie celebrates everything a kid can be.

Why print?

Youkie is proudly print because kids love interacting with a physical magazine – receiving it in the post, colouring in pictures, filling out quizzes, reading stories on the page – all without a charger in sight.

Where’s the advertising?

There isn’t any. Just 52+ pages of inspiring, informative and, most of all, FUN content – with no ads at all.

Can I contribute to Youkie?

We’re not collecting submissions from readers at the moment, but we LOVE hearing from you. If there’s something you want to tell us or something you’d like to ask, drop us a line via email:

hello@youkiemag.com

Or post a letter:

Youkie mag
Gadigal Country
PO Box 1459
Potts Point NSW 1335
AUSTRALIA

Want to know more?

Just ask 🙂