Hachette Filipacchi has pulled the plug on the U.K. edition of ElleGirl. The U.S. edition is still in business and going stronger then ever, its office told us today. Want to know how to pitch it? See the Media Bistro HTP archives.

It's not the only teen gal publication out there. We have How to Pitch reports on CosmoGIRL!, Girl's Life, Teen People, and Teen Vogue.

If you'd rather write fiction for this demographic, today's MB has an interview with Kristen Pettit of Razorbill that can give you some perspective on the young adult market.

As for me? Well, I was on the debate team. I read the New York Times in high school, which was hard to get in Youngstown, Ohio in the early 1980s. At least I had enough sense not to sew the varsity letter that I earned in debate on my jacket, unlike a few of my teammates.