Youth Writers Wanted!
San Diego Family Magazine is looking for talented young writers (San Diego County residents) to be published as guest columnists for our Teen Life column (ages 13-18) and Youth Voices column (ages 8-12). This is an opportunity for gifted, young journalists to write about a topic of their choosing that is relevant to teens and kids in San Diego County.
Teen Life
We
are looking for crisp writing about timely, youth-oriented issues of
interest to middle and high school age teens (13-18). The essay must be
no more than 800 words. Only manuscripts written by teens between the
ages of 13 and 18 years of age will be considered.
Submit articles via e-mail as a text document to, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Please
include your name, address, age, grade, school and e-mail address.
Please put "Teen Life Submission" in the subject line and include a
short one or two sentence bio about yourself (ie: John Smith is a 10th
grader at Mira Mesa High School. He enjoys reading and playing
football). Parental consent is required and must be included.
If
you have a photo or artwork that would complement your story, e-mail it
in a jpeg format or by mail to: San Diego Family Magazine, Teen Life,
P.O. Box 23960, San Diego, CA 92193
Submitting an article does not guarantee publication. San Diego Family Magazine will pay $25 upon publication.
Youth Voices
We
are looking for crisp writing about timely, youth-oriented issues of
interest to elementary and middle school kids (ages 8-12). The essay
must be no more than 500 words. Only manuscripts written by students
between 8 and 12 years of age will be considered.
Submit articles via e-mail as a text document to, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Please
include your name, address, age, grade, school and e-mail address.
Please put "Youth Voices Submission" in the subject line and include a
short one or two sentence bio about yourself (ie: Tiffany Jones is a
4th grader at Sundance Elementary School. She enjoys art and playing
soccer). Parental consent is required and must be included.
If
you have a photo or artwork that would complement your story, e-mail it
in a jpeg format or by mail to: San Diego Family Magazine, Youth
Voices, P.O. Box 23960, San Diego, CA 92193.
Submitting an
article does not guarantee publication. San Diego Family Magazine will
reward students with an age-appropriate prize if their submission is
published.