All submissions should follow APA Style guidelines.
Yearly Deadlines: We publish three issues per year (fall, winter, and summer). We accept entries on a rolling basis. In order to submit to a specific issue, make sure to review the following deadlines:
> August 1st for fall issue
> December 1st for winter issue
> April 1st for summer issue
Opinion Essays
Youth media makers, practitioners, educators, researchers, and advocates are encouraged to submit essays in the form of blog posts addressing youth media issues. The opinion essay reflects the authors or their organizational approach to local, national or global issues that they address through youth media. The essay should be between 700 to 1,500 words describing how youth media connect to a specific topic with specific examples from the field. As a publication, we are inviting essays in any language, from any part of the world, with any community or youth. Our interest is to deepen understanding of the multiple dialogues within youth media practice and research and the uses of digital media in sustaining and expanding these dialogues. Audio and video files, streaming video links, and interactive multimedia projects are accepted. Proposals for digital media projects should be accompanied by a brief written summary that describes the material and contextualizes it within the field of youth media.
Research Brief
Summaries of academic research adapted to reach younger audiences and help practitioners to translate academic publication into practical and operational methods for youth media organizations and youth media educators. Authors may submit original research articles, descriptive case studies, or critical papers relating and contributing to the broad field of youth media. Although there is no absolute limit on length, shorter pieces typically range between 1500-2000 words, and longer research articles between 3000-5000 words. Submissions should include practitioner, and/or youth voices, be well documented, and in a clear and engaging way that considers the journal’s crossover readership, including scholars, practitioners, policymakers, educators and youth media makers.
Youth Media Hub (Reviews)
Toolkit shared by the youth and their mentors to offer practical examples of youth media programs, i.e. instructional materials, tools, platforms, and lesson plans. for educators. YMR also seeks brief reviews (up to 1000 words) of books, new digital media tools, technologies, and sites, as well as conferences and festivals relevant to youth media.
Historic Case Studies (Retrospectives)
We will cover the evolution of discussions around youth media in various contexts to show the connection between historical work of youth media and current needs in the field. Youth media makers, researchers, practitioners, educators and advocates are encouraged to submit digital media projects for peer review. YMR aims to highlight youth media projects and to explore the diverse pedagogical approaches and partnerships that shape their construction. Our interest is to deepen understanding of the multiple dialogues within youth media practice and research and the uses of digital media in sustaining and expanding these dialogues. Audio and video files, streaming video links, and interactive multimedia projects are accepted. Proposals for digital media projects should be accompanied by a brief written summary that describes the material and contextualizes it within the field of youth media.
Creative Media Projects
Youth media makers, researchers, practitioners, educators and advocates are encouraged to submit digital media projects for peer review. YMR aims to highlight youth media projects and to explore the diverse pedagogical approaches and partnerships that shape their construction. Our interest is to deepen understanding of the multiple dialogues within youth media practice and research and the uses of digital media in sustaining and expanding these dialogues. Audio and video files, streaming video links, and interactive multimedia projects are accepted. Proposals for digital media projects should be accompanied by a brief written summary that describes the material and contextualizes it within the field of youth media.
For more information about writing for YMR and to submit to the journal, email our editors: Yonty Friesem and Anja Damon editor@mediaeducationlab.com.
To submit, please go to this online form: