SUBMIT

SUBMIT

Thank you so much for your interest in submitting work to The Warming Times: NYC’s Youth Climate Journal! We at Solar One’s Youth Advisory Council cannot wait to review your material.

Once you read through the submission guidelines below, the button at the bottom of this page will take you to our submission google form.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Authors

Anyone aged 24 and under is eligible to submit to our youth-created journal

Theme

All submissions must be related to climate change or the environment

The following media will be considered for publication:

  • Articles

  • Manuals/How-To Guides

  • Poetry

  • Short Stories

  • Photography

  • Artwork

    • Paintings

    • Drawings

    • Collages, etc.

  • If you are unsure about your media format, please email Isabel@solar1.org to inquire

Media Types

  • Originality: Submissions must be your own creative work, the use of AI is strictly prohibited

  • Relevance: Your piece should clearly tie back to climate change or the environment, and it should provide insight, information, or reflection on the topic

  • Language & Tone: Submissions must be clear, engaging, and accessible to a broad audience. Avoid jargon or overly technical language unless explained in the piece, please maintain an informative, yet thought-provoking tone

  • Inclusivity: Ensure that your work does not exclude or harm marginalized communities, climate change often disproportionately impacts these communities, and we want to shed-light on this and climate justice as a whole in this journal

  • Grammar and Clarity: Submissions must be free of grammatical, spelling, and punctuation errors, please proofread your work or use grammar-checking tools

  • Digestibility: Content should be easy to understand for a general audience, break up large blocks of text, use subheadings, and keep paragraphs concise to improve readability

Content and Style Guidelines

  • For any written work, please submit via Google Docs so we can support in editing your writing

  • Maximum of 1,500 words

  • All sources must be cited in MLA format via endnotes 

  • If falsely cited, we cannot publish your work

Articles and How-to Guides

  • For any written work, please submit via google docs so we can support in editing your writing

  • No word count requirement for poetry, just ensure that length remains manageable and relevant to the theme

  • Maximum of 1,500 words for short stories

Poetry and Short Stories

  • Submit high-resolution images (minimum 300 dpi)

  • Provide credits (e.g., photographer’s name, and year created)

  • Please include a brief description of the image and it’s connection to climate change or the environment in your submission

Photos and Artwork

If your piece has been selected for publication, someone from our team will reach out to you to share our feedback and request you complete final revisions. 

This opportunity qualifies you for 3 community service hours. If you would like to receive community service hours, please contact Isabel Avina at isabel@solar1.org.

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