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Children's Voice Magazine
CWLA's national bimonthly magazine, Children's Voice, covers national, state, and local news and issues that affect children, youth, and families.
Unlike any other publication, Children's Voice is designed for readers throughout the child welfare field, including executives and administrators, program staff, front-line workers, volunteers, and board members of public and private child welfare agencies; professionals in fields related to child welfare, including educators, pediatricians, mental health practitioners, and law enforcement and juvenile justice professionals; federal, state, and local policymakers; judges and court officials; foster care and adoptive parents; and lay advocates and others who work with children, youth, and families or are concerned about the issues that affect them.
Children's Voice began publication in 1985 as an 8-page membership newsletter. In 1991, CWLA expanded the Voice into a 32-page quarterly magazine aimed primarily at news and information of importance to its member agencies. Today, Children's Voice is a 40- to 48-page, four-color magazine with a broad national audience.
Content
Material published in Children's Voice falls into two categories: Features and Departments.
Features are relatively in-depth treatments of issues and events that affect children, youth, and families and those who work with them or on their behalf. The tone is feature-oriented--professional but informal.
CWLA publications, program, and policy staff, as well as experts and professionals in child welfare and related fields, write feature articles. Occasionally, freelance writers submit articles in exchange for a free one-year subscription to the magazine. Additionally, Children's Voice sometimes adapts or reprints timely, quality feature articles of national interest from other publications.
Recurring features include:
Management Matters. Articles on effective management and leadership for those who head nonprofit organizations.
The Down to Earth Dad. A column from writer and speaker Patrick Mitchell on issues related to fatherhood and effective parenting.
Exceptional Children: Navigating Learning Disabilities and Special Education. A column about the latest news in special education from two contributors who work and write in the field.
Most departments are written or compiled by the editorial staff. Departments include:
Spotlight On. CWLA member and nonmember agency news, focusing primarily on program and practice innovations.
End Notes. Public policy alerts, news flashes, and a calendar of national commemoratives of interest to child, youth, and family advocates. The calendar does not include conferences and events of other organizations.
Leadership Lens. Comments from CWLA's President and CEO.
CWLA Short Takes. Important news about CWLA, reports on League events, and CWLA's conference calendar. Conferences and programs not hosted or sponsored by CWLA are not included.
National Newswire. Child welfare news from the states.
One On One. A question-and-answer interview with a member of CWLA's staff.
Readers Write. Letters to the editor.
Submissions
Authors should query the editor by telephone or e-mail before submitting articles for review.
Submissions to Children's Voice should be written in a feature-oriented rather than scholarly style. Authors should avoid technical jargon as much as possible. Readability is the goal. Marketing copy or other material that is promotional in nature or that spotlights a particular product or service is not suitable for feature articles or departments in Children's Voice. Those with products, services, or events to promote should consider advertising instead
Manuscripts submitted for features should be 2,000-2,500 words. Submissions of more than 500 words (1,000 words for Readers Write) are discouraged for Spotlight On, End Notes, and National Newswire. The editor further encourages suggestions for features, guest columns, interviews, and new departments. Children's Voice is especially interested in submissions for features or Spotlight On that highlight new, innovative programs with proven, positive results or that spotlight success stories of individual children or families who have been served by the child welfare system.
Contributions to Children's Voice should be submitted by e-mail or on CD with the name, address, telephone number and e-mail address of at least one contact. Materials will not be returned unless accompanied by an SASE with sufficient postage. Unless otherwise specified, all materials accepted for publication become the property of CWLA.
The editor conducts the primary review of all submissions, with input from the publications director, vice-president for communications, and CWLA program and policy staff as appropriate. Final decisions on acceptance or rejection rest with the editor. Submissions need not represent CWLA viewpoints, published articles do not necessarily reflect CWLA philosophy, and authors need not be associated with a CWLA member agency.
All submissions, including letters to the editor, are subject to editing for style, grammar, length, and clarity. Authors have a chance to review their submissions, as edited, before publication to ensure accuracy.
Submissions should be sent to
- Children's Voice
- Child Welfare League of America
- 2345 Crystal Drive, Suite 250
- Arlington VA 22202
- E-mail voice@cwla.org
Editing and style
All documents should be saved in Microsoft Word and, whenever possible, saved in a Macintosh format. If you use a different program or format, contact the CWLA Publications Department to check compatibility. Use a typeface common to both Windows and Macintosh systems, such as Times, Times New Roman, Courier, or Helvetica. "Exotic" typefaces can cause problems and delays.
Copyright
CWLA prefers to retain copyright on all articles published in Children's Voice. Authors will be required to sign an agreement transferring ownership rights to CWLA. As copyright holder, CWLA has exclusive right to publish and distribute articles appearing in Children's Voice in English and any translations and in any medium, including but not limited to reprints; photocopies; and electronic media, including computer disk, CD-ROM, and the Internet.
If an author or original publisher must retain copyright, CWLA will request permission to include the article in any distribution or reprint of the issue, in part or in whole, in subsequent print or electronic versions, including but not limited to posting Children's Voice on CWLA's website or elsewhere on the Internet.
Publication schedule
Children's Voice is published six times a year--January/February, March/April, May/June, July/August, September/October, and November/December. Authors who wish to have an article published in a particular issue should submit that material or contact Children's Voice at least six months before the desired publication date.
Advertising
Children's Voice accepts display advertising for goods, services, and job openings on a space-available basis. Children's Voice does not publish classified ads. The closing date for ad reservations is generally the first day of the month, three months before the date of publication.
For advertising rates, ad specifications, or other information about advertising in Children's Voice, visit CWLA Advertising, or contact
- Advertising Manager
- Child Welfare League of America
- 2345 Crystal Drive, Suite 250
- Arlington VA 22202
- 703/412-2400
- E-mail advertising@cwla.org
Subscriptions
Individual subscription rates are available. CWLA member agencies receive Children's Voice as part of their membership.
To subscribe online, go to the CWLA Publications website. Or contact
- CWLA
- PO Box 345
- Mt. Morris IL 61054-9834
- 800/407-6273 (7:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m. CT)
- Fax 703/412-3194
- E-mail order@cwla.org
Sample copies are available from
- Children's Voice
- Child Welfare League of America
- 2345 Crystal Drive, Suite 250
- Arlington VA 22202
- 703/412-2400
- Fax 703/412-2401
- E-mail voice@cwla.org
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