Latino Migrant
Teen Journal
ABOUT OUR JOURNALS
Latino Migrant Teen Journal, available in English and in Spanish, is published once a year by Migrant Worker Outreach (MWO). It is distributed FREE at farm labor camps in New Jersey and is available at Hammonton Library. There is a companion journal for Haitian American youth, Migrant Teen Journal, available in English and in Haitian Creole. The Migrant Worker Journals have been published since 2011.
Our Mission Statement
The mission of Migrant Worker Outreach is to welcome migrant workers and their families to New Jersey. We publish Latino Migrant Teen Journal to provide informative and entertaining reading and to serve as a platform for young voices, particularly from Hispanic communities in the United States.
History & Highlights (Coming soon!)
How to Submit Material: Overview
Youth, ages 12 to 21, are invited to submit articles to our post office box or by email to the editor; our mailing address and email address are listed in the footer at the very bottom of this page. Guidelines for submitting materials are detailed below. You may contact the editor to discuss story ideas or proposals for articles first if you wish. We occasionally publish articles by contributors older than 21. We accept submissions for either of our two journals in English, Spanish, Haitian Creole, and French.
How To Submit Material For Migrant Teen Journal, Further Detail
English
Migrant workers, and those who serve them, are invited to submit original articles to our post office box or by email, including announcements, opinion pieces, recipes, poems, stories, drawings, reviews of books, plays, music, and sports, notes on camp life, and letters to the editor. Submissions may be written in English, Haitian Creole, Spanish, or French; you may provide your own translation, but it is not necessary. We reserve the right to edit letters by shortening them and to decide whether or not to publish your letter. All submissions must include the author's name and contact information, including phone number. If you cannot be reached, your piece will not be published. It's okay to use a friend's cell phone number if you have access to that phone. For those under eighteen years of age, you must also submit written parental consent. By submitting an article, you are freely granting Migrant Worker Outreach (MWO) the right to publish all or part of the piece in the Migrant Worker Journal and in any subsequent publications, without compensation to you. You are also granting MWO the right to share your piece for publication or distribution in other media, without compensation to you.
Spanish
Trabajadores migrantes y las personas que les ayudan son invitados a traer artículos al buzón de correo o por correo electrónico, incluyendo anuncios, opiniones, recetas, poemas, historias, dibujos, comentarios de libros, juegos, música, y deportes, notas de campamentos, y cartas de los editores. Las sumisiones pueden ser escrita en inglés, en español, en francés, o en criolla haitiana; puedes proveer tu propia traducción pero no es necesario. Nos reversamos los derechos de recortar los escritos y decidir si podemos publicar o no su carta. Toda la sumisión debe incluir el nombre del autor(a) y la información de contacto y número de teléfono. Si no puede ser contactado, su carta no podrá ser publicada. Esta bien que pueda usar el número celular de un amigo(a) si está disponible. Para los que son menores de dieciocho años tiene que tener permiso escrito de los padres. Cuando someta un artículo, usted está gratuitamente autorizando La Organización para Los Trabajadores Migrantes (MWO) el derecho de publicar todo o parte en el programa de Noticias Gratis para Los Trabajadores Migrantes, Diario de Los Trabajadores Migrantes, y en publicaciones posteriores sin compensación para usted. También está concediendo MWO el derecho de compartir su artículo para publicación o distribución a otros medios de comunicación sin compensación para usted.