Children’s Voice is CWLA’s seasonal magazine covering national, state, and local news and issues that affect children, youth, and families. By publishing a diverse range of views on a wide array of topics, the magazine seeks to encourage public discussion and debate among those who are committed to helping children and families.
Features, which run 1,000-1,200 words, are in-depth treatments of issues, research, and events that affect children, youth, and families and those who work with them or on their behalf. The tone should be professional but informal.
Departments include: Spotlight On (800-1,000 words), which focuses on a new program or initiative being undertaken by a CWLA member organization; On the Hill (500-800 words), which details recent policy-making news related to child welfare; One on One (500-800 words), an interview with a child welfare professional; and Working with the PRIDE Model of Practice (800-1,000 words), which features the work of an organization that has implemented CWLA’s PRIDE (Parent Resources for Information, Development, and Education) Model of Practice.
Please format any in-text citations and references according to the APA Manual of Style, 7th Edition, which is CWLA’s style. Please use person-first, non-labeling, bias-free language (“children with disabilities,” not “disabled child”; “child in foster care,” not “foster child,”) in your article.
To submit an article, please send a query letter to Rachel Adams, editor, at radams@cwla.org.