Submission Guidelines

We are looking for memes, articles, videos, infographics, blog posts, pictures to feature on our Spotlight Collection, front page, and Digital Toolkit

1. All content submitted must be either created or submitted by a youth, a young person from the ages of 11 – 25. Content should also be made for a youth.  

2. We require accurate information on any content submitted, whether it’s a meme, video, article, etc. We highly encourage gathering information from credible website (.org, .edu, .gov).

3. If you provide a statistic or fact statement, include the source you obtained it from. Along with the content you are submitting for review, include a link to where you found your information.

4. We are a youth oriented website, so whatever you want to submit should be entertaining and geared towards youth.

5. Language, music, pictures, etc. should be youth friendly.

6. No cuss words allowed.

Technical Specs

WordPress best practices

-If taking pictures on phone, use landscape.

-Submit the largest image dimensions.

No copyright images

Copyright is the right to sell, re – publish, re – produce any form of anything for example art work, videos or any publications

-Use websites like Unsplash and Pexels if you want free images.  

No trademarks

“A trademark is a symbol, word, or words legally registered or established by use as representing a company or product”.

“For example: Brand names like Apple, McDonald’s, and Dolce & Gabbana. Product names like iPod and Big Mac. Company logos like the golden arches at McDonald’s and NBC’s peacock logo”

Dimensions (for images)

-16×9 aspect ratio

-1600x 900 pexels

Videos

-For any videos created, upload them to YouTube and send us the link.

We update the website the beginning of every month. Last day to submit content for COVID Chats to review is the 3rd Monday of the month.