Article Logistics

Word limit: 600 – 800 words

We only take opinion articles that incorporate a topic's impact on the youth or showcase the perspective of the younger generations.

Need Help? Here’s how to reach the editors in chief:

1. theyouthsentinel@gmail.com

Age requirements:

At least 9th grade or equivalent level

Writing process:

1. Writers develop and share a topic

Talk to the editor and editor-in-chief

Quality control

Basic research/knowledge, preferably specific and intentional

Receive approval and some general comments/questions

2. Write

Regular check-ins

3. Submit to editors for publication

Editors make good edits, verify

4. Send back to the writer for edits, back and forth

5. Editors send to the editor-in-chief

Citation requirements:

We would like to list all sources used to write an article, so be sure to keep track of them. It is preferred that writers document their sources in MLA style, but APA and Chicago work just fine. If some information required for citations is not present, it is fine to ignore that part of the citation. However, try to fill out the citation as much as possible.

Citation example:

Article: How to Shop for Obamacare when Subsidies are in Limbo

MLA: 

• Author. "Title of Article/Page." Other Contributors. Name of Website, Publisher, Date of Publication, URL. Date of Access.

• Sanger-Katz, Margot, and Reed Abelson. "How to Shop for Obamacare When Subsidies Are in Limbo." The New York Times, 1 Nov. 2025, www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/health/aca-obamacare-enrollment-health-insurance.html.

APA: 

• Author. (Date of Publication). Title of article/page (Other Contributors) [Description]. Name of Website. URL

• Abelson, R., & Sanger-Katz, M. (2025, November). How to Shop for Obamacare When Subsidies Are in Limbo. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/health/aca-obamacare-enrollment-health-insurance.html

Chicago: 

• Author. "Title of Article/Page." Other Contributors. Name of Website. Publisher. Last modified Date (or publication date). URL.

• Abelson, Reed, and Margot Sanger-Katz. "How to Shop for Obamacare When Subsidies Are in Limbo." The New York Times. Last modified November 1, 2025. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/health/aca-obamacare-enrollment-health-insurance.html.