NANAIMO YOUTH SERVICES ASSOCIATION - MINDSEYE CONTACT INFORMATION

Located at

Nanaimo Youth Services Association

290 Bastion Street Nanaimo BC V9R 3A4

Phone: 754-1989 Ext. 239 Fax: 754-8661

Managing Editor: Amanda Davis - Art Director

Youth Staff: Willow Jenkinson, Kara Desorcy, Kristy O’Regan, Tenille Bagshaw, Kat Foote, Victoria Bates, Nikita Malhotra, Gabrielle Bishop, Julie McManus, Greta Negrave, Simone Williamson, Jasmine Martin-Burri, Shanae McGladrey, Jen Saunders, Laura Feduk, Sarah Latour, Samantha Hawkins, Danielle Kitchen

The Mind’s Eye welcomes features, profiles, reviews, creative writing, art, photography, and comics from all youth aged 13 - 25. Please e-mail submissions to the Managing Editor at mindseye@nysa.bc.ca. For photos, send high quality images saved as Jpeg or Tiff.

How to get involved: To join our staff or become a casual contributor, please e-mail Amanda at mindseye@nysa.bc.ca. Ask to be added to our staff mailing list and you will recieve our monthly newsletter with story ideas, contest info, and all kinds of fantastic opportunities exclusive to The Mind's Eye. If you are a Nanaimo area resident between the ages of 13 and 25 you qualify to participate. Every one is welcome!

Submission Guidelines:

1. Profanity free writing.

2. Overtly racist, sexist, bigoted, prejudiced, or stereotypical views will not be tolerated.

3. We reserve the right to edit all articles and submissions for length and content.

4. We also reserve the right to not publish articles and submissions.

5. Please refrain from submitting material with explicit sexual or violent content.

6. All work must be original.

Our Aim:

To create a voice for Nanaimo's youth within the greater community, which will work to empower them to become productive citizens of Nanaimo. We listen, encourage, respect, build self-esteem, and help enable youth to reach their fullest potentials.

Journalism Sites:
Media Watch http://www.mediawatch.ca	Newspaper Assoc. of Journalists http://marlo.eagle.ca/caj/
Canadian Newspaper Association http://www.cna-acj.ca	Media Awareness Network http://www.media-awareness.ca/
National Scholastic Press http://studentpress.journ.umn.edu/
Check out: http://www.mygumbo.com/gumboteenmagazine/ GUMBO magazine is a nation-wide, American magazine written for-teens, by-teens, allowing youth an outlet for expressing their thoughts and ideas in the form of written communication. The Mind’s Eye loves GUMBO. We have a partnership, exchanging articles on a regular basis. Email Mindseye@nysa.bc.ca and ask how to get printed in GUMBO! http://www.adbusters.org/ The Adbusters Media Foundation continues to define culture-jammers through Adbusters magazine and consumer public awareness campaigns. The web site features articles, ads, forums, and information on various campaigns such as Buy-Nothing Day and TV Turn-Off Week.
Opinions expressed within The Mind's Eye do not necessarily reflect those of the staff members, any staff or directors at Nanaimo Youth Services , or any staff, editors, or publishers at the Nanaimo Daily News. c.2005/09 No part of this publication may be reproduced or copied in any way without the express permission of the publisher.