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The Young Marines publishes its very own magazine, the Young Marine Esprit. The Young Marine
Esprit is distributed free of charge to all registered Young Marines and adult volunteers four times annually. The magazine
features articles and photos of Young Marine activities worldwide, letters to the editor, news from Young Marines National
Headquarters, and stories about living a healthy, drug-free lifestyle.
To view the magazine online go to: http://www.youngmarines.com/New_site_06/Esprit/View_online.htm
Submission procedures and policies :
Editorial contributions of articles,
photos, drawings, poems, cartoons, and anything Young Marine are welcome. You can either send your submissions via email or
regular mail.
Email submission policy for the Young Marine Esprit magazine:
Email submissions to the Young Marine Esprit are always welcome. Please follow the submission
guidelines:
- In the subject line of your email, please put the words "Magazine Submission"
- In the text of your email, please first list the name of your Young Marine unit, including
city and state, and a brief description of your submission (one or two sentences is sufficient).
- Attach your article to your email in Microsoft Word. Please do not include the article in
the text of your email. Send it as an attachment in MS Word. Be sure to list the title of your article, the author and his
or her title or rank, the name of your Young Marine unit AND include city and state.
- In the same email, please also attach any photos you may have. Do not embed the photos into
your Word Document, attach them as individual jpegs. Note: please no more than 3 photos per article when sending via email.
- If sending multiple articles, please email each article individually.
Send your email submissions to: espritmagazine@youngmarines.com.
If you are sending your submissions via United States Postal Service, send them to:
Young Marines National Headquarters
Attn: Esprit Editor
P.O. Box 70735
Southwest
Station
Washington, DC 20024-0735
There is no need to send a hard copy of your article if you have have submitted
it via email.
Upcoming themes:
Themes and deadlines for upcoming
issues
Theme/Deadline
Young Marines' core values
of "Leadership, Teamwork, Discipline"
March 1, 2009
"Celebrating 50 years of
Strengthening the lives of America's youth"
June 1, 2009
If you have an idea for a theme, we'd like to hear your thoughts. Email us at: magazine@youngmarines.com
- The themes listed above are where we are placing an emphasis for that specific issue.
Units are encouraged to send in articles, poems, photos, letters to the editor, essays, etc., related to those themes. Keep
in mind, the themes are just where we are placing an emphasis. You are still invited to send other submissions that are unrelated
to the theme.
- Submissions must be received by Young Marines National Headquarters on the deadline
date listed above in order to be considered for that issue.
Questions regarding editorial contributions can be directed to: espritmagazine@youngmarines.com
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