Please pass the word along.

I'm advising the production of a newspaper called Teen Voices, which is part of New Morning Youth and Family Services and is funded by United Way.

The paper is written entirely by El Dorado County teens and is free, nonprofit, and uncensored. We produce four issues a year and distribute copies all over the county.

I am continuously looking for teens to contribute submissions to the paper, and to join our editorial team (which also builds community service hours).


Do any of the teenagers in your life like to write or draw? Do they have a passion they like to share with others? Are they opinionated, stubborn, outspoken? Are they on a crusade for their favorite cause, or are they just doodling graffiti all over their notebooks? Whatever their talents or passions, they have something to offer.

Teen Voices offers exposure, a venue for expression, an opportunity to connect with the community, and an opportunity to be published and be seen by the entire county.

We will publish essays, opinion pieces, new pieces, interviews, poetry, art, photography, photo essays, music, movie and tv reviews, comic strips, advice columns, and all other manner of creative and informative content.

Submissions and inquiries can be sent to me here on myspace, by email at erica.inderlied@yahoo.com, mailed to Teen Voices, c/o New Morning Youth and Family Services, 6765 Green Valley Rd. Placerville, CA, 95667, or dropped off in person to me or at New Morning's Offices.

Thanks in advance to anyone who passes the word along. You're doing a favor for me, New Morning, the community, and the creative youth :)