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Here, There & Everywhere is the FSYF quarterly newsletter, written by and for Foreign Service kids and teens. We aim to publish it quarterly, once per season. For each issue, we seek contributions from FSY Youth of all ages (but we particularly welcome teen contributions). We seek a wide variety of genre including (but not limited to):

    • Local community or school news reports
    • Interviews with friends or members of community
    • Profiles
    • comic strips
    • riddles & word puzzles
    • poetry
    • local recipes
    • tips about moving to your Post or attending your school
    • advice columns
    • essays about youth and foreign service life
    • photographs

Accompanying photographs or graphics are welcome if they enhance the contribution. Writers should consider their audience of Foreign Service peers when deciding on a topic or genre. Spring topics might include ‘departing post’, ‘maintaining relationships when you move’, ‘ideas for summer vacation’, ‘dealing with stresses’, etc. Fall topics might include ‘Settling in at a new school’, ‘Welcoming new students’, ‘ making new friends’ etc. Winter topics might include ‘maintaining family traditions, family travel escapades’, etc. These are just ideas to get you started but should not restrict you. Contributors should include their name, age and/or grade, Post and/or School, photo (optional)

Why Contribute?
Students, and especially teens, should consider contributing for the following reasons:
• Practice Taking Risks & Getting Involved
• Build your Resume
• Provide your FS peers with useful information
• Share your Talents
• Inspire your Peers
• Improve your Writing and Creative Skills
• Earn the Chance to Win an Amazon Gift Card!

$30 Amazon Gift Card
If your contribution is published in the newsletter, your name will be entered in a drawing for a $30 Amazon Gift Card. We will have a drawing at the FSYF office once the deadline for entries has passed. The winner will be announced in that season’s issue of the newsletter. To be fair to all contributors, the winner cannot win more than once in the same calendar year.

When they In each issue we seek Each issue revolves around a stated theme and consists of articles, poems, short stories, illustrations, photographs and other contributions from Foreign Service youth. It’s a great way for kids to express themselves creatively, share ideas with their Foreign Service peers, and experience the joy of being published.

Parent Newsletter ‘Around the World’
'Around the World' is our new newsletter for Parents, launched in Fall 2012. This newsletter will be published quarterly, once per season. Each issue will have articles on education, technology, parenting, foreign service life, youth achievement and/or FSYF news and events. We welcome your contributions and suggestions for content. In particular, we’re interested in articles that showcase Youth Achievement or Family-oriented activities at your Post. Please include information on how to replicate the success at other posts. Our foreign service community thrives when we share and learn from our experiences, our struggles and our successes with each other.

How to Contribute Articles
For both newsletters, you can email questions and submissions to FSYF at fsyf@fsyf.org.

How to Subscribe
‘Here, There & Everywhere’ and ‘Around the World’ are distributed by e-mail to all Foreign Service families in the FSYF database, which includes members and non-members. The newsletter is also sent via FLO to CLOs around the world to share with families at post. If you would like to be added to the FSYF database, please send a request to fsyf@fsyf.org.