Join Youth Voice Mosaic!
PA Youth Vote is a nonpartisan collaboration of youth, educators, and organizations working to elevate youth voices, improve public school civics education, and empower youth as civic actors. Together, we are building youth political power and changing the policy and culture around youth voting statewide.
Building upon this mission, Youth Impact Mosaic is a nonpartisan publication for PA Youth Vote participants to explore, document and create. Given our regional presence all across Pennsylvania, this magazine provides a unique opportunity for collaboration between all our participants, from Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and beyond.
Utilizing youth reporting resources like PBSLearning Media, StoryMaker & a partnership with PSTV, Youth Voice Mosaic aims to equip young people with the skills they need to share their lived experiences through creative storytelling.
Focal points:
Provide a space for PAYV participants to create, connect and bring awareness to ongoing issues within their local communities.
Improve public school civics education & media literacy within PAYV participants
Empower youth as civic actors and young journalists, utilizing media and art as means of advocacy.
Participation requirements:
Must be a PAYV participant to join.
Club runs every week on Fridays from 4:15-5:15pm.
Outside submissions welcomed! Any organizations affiliated with PAYV are welcomed to submit content to our magazine.
Submission Guidelines:
Youth and young adults 14-24
Written content word count: 500-1,500 words. Poetry is an exception to the word count.
Short Films/Horizontal Videos: 3-5 minutes.
Vertical videos/Tiktoks/Reels: 2-3 minutes.
Podcasts/audio: 5-20 minutes.
Work must be 100% original, no plagiarized content. We have a 0 Tolerance Policy towards AI Generated content.
We are nonpartisan, so we do not endorse political parties or candidates.
Content must be related to the theme
No offensive language.
If you have any questions about the digital magazine., please email: ethan@payouthvote.org
Submit your pieces here: PAyouth.Vote/Submissions
Sign up today using the link below!
Submit to our 1st issue: titled “Youth Voice & Community Power”
Deadline: March 9th, 2026