The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is the nation’s largest and most influential organization of early childhood educators and others dedicated to improving the quality of programs for children ages birth to 8. An important way NAEYC fulfills its mission is by publishing high-quality, low-cost books, booklets, brochures, and periodicals for our members and others in the early childhood field.
For Authors
If you are interested in sharing your knowledge and expertise with NAEYC’s reading audience, consider writing for us. Publishing with NAEYC is a great opportunity to share your ideas across the country and around the world with people who, like you, want to help young children to learn and grow.NAEYC’s published authors receive wide professional recognition for having made a significant contribution to the study and practice of early childhood education. An NAEYC author receives complimentary copies of the book, booklet, magazine, or journal; and book authors may purchase additional copies at a special discount. To fulfill our mission of making high-quality professional resources available inexpensively, NAEYC must keep its costs low, so we do not pay author royalties or writing fees.
A good first step is to familiarize yourself with the kinds of material NAEYC has already published by browsing our catalog or Web site, visiting your local college library or bookstore, or purchasing copies of our existing titles and back issues of our periodicals. Authors can read sample articles online from Young Children and Teaching Young Children. Then read the pertinent NAEYC author guidelines.
For Photographers
Photographs play a powerful role in NAEYC publications. Each photo must be technically excellent and convey an important message about the care and education of children from infancy through age eight. Photographers can review past issues of Young Children and Teaching Young Children as well as recent books, brochures, and posters to see the types of photos used. The Photograph Submission Guidelines will help you select the most appropriate images for submission.
