We list job, volunteer, internship, and fellowship openings with the independent literary magazines and publishers that are members of CLMP and other literary colleagues.
If you’re a CLMP Member and you’d like us to feature your opening, email us at [email protected].
Note: In addition to any compensation or course credit they receive, interns and students working for a CLMP member press or lit mag in the fall and/or spring will also have the opportunity to join CLMP’s Student/Intern Group.
POSTED AUGUST 2025
Paid (Salary)
Poets & Writers is currently seeking a paid, full-time Development & Communications Associate.
The Development & Communications Associate is responsible for gift processing and data management, including recording all gifts and pledges in DonorPerfect, preparing timely donor acknowledgments, generating reports for development and finance teams, and making weekly bank deposits; assisting with institutional fundraising, including maintaining annual grant calendar, drafting select grant proposals and reports, preparing supporting materials for applications and reports, proofreading applications and reports, and managing submission process; assisting in preparing, executing, and tracking individual donor campaigns; assisting in growing donor circles including the Patrons Circle and Authors Circle; assisting in drafting, editing, and proofreading communications materials; assisting with donor research, stewardship, and recognition; compiling contributed income documentation for annual audit; and more.
This is a full-time position based in New York City that pays a salary of $47,500. It requires working from the New York City office at least two days per week. Interested applicants should email a resume and cover letter to Rachel Schuder at [email protected] with “Development Associate” in the subject line.
POSTED AUGUST 2025
Paid (Hourly)
Words Without Borders is currently seeking applicants to its paid, part-time 2025–26 Education Fellowship.
The Education Fellow is responsible for uploading materials to the WWB Campus and WWB websites for digital publication; maintaining existing digital resources on WWB Campus, ensuring functional links, proper grammar and spelling, consistent formatting, and up-to-date content; researching and vetting digital contextual materials for new and existing literature on WWB Campus, corresponding with authors and translators as needed; proofreading content including curricular materials, guest blog posts, newsletters, and social media posts; writing blog posts including reading lists and lesson plans, as needed; researching literature to be included in the next literary unit of WWB Campus, which will focus on stories and poems from India; providing event support for webinars, author visits, and other WWB Campus events; and more.
This is a part-time, remote position that requires 20 hours of work per week and pays $18 per hour. It will run for nine months, beginning in October 2025. Fellows may be based anywhere, but must work between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. ET. Interested applicants should email a resume, cover letter, and other required application materials to [email protected] with the subject line “Education Fellowship” by September 14.
POSTED AUGUST 2025
Paid (Salary)
Milkweed Editions is currently seeking a paid, full-time Digital Marketing Manager.
The Digital Marketing Manager is responsible for developing and implementing comprehensive cross-channel digital marketing campaigns for frontlist and backlist titles; leading and managing the creation and scheduling of website content, metadata, campaigns, and features to increase engagement, enhance brand presence, and drive sales and donor contributions; developing and implementing social media strategies, content, and campaigns for frontlist and backlist titles, fundraising appeals, and membership acquisition campaigns; developing digital marketing content for retail, consumer, donor, member, and academic newsletters, e-blasts, giveaways, events, and promotional advertising; directing digital marketing and e-commerce promotions through online retailers, book clubs, NetGalley, Goodreads, online advertising, social media influencers, and trade and consumer-facing websites and newsletters; overseeing all title and brand content and metadata on B2B and B2C digital platforms; providing communications strategy and support for fundraising initiatives; monitoring, assessing, and reporting on website and social media analytics; advising authors on online presence and engagement strategy, including websites, social media, newsletters, etc.; and more.
This is a full-time position that pays a salary of $60,000 to $70,000, depending on experience. Strong preference will be given to candidates in or willing to relocate to Minneapolis, Minnesota. Interested applicants should submit a resume, three references, and a cover letter addressed to Hiring Manager in one combined PDF via Submittable by August 29.
POSTED AUGUST 2025
Paid (Hourly)
Alice James Books is currently seeking a paid, part-time Production Coordinator.
The Production Coordinator is responsible for coordinating with authors, designers, copyeditors, distributors, and vendors; managing production and marketing schedules (minimum 8 titles/year); preparing manuscripts and print files; overseeing reprint and LSI programs; managing ebook and audiobook production; securing permissions for art and managing designer hiring; handling vendor quotes and print-run estimates; communicating with distributors and managing AJB’s digital storefront; shipping orders, ARCs, and post-pub copies; tracking inventory and conducting annual stock counts; managing CBSD reports and warehouse logistics; preparing for events, including AWP conference support; assisting with Alice James Award administration; and more.
This is a part-time position that requires approximately 20 to 25 hours of work per week and pays $20 to $24 per hour, depending on experience. The coordinator should be able to commute to AJB’s office on the Pineland Farms business campus in New Gloucester, Maine, at least 2 days per week. Interested applicants should fill out an application via Submittable.
POSTED AUGUST 2025
Paid (Hourly)
The Telling Room is currently seeking a temporary, part-time Publications Manager.
The Publications Manager is responsible for managing existing and developing new relationships with booksellers, libraries, schools, partner organizations, and retailers; coordinating and fulfilling all book orders from the online bookstore; delivering orders and invoices to libraries, bookstores, and community partners; managing point of sale and invoices for book sales; managing book distribution and sales at all book events; project managing chapbook launches, post-launch book/author events, and assisting with planning Big Night (the book launch of The Telling Room’s annual anthology); creating print marketing materials such as event flyers, book sales/tip sheets, and reading guides; working with Communications & Editorial Director to develop and execute marketing and distribution plan for core annual publications; facilitating outreach to key bookselling partners (bookstores, libraries, educators) via digital newsletter; managing back end logistics of annual writing contest using Submittable; working with Finance & Operations Manager to conduct an annual book inventory and organizes all internal collections; coordinating all reprints with Walch, The Telling Room’s printer; and more.
This is a short-term position based in Portland, Maine, that requires approximately 20 hours of work per week and pays $23.74 per hour. It runs from September 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026. Interested applicants should submit a resume, references, and application via Google form.
POSTED AUGUST 2025
Paid (Salary)
The Academy of American Poets is currently seeking a paid, full-time Senior Manager of Marketing and Communications and a paid, full-time Senior Programs Manager.
The Senior Manager of Marketing and Communications is responsible for maintaining strong relationships with existing advertisers; securing advertising and meeting annual revenue goals; managing yearly advertising calendar and related products (4 seasonal book roundups); researching and developing new advertising products and prospects; placing and tracking ads via DoubleClick for Publishers and MailChimp Liaise with ad networks and external ad sales reps; collaborating with content/program staff to explore new ad opportunities; maintaining accurate contact and sales records in Salesforce; ensuring timely invoicing and payments with finance team; assisting with sponsorship efforts for National Poetry Month and Poetry & the Creative Mind; utilizing social media, trades, and in-kind media to support campaigns; drafting and distributing press releases; pitching literary media and securing coverage; and more.
The Senior Programs Manager is responsible for organizing live and online programming and events, including Chancellors Readings, the Blaney lecture, and other special celebrations of poets—including curating, facilitating Q&As, handling logistics, serving as contact person for poets, venues, and other outside partners, and introducing some events; helping lead weekly cross-departmental meetings of online programs team to prepare season; leading programmatic collaborations with other organizations; leading social media that promotes registrations, working with Marketing staff; leading the administration of twelve major awards; overseeing administration of University & College Poetry Prize Program; liaising with Chancellors and helping plan and lead the annual Chancellors meeting; leading planning for and facilitating Poetry Coalition meetings and programs; leading the Poetry Coalition fellows pilot program and mentor fellows; and more.
These are paid, full-time positions based in New York City. Each pays a salary of $68,000 to $72,000. Interested applicants should email a cover letter and resume as one PDF to [email protected] with the job title and their last name in the subject line.
POSTED JULY 2025
Paid (Hourly)
The African Poetry Book Fund is currently seeking a paid, part-time Administrative Coordinator.
The Administrative Coordinator is responsible for managing various administrative and general operations tasks, including administrative support, financial reimbursements, meeting arrangements, schedule coordination, follow-up communications, and social media/website updates; helping manage submissions to APBF contests and to the African Poetry Book Series, New-Generation African Poets Series, and the Calabash Caribbean Poetry Book Series; researching, compiling, and reporting on independent projects to effectively support the objectives of the APBF Project; and more.
This is a paid, part-time, hybrid-eligible position that requires 20 hours of work per week. It is a fixed-term 11-month position, subject to renewal every 3 years depending on funding. Interested applicants should submit a CV/resume and cover letter via Brown University’s employment website.
POSTED JULY 2025
Paid (Stipend)
Fahmidan Journal is currently seeking Workshop Facilitators for its Fahmidan Education program.
Workshop Facilitators will have the opportunity to design and lead their own online workshop under the umbrella of Fahmidan’s inclusive, globally minded literary ethos. Workshops can be on any topic, including poetic form, narrative experimentation, identity, the sacred, the political—or anything in between.
This is a remote position. Fahmidan Journal will pay facilitators 80% of post-Submittable fee revenue, excluding the PayPal/bank transfer fee. Interested applicants should submit an application with the details of their workshop proposal via Submittable by August 14.
POSTED JULY 2025
Paid (Salary)
The Feminist Press is currently seeking a paid, full-time Executive Director.
The Executive Director is responsible for administering the finances of the Feminist Press in collaboration with staff and the Board of Directors, with the goal of ensuring the long-term sustainability of the Press; partnering with the Board of Directors on governance issues, and collaborating on overall Board development; leading and managing the development programs of the Feminist Press, with the goal of bringing in half of the annual budget; supporting staff as they work collaboratively to sustain, develop, and implement the Feminist Press’s publishing program, with the goal of maintaining earned income as half of the annual budget; overseeing the daily operations of the Feminist Press, including the recruitment of staff members and contractors; communicating effectively with varied constituencies of the Feminist Press, including other CUNY groups and institutions; enhancing strategic and intellectual relationships with international feminist and women’s/gender studies communities and other social justice organizations; and more.
This is a full-time position based at the Feminist Press office in New York City that pays a salary of $107,789 to $119,995. This salary range will increase to $118,070 to $131,440 as of September 1, per a new contract. Interested applicants should submit an application via CUNY’s employment website.
POSTED JULY 2025
Paid (Salary & Hourly)
Tupelo Press is currently seeking a paid, full-time Associate Publisher and a paid, part-time Development Consultant.
The Associate Publisher is responsible for assisting the Publisher in their duties with a view toward gaining the necessary training and experience to take over as Publisher of Tupelo Press within two to three years. At Tupelo Press, the Publisher serves as the chief executive officer of the Press, taking charge of all business, administrative, scheduling, staffing, and fundraising areas of the enterprise, and working closely with the Board of Directors in planning, managing, and executing the work of the press. As of 2025, the Publisher can be expected to meet and, if possible, enlarge an annual income goal of around $450,000+. The Publisher also serves ex officio on the Board of Directors and is subject to the duties and obligations set forth in the Board Job Description.
Other duties include setting an annual budget with the Board of Directors; maintaining relationships with the press’s authors, including negotiating and fulfilling publishing contracts; directing, managing, and supervising the efforts of the professional and volunteer staff; directing development and grant-writing research; participating in and coordinating the ongoing preservation of relationships with publishing industry leaders, authors, funders, donors, civic leaders, and others in the nonprofit sector; serving as a primary spokesperson for Tupelo Press; directing a planning process for the future, with emphasis on the development of new programs in poetry education and outreach; and playing a leadership role in respect to Tupelo’s relationships with its distributor and marketing teams at the University of Chicago Press. The ideal candidate is a highly self-motivated and passionate individual who possesses nonprofit publishing experience, who is a smart and engaging manager, who is bursting with creative ideas, who brings a diverse background to bear, and who possesses both demonstrable ambition and the skills to succeed. This is a paid, full-time, in-person position, based in Western Massachusetts that requires flexibility to work both at home and in the North Adams office. The salary is commensurate with industry standards.
The Development Consultant is responsible for working with the senior staff of Tupelo Press to advise on and support fundraising, strategic planning, and organizational development. The consultant will assist in developing and implementing fundraising plans, identifying potential donors, and crafting compelling fundraising proposals. The ideal candidate is a highly self-motivated and passionate individual who possesses a wealth of fundraising experience, who brings a diverse background to bear, and who possesses both demonstrable ambition and the skills to succeed. Evidence of expertise and a history of success in the nonprofit publishing field is a must. This is a paid, part-time, remote or in-person position that will last for a period of three to four months. The pay is hourly.
For both positions, interested applicants should email a CV and cover letter to Executive Director Jeffrey Levine at [email protected].
POSTED MAY 2025
Volunteer
Cider Press Review is currently seeking a volunteer Editor-in-Chief/Co-Publisher.
The Editor-in-Chief/Co-Publisher is responsible for helping run CPR’s poetry journal, its two annual book award contests, its website, and its ongoing project of digitizing the journal’s back issues. The ideal candidate would combine a commitment to excellence in poetic craft, experience establishing cordial relations with a wide range of authors without sacrificing the press’s own requirements, experience handling book orders from authors and bookstores, and the work ethic necessary to coordinate a small group of readers (and recruit others) to peer review near-constant submissions for the journal and book awards. Experience managing a nonprofit press is a plus, but not required. This position is part of CPR’s long-term succession plan, so the ideal candidate will be interested in assuming ownership of the press in future.
This is a remote, volunteer position for which the editor can live and work anywhere provided they have reliable internet access and sufficient computer skills. Interested applicants should email a resume/CV and letter of interest to [email protected].
POSTED FEBRUARY 2025
Volunteer
The Common is currently seeking volunteer Readers.
Readers are responsible for reading and reviewing 12 short stories or essays per week, and quickly and thoroughly judging the literary merit of each submission and the rightness of its fit for The Common given its sense-of-place mission. They should be open-minded yet analytical, have demonstrated skill and experience in critical reading and comprehension, and be concise and articulate writers. Undergraduate and MFA students as well as avid, sophisticated readers of all kinds, from all walks of life, are welcome.
This is a volunteer position that requires approximately 3 to 5 hours of work per week. Applicants must be able to commit to at least 1 year of reading. Interested applicants should submit a CV and cover letter outlining why the position appeals to you and any relevant experience via The Common’s website.
ROLLING
Paid (Stipend)
HerStry Literary Magazine is seeking Workshop Proposals for its 2025 and 2026 online programs.
Workshop Proposals should have a focus in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, screenwriting, reading, and/or the writing life (craft/publishing). Proposals can be on any topic but the magazine is especially interested in workshops on the lyrical essay, writing sex, novel writing, creative nonfiction, flash fiction, and flash nonfiction. Courses can be geared toward all levels or be focused on beginner, intermediate, or advanced writers. They should be formatted into 1-day, 2-day, 6-week, 7-week, 8-week, or 10-week sessions.
This is a remote position. Income will be split 50/50 between the teacher and HerStry. Interested applicants should familiarize themselves with the organization and submit their course proposal as well as relevant experience via the application form.
Paid (Hourly)
midnight & indigo is seeking applicants to the paid, contract position of Writing Instructor for its online writing program, which serves Black women writers of all experience levels.
The program is interested in course proposals from Writing Instructors based on short story writing; novel writing; essay writing; craft; specific genres, especially speculative; editing; workshopping; analysis and discussion of books by Black and POC writers; and more. Classes must focus on craft, with the intention to help writers become more confident, skilled, and effective in their prose. They should include a combination of lecture/instruction, writing exercises, and in-class discussions. Courses should be formatted into 1-day, 2-day, 2-week, 3-week, or 4-week seminars. Individual class sessions should run from 90 minutes to 3 hours each.
The program is open to instructors with a wide range of teaching, writing, and experience levels. This is a remote, paid position with a per-hour pay scale that will be determined based on instructor experience, course curriculum, and time commitment. Interested applicants should submit their course proposal and relevant experience via Submittable. If selected, applicants will be asked to submit a formal course proposal and participate in a truncated mock class as a component of the interview process.
Volunteer
Lucky Jefferson is seeking remote, volunteer Guest Editors eager to generate visibility for Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Arab and other Middle Eastern American, Asian American, and Pacific Islander voices and increased accessibility to traditionally underrepresented literature. Applicants should be BIPOC-identifying authors excited about poetry, especially new contemporary works, and Lucky Jefferson‘s mission to reinvigorate publishing. Each position lasts for one to two months at 10 hours per month. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
