Project Description:
Shenandoah is a biannual literary magazine that publishes writers and artists of fiction, creative nonfiction, comics, poetry, and more from all over the world, including Pulitzer Prize winners and poet laureates. One of the oldest and most respected literary magazines in the country, Shenandoah is about to celebrate its 75th anniversary. Our blog and social media accounts feature all kind of promotional content—author interviews, videos, “Behind the Poem” essays, Instagram takeovers, and more. This summer I am seeking two summer scholars to work alongside an AIM student to support Shenandoah in a few ways: to assist with the reading of nonfiction submissions, to work with contributors from our spring issue to create blog and social media content, to work on the design of important website updates, and to assist with planning for various events to celebrate our anniversary in 2025. This is an invaluable experience for students to work directly with contemporary writers and to gain experience in editing, interviewing, marketing and promotion, and event planning.
Prerequisites
No specific prerequisites, though an interest in creative writing is preferred.
Special Comments
Much of this work can be done virtually with Zoom checkin-ins, and I’m happy to host the two students over different time periods, for part or all of the ten weeks. My preference would be that students could definitely work during the AIM in-person program, from June 15 to July 20, so that our AIM has student colleagues to collaborate with. But I’d be happy to discussions what works best, schdule-wise, with SRS applicants.
Project Information
Estimated Start Date: 6/3/2024
Estimated End Date: 8/9/2024
Maximum number of students sought: 2
Contact Information: Prof. Beth Staples (bstaples@wlu.edu)