Adroit Journal Employment Catalogue

the adroit journalEMPLOYMENT CATALOGUE

2013/2014

the adroit journal

prologuePlease read the below passage if you are interested in applying to join the staff of The Adroit Journal.

First, a bit about the publication itself: The Adroit Journal is an internationally-distributed literary magazine with a defined focus on giving emerging writers in high school and college the professional treatment they deserve by featuring their works alongside the works of a myriad of established writers (such as Matthew Rohrer, Dorianne Laux, Ned Vizzini, Garth Greenwell, Edith Pearlman, Bruce Bond, Laura Kasischke, and more). Since inception in November 2010, the journal has received almost 7,000 submissions for consideration, and maintains an acceptance rate of approximately 4%. Each year, the journal constructs a humanitarian feature (2012- Cuba, 2013- Zimbabwe), recognizes undergraduate and secondary writers with the Adroit Prizes in Fiction and Verse, and nominates selected works for the Pushcart Prizes, Best New Poets Anthology, Best of Net Anthology, and Plain China Best Undergraduate Writing Anthology. Current developments (with the help of the University of Pennsylvania’s Kelly Writers House) include adjusting to an annual publication plan of two online issues and one print issue, while further sculpting our charitable focus to distribute print copies around the United States with the help of our partner organization the Fill-A-Room Campaign (www.fillaroom.org).

The journal is currently staffed by approximately sixty high school and college students from around the world. As the journal continues to expand and assimilate to the global literary world, we have opened our doors to new individuals (expanded now to a category of 24 years of age or younger as of October 1, 2013, the beginning of our reading period) to fill a variety of volunteer positions, all of which are detailed in this catalogue. Please note that experience, while beneficial, is not necessary, and that you can apply for as many different positions as you would like. All applications should be emailed to [email protected] according to the specialized guidelines included throughout this catalogue.

We will close our application portal on December 1, 2013, but encourage you to apply sooner rather than later, as we will be evaluating applications on a rolling basis. Please email applications separately if applying for more than one position. In the meantime, please feel encouraged to reach out via email (drop us a line: [email protected]) if you happen to have any questions, or would like additional information.

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current staffFounder/Editor-in-Chief | Peter LaBerge

Managing Editor | Alexa Derman

Poetry Editors | Ameerah Arjanee, Magen Eissenstat, Katherine Frain, and Talin Tahajian

Prose Editors | Elizabeth Ballou, Russell Bogue, and Aaron Robertson

Poetry Readers | Samantha Ardoin, Luisa Banchoff, Nora Henrie, Miles Hewitt, Michelle Jia, Caleb Kaiser, Claire Lee, Molly McGinnis, Eliza Moley, Saga Ringmar, Melita Schmeckpeper, Amanda Silberling, and Emma Townley-Smith

Prose Readers | Kathleen Cole, Nathan Cummings, Julia Hogan, Kaitlin Jennrich, Rich Larson, Jessie Li, Charles McCrory, Amelia Nierenberg, Aaron Orbey, Roger Pellegrini, Dalia Wolfson, Jackie Yang, and Ashley Zhou

New Staff Interns | Maryam Ahmad, Madeline Anderson, Emily Bernard, Noah Dversdall, Adina Lasser, Cheryl Julia Lee, and Victoria White

Chief In-Design Correspodent | Danny Rothschild

Graphics Correspondent | Kevin Zweerink

Chief Art/Photography Correspondent | Lathan Vargason

Art/Photography Correspondents | Brannon Dorsey and Jessica Suhr

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a few of our contributorsADULTSCarmen Adamucci, Susan Aizenberg, Joel Allegretti, John Allman, Mary Angelino, Wendy Barker, Marlin Barton, Ellen Bass, Francesca Bell, Lauren Berry, Bruce Bond, Michelle Chan Brown, NoViolet Bulawayo, Denver Butson, J. Scott Brownlee, Mario Chard, Kim Chinquee, Michael Chitwood, Claudia Cortese, Brandon Courtney, Tarfia Faizullah, Annie Finch, Reginald Gibbons, Dana Gioia, Diane Glancy, Garth Greenwell, Carol Guess, Carolyn Guinzio, Michael S. Harper, Terrance Hayes, Rick Hilles, Richie Hofmann, Chloe Honum, Rochelle Hurt, Rebecca Kaiser Gibson, Laura Kasischke, Blake Kimzey, Andrew Kozma, Keetje Kuipers, Dorianne Laux, Gregory Lawless, Sydney Lea, Lyn Lifshin, Matt Mauch, Kyle McCord, Jill McDonough, Kirk Nesset, Edith Pearlman, Emilia Phillips, Siobhan Phillips, Kevin Pilkington, Charles Rafferty, Doug Ramspeck, Matthew Rohrer, Kate Schapira, Ed Skoog, Virginia Slachman, Jane Springer, Matthew Thorburn, Michael Tyrell, Ned Vizzini, Jeremy Voigt, William Walsh, Joe Wilkins, Phillip B. Williams, and many, many more!

YOUTHMatthew Adelberg, Elizabeth Ballou, Yasmin Belkhyr, Camara Brown, Haeyeon Cho, Kathleen Cole, Emily Sheera Cutler, Alexa Derman, Brannon Dorsey, Alina Grabowski, Katiuscia Gregoire, Stephanie Guo, Michelle Jia, Caleb Kaiser, Emily Knott, Alicia Lai, Rich Larson, Charles McCrory, Molly McGinnis, Da’Shawn Mosley, Phoebe Nir, Jacob Oet, Kathleen Radigan, Amber Rambharose, Danny Rothschild, Jessica Schroer-Smalley, Rachel Stone, David Talley, Talin Tahajian, Emma Townley-Smith, Lathan Vargason, Lucy Wainger, Shelley Whitaker, Victoria White, Jules Wood, and many, many more!

Six Plain China: Best Undergraduate Writing Anthology of 2013 inclusions.


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the adroit journalOPEN POSITIONS

2013/2014

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open positionsArt Correspondents | Team of artistically-driven individuals responsible for evaluating, discussing, and soliciting visual art and photography submissions for publication in online issues and the annual best-of print anthology.

Blog Editor | Communication-minded individual responsible for communicating with contributor and staff alumni to organize and distribute relevant postings, interviews, articles, and features via our blog (theadroitjournal.tumblr.com)—between two and three posts per week, ideally. Existing posts include conversations with current staff members, as well as literary and artistic snippets. Potential features include a ‘contributor of the week’ series (with a recording of him/her reading his/her Adroit poem), throwbacks from Adroit archives, and additional content to showcase the talents and breadth of our staff and contributor communities. Prior experience with journalism or blogging is preferred.

Cinema Correspondent | Individual responsible for satisfying the journal’s cinematic needs, mainly the annual Adroit staff community ‘About Us’ video.

Community Service Liaisons | Team of community service driven individuals responsible for serving as links between The Adroit Journal and our partner charity the Fill-A-Room Campaign (www.fillaroom.org) in order to orchestrate and oversee the distribution of our print annual “Best-of” issue to Fill-A-Room’s regional hubs, currently located in Baltimore, Chicago, Boston, New York City, Berkeley, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles.


open positions continuedHuman Rights Interns | Team of humanitarian-minded individuals passionate about global social justice and responsible for assembling and coordinating our annual human rights feature for inclusion in the publication’s winter online issue (2012-Cuba, 2013-Zimbabwe, 2014-?).

Layout Correspondents | Team of individuals responsible for assisting our current Chief InDesign Correspondent in laying out and preparing the annual best-of print issue for publication.

Legal Correspondents | Team of legal-minded individuals with legal knowledge and/or experience responsible for preparing effective and journal-specific contracts for distribution to contributors and related bodies.

Marketing & Advertising Correspondents | Team of business-minded individuals responsible for constructing and executing plans to sustain/increase the capability, following, effect, and global presence of our issues and related programs. Will likely include monthly meetings (possibly virtual, depending on geographic locations of correspondents).

Poetry & Prose Readers | Ever-growing team of individuals responsible for evaluating youth and adult submissions of poetry and prose in a timely manner through Submittable, our submission client. Staff readers are heavily encouraged to read submissions more than once in order to reach the maximum understanding. Readers are required to fill certain submission quotas, and participate in conferences/discussions over various social media at the discretion of the poetry & prose editors, or the editor-in-chief.

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open positions continuedSocial Media Correspondent | Communications-oriented individual responsible for relaying relevant and helpful information about contributors, staff, and the journal itself in order to better spread the mission and values of the journal. Applicable social platforms include Facebook (our main social media venue), Twitter, and Mailchimp (our email subscription blast service).

Webmaster | Individual responsible for inputting web content as needed into the website model assembled by the webdesigner. This position can be filled by the webdesigner, or by an alternate student(s). If applying for webdesigner as well, please indicate your additional interest in the webmaster position supplementary to your application for the webdesigner position—two separate applications are not necessary.

Webdesigner | Individual responsible for design and construction of a functional website (via Wix, Wordpress, or custom coding). Extensive examples and details can be provided upon request.

We will attempt to respond to all applications in under two weeks. Feel free to inquire to [email protected] if you have not heard back after two weeks.


art correspondentsTeam of artistically-driven individuals responsible for evaluating, discussing, and soliciting visual art and photography submissions for publication in online issues and the annual best-of print anthology.

APPLICATION COMPONENTSAdroit Statement (maximum two pages double-spaced) articulating your history, passion, and experience with the areas of composing, studying, evaluating, and sharing (publication/awards/etc.) art/photography/etc. Feel free to discuss other topics as you feel appropriate, as well as any specific connections, measures, or initiatives you might have (or aspire to have) with The Adroit Journal’s staff community.

Art Sample of, at most, four works. Please include multiple works in the same document.

UPLOADwww.adroit.submittable.com/submit/8227/Title of Submission: “Art Correspondent Application”.

We will respond within a week (time permitting), potentially with an opportunity to comment on submissions as a reader. The editors will then re-convene and discuss your application with this supplemental sample.

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blog editorCommunication-minded individual responsible for communicating with contributor and staff alumni to organize and distribute relevant postings, interviews, articles, and features via our blog (theadroitjournal.tumblr.com)—between two and three posts per week, ideally. Existing posts include conversations with current staff members, as well as literary and artistic snippets. Potential features include a ‘contributor of the week’ series (with a recording of him/her reading his/her Adroit poem), throwbacks from Adroit archives, and additional content to showcase the talents and breadth of our staff and contributor communities. Prior experience with journalism or blogging is preferred.

APPLICATION COMPONENTSAdroit Statement (maximum two pages double-spaced) articulating your history, passion and experience with the areas of blogging/communications, social media (specifically experience with Tumblr, as that is our blogging platform), and journalistic/informal writing.

Journalistic/Informal Writing Sample—maximum of three journalistic/informal writing articles or presentations, maximum of twelve pages double spaced. Substitutes such as creative nonfiction or analytical/personal essay can be accepted in lieu of journalistic/informal writing if such samples are not available or produced at this time.

SENDAttach Adroit Statement and Writing Sample to email as .doc files, and send to [email protected] with subject line ‘Blog Editor Application: Last Name, First Name’.


cinema correspondentIndividual responsible for satisfying the journal’s cinematic needs, mainly the annual Adroit staff community ‘About Us’ video.

APPLICATION COMPONENTSAdroit Statement (maximum two pages double-spaced) articulating your history, passion and experience within the disciplines of cinematic arts and/or cinema studies and theory.

Cinematic Arts Sample—maximum of three produced/edited/shot cinematic works. Please note, if you have a specific cinematic speciality (e.g. animation), we encourage you to share this talent with us. You may either share website links (i.e. Vimeo or YouTube) or attach the videos to an email.

SENDAttach Adroit Statement and Writing Sample to email as .doc files, and send to [email protected] with subject line ‘Blog Editor Application: Last Name, First Name’.

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community service liaisonsTeam of community service driven individuals responsible for serving as links between The Adroit Journal and our partner charity the Fill-A-Room Campaign (www.fillaroom.org) in order to orchestrate and oversee the distribution of our print annual “Best-of” issue to Fill-A-Room’s regional hubs, currently located in Baltimore, Chicago, Boston, New York City, Berkeley, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles.

APPLICATION COMPONENTSAdroit Statement (maximum two pages double-spaced) articulating your history, passion, and experience with the areas of community service, civic engagement, and communications. Feel free to discuss other topics as you feel appropriate, as well as any specific measures or initiatives you might introduce if selected as a community service liasion.

SENDAttach Adroit Statement to email as .doc file, and send to [email protected] with subject line ‘Community Service Liaison Application: Last Name, First Name’.

*Adroit Statement for this position can also apply to Human Rights Intern. Please email applications separately with shared cover letter.


human rights internsTeam of humanitarian-minded individuals passionate about global social justice and responsible for assembling and coordinating our annual human rights feature for inclusion in the publication’s winter online issue (2012-Cuba, 2013-Zimbabwe, 2014-?).

APPLICATION COMPONENTSAdroit Statement (maximum two pages double-spaced) articulating your history, passion, and experience with the areas of human rights, civic engagement, and communications. Feel free to discuss other topics as you feel appropriate, as well as any specific measures or initiatives you might introduce if selected as a human rights intern.

SENDAttach Adroit Statement to email as .doc file, and send to [email protected] with subject line ‘Human Rights Intern Application: Last Name, First Name’.

*Adroit Statement for this position can also apply to Community Service Liaison. Please email applications separately with shared cover letter.

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layout correspondentsTeam of individuals responsible for assisting our current Chief InDesign Correspondent in laying out and preparing the annual best-of print issue for publication.

APPLICATION COMPONENTSAdroit Statement (maximum two pages double-spaced) articulating your history, passion, and experience with the areas of publication and (layout) design, specially with regards to InDesign. Feel free to discuss other topics as you feel appropriate, as well as any specific measures or initiatives you might introduce if selected as a layout correspondent.

InDesign Layout Sample—maximum of two .PDF documents of originally constructed InDesign projects that you feel showcase your familiarity and ability with regards to navigating and utilizing InDesign.

SENDAttach Adroit Statement and InDesign Layout Sample to email as .doc files, and send to [email protected] with subject line ‘Layout Correspondent Application: Last Name, First Name’.


legal correspondentsTeam of legal-minded individuals with legal knowledge and/or experience responsible for preparing effective and journal-specific contracts for distribution to contributors and related bodies.

APPLICATION COMPONENTSAdroit Statement (maximum two pages double-spaced) articulating your history, passion, and experience with the areas of legal studies. Feel free to discuss other topics as you feel appropriate, as well as any specific measures or initiatives you might introduce if selected as a legal correspondent.

Legal Writing Sample—maximum of three legal documents (preferably contract-based or contract-related)that you feel showcase your legal familiarity and ability.

SENDAttach Adroit Statement and Legal Writing Sample to email as .doc file, and send to [email protected] with subject line ‘Legal Correspondent Application: Last Name, First Name’.

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marketing & advertising correspondentsTeam of business-minded individuals responsible for constructing and executing plans to sustain/increase the capability, following, effect, and global presence of our issues and related programs. Will likely include monthly meetings (possibly virtual, depending on geographic locations of correspondents).

APPLICATION COMPONENTSAdroit Statement (maximum two pages double-spaced) articulating your history, passion, and experience with the areas of marketing, advertising, communications, and collaboration. Feel free to discuss other topics as you feel appropriate, as well as any specific measures or initiatives you might introduce if selected as a marketing & advertising correspondent.

SENDAttach Adroit Statement to email as .doc files, and send to [email protected] with subject line ‘Marketing & Advertising Correspondent Application: Last Name, First Name’.


poetry & prose readersEver-growing team of individuals responsible for evaluating youth and adult submissions of poetry and prose in a timely manner through Submittable, our submission client. Staff readers are heavily encouraged to read submissions more than once in order to reach the maximum understanding. Readers are required to fill certain submission quotas, and participate in conferences/discussions over various social media at the discretion of the poetry & prose editors, or the editor-in-chief.

APPLICATION COMPONENTSAdroit Statement (maximum two pages double-spaced) articulating your history, passion, and experience with the areas of reading, studying, evaluating, and sharing (publication/awards/etc.) creative writing, either poetry or prose. Feel free to discuss other topics as you feel appropriate, as well as any specific connections, measures, or initiatives you might have (or aspire to have) with The Adroit Journal’s staff community.

Writing Sample of, at most, four poems (maximum of six pages) or two prose selections (maximum of twelve pages double-spaced). Please include multiple works in the same document

UPLOADwww.adroit.submittable.com/submit/8227/Title of Submission: “Poetry Reader Application” or “Prose Reader Application”.

We will respond within a week (time permitting), potentially with an opportunity to comment on submissions as a reader. The editors will then re-convene and discuss your application with this supplemental sample.

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social media correspondentCommunications-oriented individual responsible for relaying relevant and helpful information about contributors, staff, and the journal itself in order to better spread the mission and values of the journal. Applicable social platforms include Facebook (our main social media venue), Twitter, and Mailchimp (our email subscription blast service).

APPLICATION COMPONENTSATION COMPONENTS:Adroit Statement (maximum two pages double-spaced) articulating your history, passion and experience with the areas of blogging/communications, Mailchimp, and social media (specifically experience with Facebook and Twitter).

SENDAttach Adroit Statement to email as .doc files, and send to [email protected] with subject line ‘Social Media Correspondent Application: Last Name, First Name’.


webmasterIndividual responsible for inputting web content as needed into the website model assembled by the webdesigner. This position can be filled by the webdesigner, or by an alternate student(s). If applying for webdesigner as well, please indicate your additional interest in the webmaster position supplementary to your application for the webdesigner position—two separate applications are not necessary.

APPLICATION COMPONENTSAdroit Statement (maximum two pages double-spaced) articulating your history, passion and experience maintaining a website. Feel free to include links to examples of a website(s)/blog(s) you maintain, or have maintained in the past. Also, you are encouraged to discuss any and all website-related skills and languages that you might know or might be currently learning (e.g. CSS, HTML, etc.).

SENDAttach Adroit Statement to email as .doc files, and send to [email protected] with subject line ‘Webmaster Application: Last Name, First Name’.

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webdesignerIndividual responsible for design and construction of a functional website (via Wix, Wordpress, or custom coding). Extensive examples and details can be provided upon request.

APPLICATION COMPONENTSATION COMPONENTS:Adroit Statement (maximum two pages double-spaced) articulating your history, passion and experience creating a website. Feel free to include links to examples of a website(s) or blog(s) you have created. To perhaps get a better idea of our current Wix format, visit our current website at www.adroit.co.nr.

SENDAttach Adroit Statement to email as .doc files, and send to [email protected] with subject line ‘Webdesigner Application: Last Name, First Name’.


thank you for your interest!

We look forward to seeing what you have to say.

Questions? [email protected]

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