Join Our Team

The Publishing Intern works alongside our Programming Director to organize and edit our students' work and help publish our printed anthology books. They will also develop Kindle editions of our previous anthologies and select excerpts to be shared by our marketing team. They will also have an opportunity to learn CMS tools and publish pieces onto our student literary website, UptownInk.org.

Key Responsibilities: Collect and edit student writing; use a style guide to ensure consistency throughout the anthology book; select and develop excerpts of students' stories; publish work onto our student website; help with distribution to local vendors; other publishing tasks as needed.

Ideal Skills: Adobe InDesign, Google Docs, Google Sheets, WordPress, Writing; Editing; Journalism; Newspapers;

‍Time Requirements: 15 hours/week for 12 weeks

Start and End Dates: January-March

Stipend: $500

Based in Washington Heights, Uptown Stories offers after-school, weekend, and summer creative writing workshops for children ages 8-18. We are seeking rockstar Teaching Artists, who are also professional authors and artists, to lead our creative writing workshops. Have a genre you’re passionate about? Tell us why you think your workshop would be an exciting addition to our programming.

All classes should be structured primarily as workshops, where the students learn the art and craft of writing, revision, and how to give and receive constructive feedback, creating a community of young authors and artists. Each workshop ends with a celebratory reading at Word Up Community Bookshop in Washington Heights, and the publication of a paperback anthology, so every student leaves our program as a published author.

We are looking for Teaching Artists who write terrific curricula, who are dynamic and engaging in the classroom, who are self-reliant and responsible, who can differentiate instruction for different ages and abilities, and who, most of all, feel passionate about the craft and the art of writing. Teaching Artists are expected to help set up and break down the classroom space, maintain regular email contact with families regarding class progress, and be responsive to emails from students about their work. Uptown Stories will handle enrollment, space, billing, and provide materials and snacks.

All applicants must:

• ‍Have 4+ years of professional experience teaching children within the age range of 8-18
• Have at least 1 year of professional experience teaching creative writing
• ‍Be practicing writers or artists in their field of expertise

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