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Student Internship Programs |
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Publishing
New Letters magazine and books: English 449
(details below). |
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Radio
Internship: New Letters on the Air
(click here for details). |
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Gathering of New Letters interns
with poet Terrance Hayes:
Joni, Terrance Hayes, Jackie, and Audrey. |
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Upper-level Undergraduates and Grad-Students: |
If you want hands-on experience in the publishing biz and credit hours toward your degree, check this course: New
Letters Magazine Publication Practicum
(English 449).
This course provides practical,
real-work
experience and instruction with New Letters magazine, BkMk Press
(book publishing), and to some
degree with New Letters on the
Air (radio series) in
publications management, copy editing, manuscript
evaluation, grant development, writing and market research,
creative writing and other skills.
Enrollment caps at three students
per semester. New Letters is UMKC's
international quarterly of writing
and art, winner of a 2008 National
Magazine Award. |
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"I chose to attend graduate school at UMKC
solely because I wanted to intern with
New Letters and
BkMk Press."
-- J.J. Cantrell,
graduate student, 2004 - 2005
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Time
Commitment:
Work schedules can be tailored to
your circumstances but must be sometime Monday through
Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Work schedules must be kept reliably and
consistently, as with any other formal job.
A three-hour course carries a time commitment of
90 hours per semester; fall and winter semester time
commitments look like this:
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Three-credit students, plan to work in the office five
hours a week (15 weeks), plus an
average of
one hour for out-of-office research, reading, and other
work.
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Two-hour credit students work in the office three hours
a week, plus an average of one hour for out-of-office
research, reading, and other work.
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One-hour credit students work in office two hours per
week; you will also need some out-of-office time to
complete a few small assignments.
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Summer students’ times will be adjusted to fit an
eight-week semester.
You will work with our magazine, radio series,
and our book publisher, BkMk Press.
Some work will be mundane and clerical, all
necessary; you also will write reports, press releases,
and magazine back matter, all of which need to be clear,
accurate, and correct.
Expect your own writing to be edited.
You might also assist with hosting visiting
writers, marketing our publications, and other projects.
How to
Enroll:
Contact Robert Stewart,
StewartR@umkc.edu, for consent to enroll, and
include your student ID number.
* Note to prospective English 449A, section
0001, students:
* We give consent for English 449A section 0001
(Publication Practicum) to any student who qualifies
and requests consent; however, only the first three
students who actually register for each semester will
get into the internship. Consent, by itself, does not
guarantee the student a place in this
course/internship. Make sure you enroll into Eng.
449A, section 0001. |
Come
by University House anytime, weekdays 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
if you want, to discuss the Publication Practicum,
internship,
with one of our staff members. |
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Selected Duties: |
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- advertisement canvassing and writing
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- mailing list preparation/updating
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- manuscript evaluation, with written comments/critiques
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- promotion development (including grant writing)
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- local/national distribution planning and execution
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Join the
National Magazine Award-winning staff. |
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