Internship Sites
Listed below are businesses or organizations in the
Duluth/Superior and Twin Cities areas that offer, or may consider offering,
publishing internships to UMD English majors and graduate students. Contact the
Internship Coordinator at cbock@d.umn.edu prior to contacting any field agencies directly.
Duluth/Superior Area
Animal Allies
Calyx Press
Holy Cow! Press
Litwin Books
New Moon Girl Media
Savage Press
The Duluth Depot
The Hillsider
Tight Squeek Press
Tweed Museum, University of Minnesota Duluth
Office of Admissions, University of Minnesota Duluth
Whole Person Associates
X-communication
Duluth Playhouse
Twin Cities Area
Alive Arts Media & Alive Magazine
Augsburg Fortress
Bethany House
Coffee House Press
Graywolf Press
Lerner Publishing Group
Llewellyn
Milkweed Editions
Minnesota Historical Society Press
Scarletta Press
Duluth/Superior
| Animal Allies | |
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Animal Allies Duluth, Minnesota |
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Description: |
Animal Allies Humane Society is an innovative animal companion humane society that strives to ensure a lifetime of loving care for every pet by reducing overpopulation, increasing adoption, and fostering humane values. Animal Allies provides temporary, high quality animal sheltering services, including spaying, neutering, and micro-chipping; places stray and abandoned animals in adoptive homes; and offers education programs to schools and other groups in the Twin Ports area. |
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Potential Internship Activities: |
Marketing and Communications and/or Fundraising and Events Positions will offer the opportunity to broaden experience with a variety of responsibilities including print and social media marketing, website development, event support and execution, and assisting with various communications including, but not limited to, newsletters, radio, television, and press releases. The position will help the adoption, spay/neuter and humane education programming, with a close tie to brand management. This position will report to the Marketing and Communications Manager and may require occasional evening and weekend hours. Those interested should contact Amy Miller at amy@animalallies.net or (218) 623-6349. |
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Recommended for: |
English majors who are creative, highly motivated, and care about animal welfare. |
| Calyx Press | |
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Calyx Press Duluth, Minnesota |
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Description: |
Calyx Press Duluth is a versatile small press founded in 2004.The press has published books in a variety of formats, from traditional hand-printed fine press books to soft-bound trade editions, on a wide range of topics. There is a focus on poetry and presentation. Calyx books have been finalists in the Minnesota Book Awards, and won NEMBA awards. Special interests: poetry, regional writers and artists. |
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Potential Internship Activities: |
ID and Illustrator design, business skills, proof reading, organizational aspects and record keeping, web marketing, This opportunity would be excellent for those interested in becoming independent artists, engaging in small press- or self-publishing, and interfacing the arts with the community |
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This is an opportunity for mature, independently driven students interested in learning about the development of a small press, and learning basic publication skills – including book design, web marketing, interfacing art with business, working directly with authors, managing a small business, organizational skills, and other foundational skills in the trade. |
| Holy Cow! Press | |
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Holy Cow! Press Duluth, Minnesota |
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Description: |
Holy Cow! Press publishes literary works of writers primarily in the Upper Midwest. Owner Jim Perlman's vision and careful selection of titles has, over the past 32 years, led to Holy Cow! being called “one of the best small presses in America.” Nineteen of Holy Cow! Press' books have been finalists for the Northeast Minnesota Book Award; three of the poetry titles received the top award. |
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Potential Internship Activities: |
In 2005, UMD English M.A. candidate Rachel Lintula completed an internship in publishing at Holy Cow! Press. Ms. Lintula's responsibilities included preliminary reading of submitted manuscripts as well as preparation of potential responses to submitters. She met regularly with owner Jim Perlman to discuss the submittals. |
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Mature graduate students who are particularly interested in literary analysis. |
| Litwin Books | |
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Litwin Books Duluth, Minnesota |
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Litwin Books publishes scholarly books about media, communication, libraries, and related historical topics, and through its Library Juice Press imprint, books that examine theoretical and practical issues in librarianship from a critical perspective, for an audience of professional librarians and students of library science. |
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Potential Internship Activities: |
Litwin Books needs interns for a range of tasks, but the bulk of the work tends to be proofreading. Additional tasks that interns may have an opportunity to do include text layout and design, indexing, bibliographic searching, and marketing. |
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Recommended for: |
Students interested in careful proofreading and copyediting. |
| New Moon Girl Media | |
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New Moon Girl Media Duluth, Minnesota |
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Description: |
New Moon Girl Media is an online community and print magazine for girls ages 8 to 12, dedicated to helping girls discover and honor their true selves. Safe, educational, and advertising-free, New Moon Girl Media helps girls develop their full potential through self-discovery, creativity, and community. Through sharing their own poetry, artwork, videos, and other creations; engaging in meaningful, adult-moderated discussions; and challenging cultural stereotypes of physical beauty, members build self-esteem and positive body image. New Moon Girl Media is for every girl who wants her voice heard, her dreams taken seriously, and her creativity celebrated. |
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Self-motivated individuals interested in youth education and/or women’s studies. |
| Savage Press | |
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Savage Press, Inc. Superior, Wisconsin |
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Description: |
Savage Press dates to 1989 and has published more than 100 nonfiction, fiction, and poetry titles. As a small publisher, owner Michael Savage uses guerilla marketing strategies to create demand for his titles and take them to market. Arranging book signings, sending out review copies, appearing on talk shows, and meeting the public at book fairs are among the activities of this publisher. |
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Potential Internship Activities: |
Student interns will gain knowledge of all of the activities that go on in a publishing house, learning the language of publishing as well as how this publisher approaches taking a book to market. He or she may have the opportunity to execute marketing tactics, practice writing letters and other documents, and create promotional materials for specific titles. A knowledge of Pagemaker is helpful. |
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Recommended for: |
Professional Writing minors and English MA graduate students with interest in Publishing & Print Culture. |
| The Duluth Depot | |
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Company or organization: |
The Duluth Depot Duluth, Minnesota |
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Description: |
The Duluth Depot is home to the Duluth Art Institute, the Duluth Children’s Museum, the Duluth Playhouse, the North short Scenic Railroad, the Lake Superior Railroad Museum, and the St. Louis County Historical Society Museum. |
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Potential Internship Activities: |
The Duluth Depot is looking for interns to help with public history projects, including writing and proofreading the Depot’s quarterly magazine, The Junction; researching and writing a tour book currently being composed; grant writing. |
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Recommended for: |
Mature, focused individuals with some interest in history. |
| The Hillsider | |
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The Hillsider Duluth, Minnesota |
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Description: |
The Hillsider is a non-profit board encouraging and promoting the good things about Duluth's Central Hillside, East Hillside and Lincoln Park neighborhoods. |
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Potential Internship Activities: |
The Hillsider is interested in an intern to assist with writing and editing its newspaper. |
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Recommended for: |
Students interested in editing, print culture, and newspaper or magazine publishing. |
| Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota Duluth | |
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Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota Duluth |
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With a permanent collection of over 7,000 art objects representing a range of cultures and periods of art history, the Tweed Museum of Art on the campus of the University of Minnesota Duluth is a major cultural and educational resource for the Upper Midwest. |
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Interns may assist in art research and writing, exhibition writing and design, marketing including social media, and special events planning. More information and application form are available from the Tweed. |
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Students interested in art, history, culture and museum studies. |
| Office of Admissions, University of Minnesota Duluth | |
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Office of Admissions, University of Minnesota Duluth |
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The UMD Office of Admissions seeks to hire one or two qualified students each fall for their Admissions Representative Professional Internship position. These are paid internships, requiring a commitment of 30-40 hours a week. One involves travel; the other is office-based. |
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Duties include assisting prospective undergraduate students and parents, participating in large group campus visit programs, assisting with application processing, and participating in student recruitment and other outreach activities. |
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These positions are recommended for senior English majors who are highly motivated, professional, and self-directed. Candidates must meet all eligibility requirements. For more information and application materials go to http://www.d.umn.edu/admissions/internship.html |
| Whole Person Associates | |
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Whole Person Associates Duluth, Minnesota |
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Description: |
Whole Person Associates publishes stress management and wellness promotion resources and self-care products. |
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> Potential Internship Activities: |
Whole Person Associates is looking for interns to do proofreading, editing, social media marketing, research, and more. |
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Ideal candidates would be able to work afternoon hours and would have an interest in learning about a small publishing firm and the kinds of books produced by Whole Person Associates. |
| X-communication | |
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X-communication Duluth, Minnesota |
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Description: |
X-communication publishes books that celebrate the western Lake Superior region, focusing primarily on the area's rich and colorful history. Established in 2001, X-comm produces an average of just one book per year. X-comm's imprint, X-presso Books, specializes in helping organizations and individuals self publish. |
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Potential Internship Activities: |
Internship opportunities are available throughout the academic year and during summer session and may include a variety of responsibilities and tasks involved in producing and marketing books: historic research, image research, indexing, organizing bibliographies, and some proofreading. This internship does not involve a great deal of writing or editing. |
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Undergraduate and graduate students with interest in Publishing & Print Culture whose primary interest is not writing or editing. |
| Duluth Playhouse | |
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Duluth Playhouse Duluth, Minnesota |
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Founded in 1914, the Duluth Playhouse is one of the nation's oldest community theaters and produces a year-round season of dramas, musicals, and children's productions. Its mission is to offer exceptional entertainment, training, and performance opportunities in theater arts that may inspire, challenge, and engage residents of Minnesota’s Northeast Region. The Playhouse incorporates the Children’s Theatre Arts program, The Play Ground Theatre, and the new Conservatory for the Performing Arts and is located in the St. Louis County Heritage and Arts Center in downtown Duluth. Internships are offered in summer and during fall and spring semesters. |
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Potential Internship Activities: |
Duties include assisting with marketing, promotion, and advertising of playhouse events. For more information, contact Tessa Lenneman, Promotions Manager, at playinfo@duluthplayhouse.org |
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This internship position is recommended for English majors with an interest in theater and/or marketing, promotion, and advertising. An interest in theater arts is desirable. |
Twin Cities
| Alive Arts Media & Alive Magazine | |
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Alive Arts Media Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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Description: |
Alive’s mission is to create opportunities for every young woman to discover her voice and realize her full potential. The company’s primary program is the production of Alive Magazine, a publication created entirely by and for young women. The content these women produce reflects elements of real life, demonstrating that there is more on their minds than celebrities, sex, and dieting. The impact of Alive Magazine in the larger population gives voice to a universal plea by young women around the world: the desire for media that speaks to the whole person, offering something different, something real. |
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Potential Internship Activities: |
Alive Magazine offers high-level experiential internships for women 25 and under in the Editorial, Public Relations, Development, Graphic Design, Multimedia Design & Web Development departments. More information at: http://www.alivemagazine.org/internships/index.php |
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Women 25 and under; women interested in editorial, public relations, development, graphic design, multimedia, and Web development; women interested in women’s studies. |
| Augsburg Fortress | |
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Augsburg Fortress Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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Augsburg Fortress is the publishing house of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Funded through sales revenue, Augsburg Fortress is called to provide products and services that communicate the Gospel, enhance faith, and enrich the life of the Christian community from a Lutheran perspective. |
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Potential Internship Activities: |
The Augsburg Fortress Internship Program is an excellent way for students to learn more about the business and gain valuable skills that will accompany them into the workforce. Augsburg Fortress Publishers provides an educational experience built on practical, hands-on training and challenging learning assignments. Past internships have included interns in the areas of editing, marketing, production, design and development. Internships are offered throughout the year, and may consist of full or part time hours. Open opportunities are listed at: http://www.augsburgfortress.org/company/employ.jsp |
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Recommended for: |
Students interested in marketing, production, design, editing, and development. |
| Bethany House | |
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Bethany House Bloomington, Minnesota |
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Bethany House Publishers is a Christian fiction and nonfiction book publisher located in Bloomington, Minnesota. Bethany House offers a summer internship designed to give candidates an unparalleled glimpse into the world of Christian publishing from one of the leading houses in the industry. Interns will have the opportunity to experience a variety of roles and functions during their time, working across the breadth of the company. This program is designed not only as excellent work experience but as an invaluable, firsthand opportunity for career planning. The internship is unpaid but available for college credit. |
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Potential Internship Activities: |
Out of a twelve-week program, interns will spend eight weeks in editorial (split roughly between fiction/nonfiction/youth) and four in marketing/publicity. Tasks will include reading and responding to queries, reviewing manuscripts, proofreading, market research, copy writing, maintaining databases, and special projects. Interns will be given the opportunity to attend strategy and planning meetings, shadow professionals in all departments, and provide opinions on creative projects. |
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Juniors, seniors and graduate students. |
Coffee House Press
| Coffee House Press | |
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Coffee House Press Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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Coffee House Press is a nationally known and renowned nonprofit publishing house located in the Warehouse District of Minneapolis. The press publishes 12 - 14 books each year — novels, short stories, poetry, and literary essays. The mission of Coffee House Press is to publish exciting, vital, and enduring authors of our time; to delight and inspire readers; to contribute to the cultural life of our community; and to enrich our literary heritage. By building on the best traditions of publishing and the book arts, we produce books that celebrate imagination, innovation in the craft of writing, and the many authentic voices of the American experience. |
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Potential Internship Activities: |
Coffee House Press offers an Editorial/Marketing internship. Internship hours are flexible, ranging from twelve to forty hours per week, for a total of 150 hours. The application process is ongoing, and is competitive. Editorial duties include: reading and reporting on submissions (both in written and oral reports), sending out rejection letters, proofreading, filing, and manuscript log upkeep. Interns can also take initiative to learn copyediting and other skills. Marketing duties include: clipping reviews and piecing together press releases, filing, sending out review copies, database upkeep, and other assorted clerical duties. More information at: http://www.coffeehousepress.org/internship.asp |
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Juniors, seniors and graduate students interested in gaining editorial and marketing experience with a nonprofit. |
| Graywolf Press | |
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Graywolf Press Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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Graywolf Press is an independent, nonprofit literary press that that publishes novels, short stories, memoirs, essays, and poetry. A commitment to quality, and a willingness to embrace or invent new models, has kept Graywolf at the forefront of the small press movement. Today, Graywolf is considered one of the nation's leading nonprofit literary publishers. |
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Graywolf Press offers ongoing unpaid internships designed to expose qualified applicants to editorial, marketing, and development work, and other aspects of the publishing industry. Internships are structured around the academic calendar, with three sessions per year: Winter/Spring, Summer, and Fall. Five internships will be offered per session: two marketing internships, one development internship, and two editorial internships. The internships are intended for those who are serious about pursuing these particular fields, and the acceptance process will be highly selective. All interns are expected to help with general office administrative tasks such as data entry, photocopying, mailings, and other various support tasks as needed. Benefits of an internship at Graywolf include a great hands-on learning experience at a well-established nonprofit arts organization, a flexible schedule, and free books. College credit is also available. More information at: http://www.graywolfpress.org/Company_Info/Internships/112/ |
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Applicants must be in the third or fourth year of an undergraduate degree. Higher level applicants are also welcome; the work level will be adjusted to the applicant’s level of education and experience. |
| Lerner Publishing Group | |
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Learner Publishing Group Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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Lerner Publishing Group, based in Minneapolis since its founding in 1959, is one of the nation's largest independently owned children's book publishers. With more than 3,500 titles in print, Lerner Publishing Group offers top-quality nonfiction and fiction books for grades K-12, including fascinating, photo-illustrated informational books; supplementary titles that support science, social studies, and language-arts curriculum; high-interest topics such as sports, vehicles, and crafts; and engaging picture books, chapter books, and intermediate and young-adult novels. Lerner Publishing Group publishes and promotes more than 300 books each year, and is made up of the following imprints: Lerner Publications, Millbrook Press, Carolrhoda Books, Graphic Universe, Twenty-First Century Books, ediciones Lerner, LernerClassroom, and Kar-Ben Publishing. |
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Potential Internship Activities: |
Read testimony from a recent Lerner sales and marketing intern: http://lernerbooks.blogspot.com/2009/08/we-love-interns.html |
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Students interested in educational publishing. |
| Llewellyn | |
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Llewellyn Woodbury, Minnesota |
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Description: |
Llewellyn publishes New Age titles that inform, educate, and inspire readers. The company is committed to providing books and tools for exploring new worlds of mind & spirit, thereby aiding in the quests for expanded human potential and spiritual consciousness. Some of the topics Llewellyn is bets known for include alternative health and healing, astrology, earth-based religions, shamanism, Gnostic Christianity and Kabbalah. |
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Potential Internship Activities: |
Llewellyn is accepting applications for an unpaid Acquisitions Internship until June 2010. Open opportunities are listed at: http://www.llewellyn.com/about/careers.php |
| Milkweed Editions | |
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Milkweed Editions Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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Founded in 1979 by Emilie Buchwald and R.W. Scholes, Milkweed Editions is one of the nation's leading independent, nonprofit literary publishers, releasing twelve to twenty new books each year in the genres of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. In addition, we are one of two nonprofit presses that publish children’s literature. We also have a special focus for much of our nonfiction: books in The World As Home program explore our relationship to the natural world. Milkweed Editions publishes with the intention of making a humane impact on society, in the belief that literature is a transformative art uniquely able to convey the essential experiences of the human heart and spirit. To that end, Milkweed publishes distinctive voices of literary merit in handsomely designed, visually dynamic books, exploring the ethical, cultural, and esthetic issues that free societies need continually to address. |
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Potential Internship Activities: |
Milkweed Editions provides ongoing unpaid internship opportunities designed to meet the needs of the press, while giving interns the chance to learn about various aspects of work in a nonprofit publishing house. Interns acquire valuable knowledge of the operation of a small, nonprofit literary press, and of the publishing process as a whole. Milkweed Editions offers focused departmental internships. Five internships will be offered per session: two marketing internships, one development internship, and two editorial internships. The internships are intended for those who are serious about pursuing these particular fields, and the acceptance process will be highly selective. All interns are expected to help with general office administrative tasks such as data entry, photocopying, mailings, and other various support tasks as needed. More information at: http://www.milkweed.org/content/blogcategory/13/29/ |
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Juniors, seniors, and graduate students interested in learning about marketing, editing, and development at an independent, nonprofit press. |
| Minnesota Historical Society Press | |
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Company or organization: |
Minnesota Historical Society Press St. Paul, Minnesota |
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Minnesota Historical Society Press publishes books on the history, art, and culture of the Upper Midwest. Founded in 1859, it is the oldest publisher in the state and the largest historical society press in the country. The press seeks to publish books for a broad audience of general readers and specialists. The press publishes books that explore the importance of place in this rich and varied region we call home. |
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Potential Internship Activities: |
The Society offers a limited number of internships to advanced undergraduate and graduate students interested in arranging work experience for academic credit. Most internships at the Minnesota Historical Society are unpaid. Specialized internships may be arranged with the Minnesota Historical Society Press. The Society also offers internships in the Collections Department and internships in oral history. More information at: http://www.mnhs.org/about/interns |
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Advanced undergraduates and graduate students who have experience and an interest in research, editing, or marketing. |
| Scarletta Press | |
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Scarletta Press Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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Description: |
Scarletta Press was founded in February 2005. The press publishes books in four categories: books for writers, great fiction, nonfiction for social change, and business books. |
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Potential Internship Activities: |
Past internships have included Editorial Internships. |
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Students interested in working with a smaller press. |
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