Poetry & Fiction Readers

In 2025, Oyster River Pages seeks motivated and responsible individuals to serve as poetry and fiction readers. ORP poetry and fiction readers will dedicate a few hours each week to support ORP’s mission of publishing underrepresented voices that need to and must be heard. Preference will be given to applicants with a history of involvement in the literary arts (or equivalent experience) and an interest in supporting a volunteer-run nonprofit journal. 

Specifically, from January through May 2025, readers will help review submissions for ORP’s 8th annual issue. This includes voting, providing constructive comments, and participating in monthly video conference meetings with their respective genre editors to discuss the pieces reviewed each month. We estimate that readers will spend about 2 to 5 hours per week reading and assessing submissions. 

We expect to bring on one poetry reader to support ORP’s Poetry Editor, Eneida Alcalde, and one fiction reader to support ORP’s Emerging Voices Fiction Editor, Michelle Tanmizi. 

To apply: In addition to your resume and two references, please upload a brief statement (no more than one page) explaining which reader position is of interest to you along with your qualifications for this role. In your statement, please also share your experience, if any, in the poetry and fiction communities, literary arts journals, creative writing, or related fields. Additionally, mention any creative writing-related studies or projects in which you have been involved. 

While we seek individuals with a background in the literary arts, we prefer readers who also bring real-world experience beyond creative writing workshops—people who have witnessed the transformative power of the literary arts to uplift, unite, heal, and challenge the status quo.

Please upload your resume, two references, and your statement to Submittable by December 1, 2024. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. If a reader position is filled before the deadline, we will update this page as necessary.

Please note that all reader positions are volunteer and remote.

Questions? Email ORP at oysterriverpages@gmail.com

ORP recruits and trains interns regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, nationality, sex, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, disability, age, veteran status, and all the other fascinating characteristics that make us different.  At ORP, we have a clear vision: to be the place where a diverse mix of talented people want to come, stay, do, and share their best work with the world.