Jobs for Writers

Los Angeles Review of Books

Membership & Development Manager

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8.25.25

Los Angeles Review of Books (LARB) is hiring a full-time Membership & Development Manager to oversee its membership program and support its fundraising efforts. As a reader-supported nonprofit, LARB depends on the contributions of our community of members and donors to sustain our work as an award-winning magazine and literary arts organization here in Los Angeles.

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Los Angeles Review of Books

Audience Engagement Editor

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8.25.25

Los Angeles Review of Books (LARB) is hiring a full-time Audience Engagement Editor to oversee its digital marketing efforts. LARB’s Audience Engagement Editor will develop and implement digital marketing strategy with an eye toward engaging and expanding the publication’s audience and reach. This individual will be principally responsible for developing, creating, scheduling, and sharing social media and newsletter content, as well as reporting, analyzing, and directing strategy on performance across platforms.

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Mass Poetry

Development Director

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8.25.25

Mass Poetry, an arts nonprofit headquartered in Boston’s Seaport, seeks an experienced fundraiser with a passion for poetry to serve as its full-time Development Director. This full-time, salaried position will begin in Fall 2025.


Mass Poetry envisions a world where poetry catalyzes understanding and connection. We harness the power of words to engage diverse communities across our commonwealth. We envision a vibrant, inclusive community that lifts all voice

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The Academy of American Poets

Senior Manager of Marketing and Communications

posted 
8.25.25

Date: July 8, 2025 
Classification: Exempt 
Supervisor: Development Director 
Location: New York, NY
Compensation: $68,000–$72,000, with benefits 

Position Summary: 

Do you believe in the power of poetry—and know how to sell a great story? The Academy of American Poets is looking for a Senior Manager of Marketing and Communications. 

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Words Without Borders

Education Fellow

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8.18.25

Words Without Borders seeks applicants for its education fellowship, which is designed to provide in-depth experience to individuals interested in a career in world literature—whether as scholars, educators, or curriculum developers.

Words Without Borders Education Fellowship 2025–26
Part-time
Remote

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The Provincetown Independent

Arts Writer

Provincetown
MA
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8.18.25

Provincetown Independent Arts Writer

The Provincetown Independent, an award-winning newspaper in one of the most culturally complex places in the United States, seeks an arts writer who shares our commitment to excellence in arts writing as a vital part of independent local journalism.

The Independent covers the outermost towns at the tip of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, where Provincetown is the cultural capital.

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Penzler Publishers

Managing Editor

New York
NY
posted 
8.14.25

Founded in early 2018 by Otto Penzler, Penzler Publishers is an independent publisher of mysteries, thrillers, and true crime. Our imprints include The Mysterious Press, American Mystery Classics, Scarlet, Crime Ink, and MysteriousPress.com.

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Fine Arts Work Center

Director of Development and Communications

Provincetown
MA
posted 
8.14.25

The Director of Development and Communications plays a key role on the senior leadership team at the Fine Arts Work Center. The Director will work closely with the Executive Director and Board Advancement Committee to develop and lead FAWC’s fundraising and communications strategies. 

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Cave Canem

Programs Coordinator

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8.13.25

Location: New York, New York
Status: Full-time, hybrid (3 days in office/week)
Salary: $62,400/year
Reports to: Programs Manager

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Cave Canem

Executive Assistant

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8.13.25

Location: Hybrid, minimum of 2 days in Soho
Status: Full-time, Overtime Exempt
Salary: $64,300 per year + benefits
Reports to: Executive Director

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Poets & Writers

Development & Communications Associate

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8.12.25

The Development & Communications Associate works closely with the Director of Development & Communications to secure contributed revenue and manage institutional communications—all in service to advancing the organization’s mission of serving writers nationwide.

 

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Alice James Books

Production Coordinator (Part-Time)

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8.7.25

Alice James Books | New Gloucester, ME

Alice James Books (AJB) seeks an hourly Production Coordinator to join our team for approximately 20–25 hours per week. This is a part-time, on-site role.

Minimum Qualifications:

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Assistant/Associate Professor- Creative Writing (Poetry)

Urbana
IL
posted 
8.5.25

The Department of English at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign invites applications for an Assistant Professor or tenured Associate Professor in Creative Writing (Poetry) with a target start date of August 16, 2026. We especially welcome applicants with a secondary expertise in teaching African American, Arab American, Asian American, Indigenous, Latinx, Chicanx, and/or Queer literature.

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