We are looking for readers interested in dedicating 5-10 hours a months to reading Fantasy Magazine slush. We will be glad to train you in considerations of online publishing and editing. Position is unpaid but we would be glad to write letters of recommendation or whatever’s needed for internship status and buy you drinks at conventions. We will be taking applications through the end of the month at rambo @ fantasy-magazine.com
Be aware that if you are reading for us, we cannot publish your fiction for reasons of professional ethics.
Send your name, e-mail address, a brief description of your experience with speculative fiction and publishing, why you’d like to work with Fantasy Magazine, your three favorite short story writers with a sentence or two describing why they’re your favorite, and the magazines and websites you like to read. If you’ve got a blog or significant website, or are on any social networks such as Twitter or Facebook, please include that.
1 • Patty said:
September 12th, 2009 at 1:39 am, permalink
Oh, yeah! Need qualifications? Let me know if there are any.
2 • Fantasy Magazine is looking for slush readers | Diabolical Plots said:
September 12th, 2009 at 9:11 am, permalink
[...] Fantasy Magazine is looking for slush readers. The job is unpaid, but would definitely carry some benefits. The main drawback is that Fantasy would be unable to publish your fiction if you ended up with the job. That’s a deal-breaker for me, because breaking a story into Fantasy Magazine is one of my major goals, but if you don’t write fiction or you are okay with cutting one magazine off your submissions list, you might want to give it a try! [...]
3 • Cat Rambo said:
September 12th, 2009 at 2:16 pm, permalink
Patty – knowing something about the field is a help, even if it’s just that you like to read stuff in it.
4 • Calls for Slush Readers — Bill Ward said:
September 16th, 2009 at 10:27 am, permalink
[...] couple of online magazines have recently posted calls for slush readers, Every Day Fiction and Fantasy, to be exact. A while back I wrote a three-piece article all about the benefits of taking a stint [...]
5 • Sarah said:
September 29th, 2009 at 11:04 am, permalink
Obviously you cannot submit work while you’re a reader. But does that mean if you stopped being a reader (for whatever reason) you would then be able to submit again since there would no longer be a conflcit of interest?
6 • Patty said:
October 4th, 2009 at 11:52 pm, permalink
wondering if you got my Email.