Read:
We are looking for people to sign up to be volunteer readers. Readers will read around 40-45 submissions from the sluice pile (or about three a week) over the course of the semester. At the beginning of the school year, we will train you on how to read and rank these submissions (meetings TBA in the next few weeks). If you’ve worked for a journal before, your input is welcome at these training sessions. More information about the ranking system set-up is below. If you are an official volunteer reader your name will appear as such in the journal.There are two ways to access manuscripts:
1) Check out the ALR office hours at the bottom of this post. During these times volunteer readers can pick up/return manuscripts (make sure and sign these manuscripts in and out) and journal staff will be in the office to answer any questions that you have about the ranking system. Volunteer readers have a one-week limit on all manuscripts that they check out. Additionally, everyone must initial ALL manuscripts read and ranked.
2) We will host reading parties wherein we will bring manuscripts for everyone to read. These events are also opportunities to discuss the ranking system and to see how and why student editors select and reject submissions.
Additionally, we will be proofreading copies of Fall 2011 issues of the journal in September and the Spring 2012 issue in Nov/Dec. This will be pretty basic stuff, but the more pairs of eyes we can get the better. More info to come about proofreading parties.
You can, of course, participate as much or as little as possible. We welcome any and all reading of manuscripts.
Write:
You can also write book reviews which will be published either in the journal or on the website. We get a ton of desk copies, but feel free to propose your own selections. You can also sign up to be a regular blogger on our blog. Email Laura Miller at seagremlin@gmail.com for more info. We are always looking for posts about books you’re reading, writing you’re doing, your experience working for the journal, or anything else related to the field.Speak:
We are looking for writers of all genres to sign up for the American Literary Review’s Graduate Student Reading Series. We will have four graduate student readings per semester, plus a back-to-school reading for incoming students in August, and an end of the year reading for those graduating in May. We will have four readers at each reading that takes place during the semester, and a fifteen-minute (max) time limit per reader will be strictly enforced. These readings will take place at local coffee shops and the homes of student and faculty editors. We are also looking for people to host each reading. Hosting duties include acquiring bios for each reader and introducing readers at the event.ALR’S Graduate Student Reading Series
All readings take place on Friday evenings at 7:30 pm, with four readers per event. To sign up, please email Production Editor Zach VandeZande (zach.vandezande@gmail.com) with your name, email, what genre you intend to read, and which of the following dates you would prefer.
- Friday, September 16th
- Friday, October 21st
- Friday, November 18th
- Friday Dec 2nd
If there’s something that you’d like to sign up to do that isn’t currently listed, please email Managing Editor Hillary Stringer (stringerhas@yahoo.com) with your ideas and suggestions. We are always looking for new and exciting opportunities for the journal!
Fall 2011 ALR Office Hours
The American Literary Review Office is located in AUDB 210.
- Monday 9 am-1:30 pm; 3-4 pm
- Tuesday 11 am-2:30 pm; (+ before and after Miro’s Fiction workshop)
- Wednesday 9 am-4 pm; 5 pm-6 pm (+ before and after Bonnie’s CNF workshop)
- Thursday 11 am-1:30 pm; 5:30-6:30 pm(+ before and after Fairchild’s Poetry Form and Theory course)
- Friday 11 am-1 pm
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