Poetry Wales are looking for a Cymraeg Editor until December 2024.
Poetry Wales is a tri-annual journal publishing contemporary poetry by some of the most exciting names in poetry from around the world. In 2025 we will be celebrating sixty years of publication, and with the help of a Books Council of Wales New Audiences Grant, we are delighted to announce a number of fixed-term opportunities to help us to deliver the first issues of Volume 60.
We are looking for a Cymraeg Editor who can:
- Translate a Cymraeg poem into English and English poem into Cymraeg
- Write and/or commission work for the Poetry Wales website
- Help choose Cymraeg poems for the 60th anniversary issue (March 2025)
- Offer support to the magazine and reviews editors, including some translation of communications material if and/or when needed
Our ideal candidate will be someone who:
- Is fluent in Cymraeg and English
- Has experience of creatively translating poetry and/or creative prose
- Can work to deadline
- Is a good problem solver
- Has a good understanding of the Welsh poetry community
- Has lived experience of racism, ableism, transphobia, homophobia and/or poverty
Poetry Wales is always open to considering investing in someone who can show us development potential in this role, even though they may not be able to demonstrate all of the ideal criteria listed above
The successful applicant will receive training sessions on professional editorial, production and practical editing.
