Poetry Wales are looking for a Reviews 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.
Our current Reviews Editor is leaving us in July 2024. This position is temporary while we reassess the role.
Job Description
We are looking for a Reviews Editor who can:
- Commission, proofread, and edit three to four 1500 word reviews to deadline for our November 2024 issue
- Give some assistance to the editor in commissioning reviews to deadline for our March 2025 60th Anniversary issue
- Write and/or commission some short reviews for the Poetry Wales website
Our ideal candidate will be someone who:
- Has experience with editing other people’s work
- Can work to deadline
- Is a good problem solver should any issues with commissions arise
- Is a strong communicator
- Has knowledge of the Welsh poetry community and connections to potential reviewers
- Does not have any connections to publishers which may make them biased - by this we do not mean publishing a book with a specific publisher, bur working for, being on a committee for or promoting a specific publisher
- Is committed to reviewing and spotlighting work from a range of writers and different voices
- 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.
