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The Missouri Review is a leader in teaching students about literary publishing through our internship. Our goal is to train young literary editors in an intense, systematic program. The course is offered to undergraduate and graduate students in all disciplines, but the core group consists of students majoring in English who want to pursue careers in publishing.

The editors encourage individual initiative and teamwork, while offering interns the resource of their many years of publishing experience. Students learn practical editing skills and generate publishing credit by writing book reviews or conducting author interviews. Interested students can get involved with web and social media content development, as well as assisting in producing digital audio versions of the print magazine. Students also learn the basics of manuscript acquisition, magazine distribution and other business practices. Our interns are able to say that they have contributed to one of the finest literary magazines in the nation, with international reach, and played a role in helping shape American literature.

Interns will be expected to read 20 manuscripts a week and pitch the best submissions in weekly genre meetings as well as being the second or third reader on manuscripts pitched by fellow interns and staff. (3 credit hours; ENGL 4950/7950).

For more information on applying for the internship with TMR, students can contact managing editor Marc McKee (mckeea@umsystem.edu).