Muzzle Magazine seeking reviewers and a web editor

Muzzle Magazine aims to bring together the voices of poets from a diverse array of backgrounds, paying special homage to those from communities that are historically underrepresented in literary magazines. We have the distinct honor of being the only online literary magazine named as one of the best new magazines of 2010 by Library Journal in "LJ Best New Magazines of 2010: Ten new periodicals rise to the top." We take submissions year round for poetry, art, interviews, poetry book reviews and poetry performance reviews.

 

Book Reviewer
We are looking for 1-3 book reviewers to review recent and pre-release titles from both major and small presses. Reviewers may choose their own books to review or may request suggestions (and often review copies) from Muzzle. This, like all positions at Muzzle, is a volunteer position.

 

Qualifications:

• Must love poetry
• Must be skilled at writing thoughtful reviews of poetry
• Must be well-read in both contemporary and canonical works of poetry
• Must be self-motivated and not require micromanaging to complete tasks in a timely manner
• Strong history of poetry publications preferred
• MFA and/or PhD in creative writing preferred (current candidates are also highly encouraged to apply)

Application Materials:

• 8-15 pages of poetry (can be published or unpublished)
• List of publications
• A brief cover letter explaining why you're interested in this position and detailing any past experiences you've had with writing poetry reviews
• Samples of 1-3 past reviews, if available

Send all application materials as attachments (either PDF of DOC files) to <muzzlemagazine(at)gmail.com> (replace (at) with @). Put "Book Editor Position" in the subject line of your email.

 

 

Web Editor
We are looking for a web editor to add content to new issues (poetry, art, reviews, etc) and keep the website up-to-date. Generally speaking, two weeks before the issue is scheduled to come out, the web editor would receive content to add to the website, which ends up being about 10-15 hours of work once every 3 months. If a candidate is talented and ambitious and would like to revamp the web design, that is welcome (but not necessary). This, like all positions at Muzzle, is a volunteer position.

 

Qualifications:

 

Must have done web editing in some capacity before. We use Weebly for our website. It's pretty easy. If you've used Weebly before, that'd be great, but it's not 100% necessary.

Must have hawk-like attention to formatting details

Must be self-motivated and not require micromanaging to complete tasks in a timely manner

Some HTML knowledge preferred

Poetry and art enthusiasts preferred

Application Materials:

 

• A brief cover letter explaining why you're interested in this position and detailing any past experiences you've had editing and/or designing websites
• Links to websites you've worked on in the past

Send all application materials to <muzzlemagazine(at)gmail.com> (replace (at) with @)

 muzzlemagazine@gmail.com. Put "Web Editor Position" in the subject line of your email.