Career Development
The Los Angeles Review of Books is now accepting applications for its 2022 Publishing Workshop! Read on for more information about this exciting program, and for links to the application.
The Los Angeles Review of Books is now accepting applications for the 2022 LARB Publishing Workshop.
A five-week intensive summer course, the LARB Publishing Workshop prepares students to succeed in the ever-changing, seemingly inaccessible world of publishing. From June 20 - July 22, Workshop Fellows will learn from the industry professionals shaping print and digital publishing today. Speakers include Nicole Counts (One World), Evette Dionne (Netflix), Lori Dorr (The Paris Review), Dennis Johnson (Melville House), Jennifer 8. Lee (Plympton), Jyothi Natarajan (Asian American Writers' Workshop), Michael Reynolds (Europa Editions), Rebecca Saletan (Riverhead), Tim Sullivan (UC Press), Joshua Trannen (Duke UP), Jamia Wilson (Penguin Random House), among others.
In addition to participating in lectures and workshops featuring over 50 guest speakers, Fellows will have the opportunity to join one of two practical tracks dedicated to magazine and book production. These will culminate in the publication of our online magazine PubLab or books of their own design. This combination of practical skills, industry insights, and creative networks have helped Workshop Fellows start their own ventures or build careers in publishing. Since our inaugural program in 2017, alumni have gone on to jobs at journals, agencies, and presses such as Asymptote, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Hill Nadell Literary Agency, Harvard University Press, Random House, Red Hen Press, Stanford University Press, W.W. Norton & Co., and many more.
The program is open to graduating college seniors, those who have recently graduated (alumni of any college or university), current graduate students, and people with relevant experience and interest in entering the publishing industry. Full and partial scholarships are available, in keeping with our mission of accessibility, and we regularly partner with colleges and universities to provide fellowships for their students to attend. In light of the ongoing public health crisis and in keeping with our commitment to accessibility, this year's program will be conducted virtually.
Watch a video about the 2021 LARB Publishing Workshop.
Apply now through April 15. For more information and applications visit thepublishingworkshop.
