Milkweed Editions provides ongoing unpaid internship opportunities designed to meet the needs of the press, while giving interns the chance to learn about various aspects of work in a nonprofit publishing house.
Internships are available in our offices in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota.
As an intern, you'll be exposed to all facets of the publishing process, from editing and proofreading, to marketing and publicity. Milkweed Editions provides a wonderful opportunity for hands-on experience in the publishing field. Interns acquire valuable knowledge of the operation of a small, nonprofit literary press, and of the publishing process as a whole. They are responsible for a variety of tasks relating to editorial, administration, marketing, and development processes, including library research, writing, proofing, reading manuscripts, collating and data entry. These tasks include telephone answering, order fulfillment, promotional mailings, logging manuscripts, etc.