Happy Friday, everyone!
Our first announcement: this is your reminder that teaching evaluations for SQ2025 classes are due tonight.
Below is an online, paid internship opportunity with Brink Literacy Project, as well as the reminders list for Week 11—our final week! (Don’t forget about those textbook rentals!) Scroll down for details on each of these.
Brink Internship
(The information below has been copied from the Brink Literacy Project website.)
Application deadlines: July 1, 2025 (for Aug/Sept – Nov/Dec) and December 1, 2025 (Jan/Feb – Apr/May)
About Brink:
Brink’s publishing internship program seeks to bring underrepresented and diverse voices into the publishing industry itself. Through our fifteen-week program, interns learn the essential ins and outs of the industry and become crucial contributors to the positive social change Brink affects every day.
Are you eager to foster a love of literature and stories? Do you believe in the power of the pen? Are you motivated by a desire to discover hidden gems of literary beauty and bring them to light?
An internship with Brink will provide you with firsthand experience in the publishing industry. Our programs are designed to bridge the gap between learning about publishing and working in the business.
Our internships are conducted entirely online, so applicants from anywhere in the world can participate in this remote publishing internship as long as they have access to WiFi. Typically, interns work approximately 10 hours a week. Every Brink intern is given a small stipend of $300.
The Program:
Editing
Guided by our professional staff, interns will receive extensive editorial training that covers everything from initial content and broad structural editing to perfecting final copies. Interns will work with general and contest submissions, polish pieces to be published in F(r)iction, and try their hands at both navigating the slush pile and interacting with celebrity authors.
Publishing
The first half of the internship includes an intensive training program with our professional editorial staff. Interns learn how to coach writers from first drafts to polished publications. For the remaining half of the internship, interns will have the opportunity to work as independent Junior Editors. Interns will assist in the creation of F(r)iction and gain experience in every step of the publication process, including editing and general content management. Additionally, interns are asked to assist with the marketing and distribution of F(r)iction.
Outreach
Interns will gain experience in industry correspondence: they will reach out to literary agents and publicists, request advance review copies for the season’s most anticipated books, and conduct Q&As with celebrity authors.
Editorial Writing
Brink provides interns with the opportunity to hone their own craft and technique in order to sharpen their editorial lens. Interns will write short pieces for group writing projects such as Dually Noted and draft book reviews for upcoming titles.
Production
Interns will practice the basics of magazine layout and InDesign while learning about a production’s department’s workflow and role as part of an art and literature publisher.
Marketing
Interns will assist with the management of marketing materials, social media accounts, and online publications.
How to Apply:
Brink offers two internship sessions every year—spring and fall—with each internship lasting fifteen weeks.
Spring Cycle
Applications Open: Aug 1
Applicant Deadline: Dec 1
Referrer Deadline: Dec 15
Cycle runs: Jan/Feb – Apr/May
Fall Cycle
Applications Open: Mar 1
Applicant Deadline: July 1
Referrer Deadline: July 15
Cycle runs: Aug/Sept – Nov/Dec
Applications are OPEN!
Want to make your application stand out? Check out our Internship FAQ page.
Application submission page: https://brinklit.submittable.com/submit
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[Looking for additional internships? Click here to check out the department’s list of Summer & Autumn Quarter opportunities!
Looking for even more internship opportunities? Chicago’s StreetWise Magazine also has internships available in areas ranging from writing to social media publicity. Click here to fill out the interest form on their website.
For any questions about internships, please contact Prof. Chris Solís Green at cgreen1@depaul.edu.]
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Week 11
- Thursday, June 12: Crook & Folly Editor-in-Chief applications (click here for details)
- Friday, June 13: Textbook rentals due (see info below)
- Saturday, June 14: Poetry Magazine submissions (click here for details)
Textbook Return Instructions
You can return your rental textbooks to the bookstore on either campus by mail or in person.
For returning via MAIL:
Rentals returned via mail must be postmarked by the Rental Return Due Date. Place all of the books you’re returning in the same box; be sure to use the same return shipping label.
[To access and print your shipping label, sign into https://depaul.bncollege.com/, go to “Course Materials & Textbooks,” and select “Return My Rentals” from the dropdown.]
For returning in person (LPC):
The Lincoln Park bookstore is located at
2425 N. Sheffield Avenue.
Their hours for this week are:
Sat.: 3:00 PM
Sun.: CLOSED
Mon.–Fri.: 5:00 PM
For returning in person (LOOP):
The downtown bookstore in the Loop campus is located at
1 E. Jackson Boulevard.
Their hours for this week are:
Sat.: 6:00 PM
Sun.-Mon.: CLOSED
Tues.–Thurs.: 10:00 PM
Fri.: 6:00 PM
