NOW OPEN FOR SUBMISSION READER APPLICATIONS!
Internship and Volunteer Opportunities
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Trio House Press hosts graduate student and advanced undergraduate student interns each semester, and also welcomes volunteers who want to join us in our mission to publish and promote poetry and prose that represents a diversity of voices, subjects, and artistry.
Internship and Volunteer Openings
Volunteer Poetry Contest Submission Readers for Trio and Bogan Awards
Reading period:
November 2026 - Mid-April 2027
Applications Close on October 15, 2026
Applicants should be self-starters, and have an understanding of and appreciation for the contemporary poetry landscape, have taken coursework in those areas, and/or have experience editing/reading for a literary magazine or other small press. We also appreciate volunteers familiar with our list and aesthetics.
While we are unable to pay our submission readers, we do provide readers with free and deeply discounted books, as well as opportunities to gain experience in the workings of a small independent nonprofit press.
Internship and Volunteer Openings
Volunteer Fiction Contest Submission Readers for Agate Award
Reading period:
January - Mid-April 2027
Applications Close on November 15, 2026
Applicants should be self-starters, and have an understanding of and appreciation for the contemporary fiction landscape, have taken coursework in those areas, and/or have experience editing/reading for a literary magazine or other small press. We also appreciate volunteers familiar with our list and aesthetics.
While we are unable to pay our submission readers, we do provide readers with free and deeply discounted books, as well as opportunities to gain experience in the workings of a small independent nonprofit press.
Internship and Volunteer Openings
Volunteer Creative Non-Fiction Contest Submission Readers
for Aurora Polaris Award
Reading period:
February - Mid-June 2027
Applications Close on December 15, 2026
Applicants should be self-starters, and have an understanding of and appreciation for the contemporary creative nonfiction landscape, have taken coursework in those areas, and/or have experience editing/reading for a literary magazine or other small press. We also appreciate volunteers familiar with our list and aesthetics.
While we are unable to pay our submission readers, we do provide readers with free and deeply discounted books, as well as opportunities to gain experience in the workings of a small independent nonprofit press.