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We are that rarest of beasts – a literary startup that daily fights tooth-and-nail for Literacy and Literature. If this is the sort of thing that makes you yawn or if you perhaps passed by half-a-dozen of our sort on your way to work last Wednesday, then read another ad. If you are intrigued, then read on.
To make a long story short, we should just refer you to our Web site – www.readstoried.com – where you may read more about who we are, how we started, and what we’re doing, and even click on a link that will take you to our free iOS app (platform-agnostic Web version coming very soon). You can watch a video of us explaining what Storied is, check out our current Kickstarter campaign and spread the word about it (highly recommended).
If, after you’ve done all these things, you believe you are a bona fide rara avis, exceptional exception, sine qua non, jack-of-all-trades, Meisterstückerwerker (or something like that) perfect Storied Digital Publishing Intern, read further still.
We seek someone – female, male, feline, canine, supine, porcupine – with a true passion for those two above-mentioned, little-considered-these-days, borderline-insignificant thingies: Literacy and Literature. Also someone who sees themselves as either an enlightened editor/publisher or accomplished writer in three-to-five years. Someone who would like to kickstart their trip to the end of that five-year-plan rainbow right now by working with an up-and-coming outfit that is e'en now changing kids’ attitudes toward reading while providing an actual method for standardized-test preparation (the English part).
It helps if you (either one of these is good, two at once will get our attention, all three will likely get you hired):
Happen to have a penchant for (over)using hyphenated complex adjectives;
Are currently in a Creative Writing MFA program in the NYC area or have otherwise manifested a serious commitment to writing/publishing fiction (still in the NYC area)
Have solid experience blogging/facebooking/tweeting on the Arts, specifically fiction writing
Tasks waiting just for you:
- Writing for our blog
- Running our Facebook page
- Managing our Twitter stream
- Reading through stories submitted by writers, editing the ones that make the cut
- Managing our talent pool (writers, illustrators, voice artists, jugglers)
We started ex nihilo, have been at it for 1.5 years, and are now at the stage when something new and exciting is happening every other day. We are overwhelmed and need help. Highly interested, qualified, enthusiastic, word-nerd, book-shnook, written-word-bird, allow-me-to-take-off-my-silk-cape-and-lay-it-in-the-path-of-Literature-so-it-would-not-get-its-delicate-stocking-clad-fee-dirty kind of help, but, at the same time, someone who believes that good ideas need a lot of elbow grease and energy to succeed, and is willing to provide it.
We are now exploring partnerships with NYC-area schools, test-prep companies and writing centers built on the 826 Valencia model. We've received raves about STORIED from many quarters; the writer/educator Dave Eggers digs what we're doing, and we were profiled here: http://www.theliteraryplatform.com/2010/08/storied-sat/
We've also created an ever-expanding grassroots network of contributing fiction writers and illustrators, which has allowed us to plan for the release of the second collection of original stories (the current app features the first; many more are planned) in about a month.
As we mentioned, we have a strong preference for current Writing MFA students, and would like to see a sample or two of short fiction if you have one to show. If we like what we see, there is the possibility you could also collaborate with us (in the non-Vichy way, of course) as a writer; there is an upfront payment of $50 for accepted stories plus 7% royalties.
Also: in a short paragraph, share some thoughts with us on where you think digital publishing is going. Over the next five years, what do you think will be the most effective driver of 1) getting children/teenagers to read, and 2) keeping serious literature relevant to people growing increasingly distracted by multimedia entertainment options?
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