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Employment Opportunities
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Our Author Support Services are expanding.
We have received a lot of requests for editing services and inquiries about how to find beta readers and sensitivity readers for our work. Join our team. Editors (Paid Position - per project) We are looking for a team of editors to join our roster. You should have an editing certificate and/or demonstrated editing experience. Members of CAFE or Editors Canada are encouraged to apply. We need developmental editors, substantive editors, copyeditors, proofreaders. Please apply with cover letter, resume and two letters of reference. Beta Readers (Volunteer Position) We are looking for a team of beta readers to read manuscripts and give an overall impression of the work. No editing or manuscript review involved. Please apply with a cover letter outlining your specific reading interests. Sensitivity Readers (Paid Position - per project) We are looking for a team of sensitivity readers to review manuscripts that may contain offensive content, misrepresentation, stereotypes, bias, lack of understanding, etc. If you are interested in being a sensitivity reader apply with cover letter outlining the specific areas in which you have the authority to advise on. If selected, the contract term for all positions will be from July 2024 - June 2025 with an option to renew. Please send applications to Robin at [email protected] by February 29. |
SESSIONAL INSTRUCTORS NEEDED | CONTRACT BASIS
WE ARE CURRENTLY ACCEPTING COURSE/WORKSHOP PROPOSALS FOR SUMMER & FALL 2024 TERM
Thanks for the overwhelming number of spring proposals we received. We have now closed applications for the spring but will continue to accept proposals for ONLINE and IN-PERSON classes for the Summer (July/August) and Fall (September to December) 2024 terms.
For ONLINE classes, instructors MUST be comfortable using the Zoom video conferencing platform for online class delivery. AWCS will provide instructors with a username and password to access the complete (paid) version of the program.
Most in-person classes will take place at the Alexandra Writers’ Centre in Calgary, however, we are accepting proposals from Edmonton and Lethbridge instructors. If you have a venue already in mind, that would be helpful. If not, we have some connections.
Please feel free to submit as many proposals as you would like. If something doesn’t fit in one term, it might fit in the next.
We are looking for proposals for the following:
We are always in need of:
We are always open to fresh and innovative ideas, sometimes we even come up with them ourselves. If you have something outside these formats that you have tried or would like to try, please feel free to send them our way. You never know. It might be exactly what we were looking for and we didn't even know it.
TO MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED, THE IDEAL PROPOSALS WILL INCLUDE:
Please feel free to email me with any questions you may have. We are always looking for new writing instructors—If you know anyone who may be interested in teaching for the AWCS, send them our way!
Send your proposals and/or questions to Robin van Eck [email protected] or Precious De Leon [email protected].
We are always looking for new writing instructors—If you know anyone who may be interested in teaching for the AWCS, send them our way!
WE ARE CURRENTLY ACCEPTING COURSE/WORKSHOP PROPOSALS FOR SUMMER & FALL 2024 TERM
Thanks for the overwhelming number of spring proposals we received. We have now closed applications for the spring but will continue to accept proposals for ONLINE and IN-PERSON classes for the Summer (July/August) and Fall (September to December) 2024 terms.
For ONLINE classes, instructors MUST be comfortable using the Zoom video conferencing platform for online class delivery. AWCS will provide instructors with a username and password to access the complete (paid) version of the program.
Most in-person classes will take place at the Alexandra Writers’ Centre in Calgary, however, we are accepting proposals from Edmonton and Lethbridge instructors. If you have a venue already in mind, that would be helpful. If not, we have some connections.
Please feel free to submit as many proposals as you would like. If something doesn’t fit in one term, it might fit in the next.
We are looking for proposals for the following:
- Micro-workshops (2-3 hours in length max)
- Multi-Week Classes (these classes can be 2-3 hours in length and may run from 4-12 weeks) Daytime or evening classes.
- One-Day Workshops or Weekend Intensives (4-5 hours per day)
We are always in need of:
- memoir with workshopping included. (preferred weekly)
- general creative nonfiction and personal essays (preferred weekly)
- novel courses, short story courses or general fiction courses. (preferred weekly)
- poetry
- Genre specific courses – science fiction/fantasy, psychological thriller/horror, romance, historical fiction, dystopian/near future
- Editing Your Own Work
- Submitting – including query letters and synopses
- Short craft-based workshops (character development, setting/world building, POV, voice, dialogue, showing vs telling and so much more)
- Creative exploration and word generation.
We are always open to fresh and innovative ideas, sometimes we even come up with them ourselves. If you have something outside these formats that you have tried or would like to try, please feel free to send them our way. You never know. It might be exactly what we were looking for and we didn't even know it.
TO MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED, THE IDEAL PROPOSALS WILL INCLUDE:
- Class Title
- Class Blurb/description (not sure what a blurb should look like, please see what we are currently offering.)
- Class Length (number of weeks/hours per class)
- Online or in-person delivery Days and Times available (please give multiple options)
- Instructor Bio
Please feel free to email me with any questions you may have. We are always looking for new writing instructors—If you know anyone who may be interested in teaching for the AWCS, send them our way!
Send your proposals and/or questions to Robin van Eck [email protected] or Precious De Leon [email protected].
We are always looking for new writing instructors—If you know anyone who may be interested in teaching for the AWCS, send them our way!
