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ROSE HEREDIA SELECTED AS EDITORIAL PUBLISHING FELLOW SPONSORED BY MACMILLAN PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK, NY [July 13, 2022] -- Latinx in Publishing Inc. (LxP) has selected Afro-Dominican editor and writer Rose Heredia as the 2022 Editorial Publishing Fellow, sponsored by Macmillan Publishers. Heredia will be paired with St. Martin’s Press Senior Editor, Anna deVries to remotely shadow the editorial process for a 10-month period from June 2022 until April 2023.
We received over 340 applications, judges for this year’s Publishing Fellowship cycle included: Norma Perez-Hernandez, Assistant Editor, Kensington Publishing and Pilar Garcia-Brown, Senior Editor, Dutton, Penguin Random House.
“I'm so grateful to Latinx in Publishing for having provided me with the opportunity to work with an established editor; it’s truly a dream come true. I’m very excited to dig into manuscripts, provide feedback and learn about the business side of publishing in real time. Lastly, I hope to take this invaluable experience and pay it forward to future editors, in whatever capacity I can,” said Rose Heredia.
In 2021, Macmillan Publishers signed on to be the inaugural sponsor of the Publishing Fellowship and Work-in-Progress Fellowship programs designed to help support and create opportunities for aspiring Latine publishing professionals and writers. As part of the Fellowships, program participants will undergo regular check-ins with an LxP team member, receive a stipend, and the fellow will have opportunities to network with publishing professionals.
For more details about these programs, including eligibility requirements and any other criteria, please visit www.LatinxinPublishing.com/programs.
About Rose Heredia
Rose Heredia is Afro-Dominican born and bred from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, where she helps lawyers save the Earth. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of San Francisco and Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program in Writing. She is a VONA and Las Dos Brujas alumna. She is a Culture writer and editor for Epifania Magazine, Assistant Non-fiction Editor for VIDA Review and has been published by the Dominican Writers Association and HeadFake. Rose is currently working on an upcoming Dominican anthology with Dominican Writers Association. She has recently moved back to her neighborhood after a decade living in California. You can follow Rose on Twitter and Instagram: @bkwriter4life.
About Anna deVries
Anna deVries is a Senior Editor at St. Martin’s Press, publishing both fiction and nonfiction, with a particular interest in narratives about overlooked stories and experiences from outside the mainstream, cultural history and memoir, narrative science, and literary essays. Some of her books include The Address Book by Deirdre Mask; We Gon’ Be Alright by Jeff Chang; One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter by Scaachi Koul; O Beautiful by Jung Yun; Mill Town by Kerri Arsenault, and the forthcoming Newsroom Confidential by Margaret Sullivan. Before SMP, she worked at Picador and Scribner. A native New Yorker, she lives in Brooklyn with her daughter.
About Latinx in Publishing
Latinx in Publishing Inc. is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and a network of book publishing professionals committed to supporting and increasing the number of Latino/a/x in the publishing industry, as well as promoting literature by, for, and about Latino/a/x people. Members include professionals in all facets of publishing and at all career stages. Members benefit from this community through shared resources, support, and mentorship. Latinx in Publishing also hosts networking and author events in NYC and online. Latinx in Publishing members are available for outreach and participation in school career fairs and for partnership with organizations and publishers that seek to promote diversity. For more information visit www.latinxinpublishing.com and follow us on social @latinxpublishing.
About Macmillan Publishers
Macmillan Publishers is a global trade book publishing company with prominent imprints around the world. Macmillan publishes a broad range of award-winning books for children and adults in all categories and formats. U.S. publishers include Celadon Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Flatiron Books, Henry Holt & Company, Macmillan Audio, Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, the St. Martin’s Publishing Group, and Tor Books. In the UK, Australia, India, and South Africa, Macmillan publishes under the Pan Macmillan name. The German company, Holtzbrinck Deutsche Buchverlage, includes among its imprints S. Fischer, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Rowohlt, and Droemer Knaur. Macmillan Publishers is a division of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, a large, family-owned media company headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany.
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