Publishing Fellowship
The Latinx in Publishing Inc. (LxP) Publishing Fellowship Program will allow aspiring Latinx publishing mentees (living in the U.S. or Puerto Rico) to remotely shadow the process of a publishing professional. LxP will facilitate the mentee selection process, provide networking opportunities for the selected mentee with their network of members including publishing professionals, agents, editors, and writers, as well as conduct regular check-ins with an LxP program officer. The 2022 Publishing Fellowship will be in editorial.
About Macmillan: 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.
The 2022 Editorial Fellow
Supported by Macmillan, an aspiring Latinx editor (living in the U.S. or Puerto Rico) will have the opportunity to remotely shadow the editorial process of an editor or senior editor, from acquisition to publication for 10-month period. LxP will facilitate the mentee selection process, provide networking opportunities for the selected mentee with their network of members including agents, editors, and writers. Mentee and mentor will meet (virtually) at minimum once a month and there will be regular check-ins with an LxP program officer.
2022-2023 FELLOW
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.
2022-2023 mentor
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.
Mentee Stipend: Mentee will receive a stipend of $2,500.
Term: 10 months (Starting June 2022). The program is now accepting applications from January 31, 2022 until February 15, 2022.
Wondering if you should apply?
Have you ever wanted to work with writers to help tell their stories? Do you love reading or have you worked in a library or bookstore? Have you written or edited for blogs, magazines, or journals? Are you interested in supporting the growth of Latinx representation in the publishing industry?
Eligibility Requirements:
The Publishing Fellow must be Latinx, at least 18 years old, and reside in the United States (including Puerto Rico), though they are not required to be citizens or “legal” residents. Latinx in Publishing defines “Latinx” as persons originating from, descendant from, or citizens of Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Martinique, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Martin, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
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