Editorial Experience

Positions
Associate Editor
Reader for Robert and Adele Schiff Award in Prose
Assistant Editor​
​Volunteer Editorial Assistant
About the Magazine
Print Issues (nationally distributed)
  • ​Short Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry, Drama, Reviews​​
  • Affiliated with Acre Books and the University of Cincinnati 

miCRo Series (online)
  • Prose of 500 words or less and poetry of 32 lines or less​

CR Blog (online)
  • Editors' Dispatches
  • Interviews
  • Submission Trends and Tips
  • Why We Like It
Positions​
Assistant Nonfiction Editor
Editorial Intern
About the Magazine
​Print Issues (nationally distributed)
  • Short Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry, Art​​
  • Affiliated with the University of Alabama MFA Program in Creative Writing
  • ​Graduate-student run

Editorial Responsibilities

Editing
  • Copyediting/developmental editing
  • Proofing
  • Collaborative editorial suggestions

Marketing​
  • Promotional blog and social media posts 
  • Promotional graphics (Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom)

Manuscript
  • Rating/reviewing
  • Selection
  • Solicitation
  • Online submission management​
Administrative
  • Author contracts, payment, and communication
  • Email, website, and social media management
  • Database entry (contributors, subscriptions)
 
Training/Supervisory
  • Training materials and workshops
  • Mentorship and supervision of volunteers  ​

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Event Planning
  • Venue booking
  • Author solicitation
  • Catering 
  • Event promotion (print, social media)
  • Hosting/MCing
  • Academic conference involvement

Sample Work

Cincinnati Review miCRo Series

"Up" by Tanya Whiton (fiction)

"trusting the birds" by Uma Menon​ (poetry)​

"Pectin" by Gretchen Van Wormer (creative nonfiction)

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CR Blog: Submission Trends and Tips

​"Trends and Tips: Our Award-Winning miCRo Series"

​​"Trends and Tips: How to Take and Choose an Author Photo" ​​


Social Media
CR Blog: Editors' Dispatches

"Writing Women"

​"AWP Conference & Book Fair Round-Up"

​"The Editor-Author Relationship"


​CR Blog: Why We Like It

"The Crow in Effigy: A Flip-Book by Sarah Minor and Other Nontraditional Essays"