THE YALE REVIEW is a home for Yale University students interested in learning about public writing, editing, and publishing. Through our student programs, Yale undergraduate and graduate students receive in-depth training in key aspects of print and digital media, as well as the opportunity to work with professional writers, editors, and publishers. Over the course of the academic year, students read submissions, digitize work from the archives, help with social media, and assist with events. Each semester, TYR holds seminars and professional training sessions in skills such as magazine editing, fact-checking, podcasting, and pitching articles, to which all students are invited. We invite undergraduate and graduate students at Yale to apply for the following positions:
Undergraduates
UNDERGRADUATE READERS At the start of each academic year, TYR selects at least fifty undergraduate readers to help evaluate submissions. This volunteer program gives students exposure to the inner workings of a literary magazine. Students read submissions and write reader reports, meet with editors, attend special issue launch parties, and have their names listed in the journal. Students are also invited to the professional development seminars and talks TYR hosts with leading editors, publishers, and writers.
Applications for the 2025–2026 academic year are now closed. Please check back next fall about applications for the 2026–2027 academic year.
UNDERGRADUATE FELLOWS Our paid undergraduate fellowship offers students entry-level training in magazine publishing. Working four hours per week during the academic year, TYR Undergraduate Fellows may take on a specialized role within the organization, such as social media intern, archives intern, or production intern, as well as providing general help to our staff. Our undergraduate fellows also evaluate journal submissions, helping to select pieces for publication, and occasionally assist with fact-checking, promotional copy, and special projects. All students with a serious interest in writing and publishing are invited to apply, whether or not they have taken creative writing classes or worked on a Yale student publication. Many of our paid fellows begin as volunteer readers, so we encourage students interested in working for TYR to join our reading program. Applications are currently closed.
SUMMER INTERNSHIPS The Yale Review offers paid internships for eight-week periods every summer. Summer interns read submissions, digitize pieces from the archives, provide research and production assistance, and more. A call for applicants goes out in February of each academic year. This position is part of the Yale Arts Apprenticeship Program, and it qualifies for the Summer Experience Award (SEA). Applications will open in December 2025 for internships during summer 2026.
Graduate Students
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FELLOWSHIPS Graduate student fellowships at The Yale Review offer Yale University doctoral students the opportunity to join the editorial team of America’s oldest literary magazine. The role trains students in skills relevant to magazine publishing, beginning with fact-checking and proofreading before moving on to shadowing and assisting editors with all aspects of assigning and preparing articles for publication, including advising on early drafts, developmental editing, line editing, and closing pieces for publication in print and online. Each fellowship will be tailored to the strengths of the successful candidate. Fellows will have the opportunity to witness the conception of editorial features and rubrics and the planning and executing of events and special projects. They will also assist with reading and evaluating submissions; assigning art (in the form of photos and illustrations); managing social media and publicity campaigns; headline writing; working in a small team of editors and undergraduate readers, and other work that goes into making a magazine today. Students will leave the fellowship with hands-on experience in what it means to work in literary magazines and a concrete sense of what makes for good public writing. Previous fellows have gone on to work at publications including The New York Review of Books and Harper’s Magazine.
What follows are not requirements; we are looking most of all for highly curious, engaged, motivated, and detail-oriented candidates. But it would help to have some of the following: an interest in magazine publishing or a deep engagement with literary magazines; familiarity with TYR itself; some experience of proofreading or fact-checking; digital fluency. While not guaranteed nor a requirement, we are looking for students who could be good candidates to participate in this fellowship for two consecutive semesters, which is the maximum limit for this fellowship.
Note that only Ph.D. students in their teaching years, eligible for guaranteed sixth-year teaching, or approved for 7th-year extended funding may apply for this position.
Applications are currently closed for the Fall 2025 semester.
ART FELLOW In this academic-year-long paid position, a graduate student in art or design works approximately five hours a week with our art editor and managing editor to find art, secure rights, assist in cover production, and keep track of captions for each print issue and our website. The art fellow occasionally designs graphics for print and the web, and supports our editors in finding art for online-only stories. Applications are open on a rolling basis. Interested graduate students should email a cover letter, resumé, and portfolio to managing editor Will Frazier at [email protected].