Shenandoah Magazine
Internship opportunities are available at W&L’s celebrated literary magazine, Shenandoah. Students gain hands-on experience in editing, project management, design and publicity.
Shenandoah has published fiction, poetry and nonfiction from an astounding list of writers including Wallace Stevens, Flannery O’Connor, e. e. cummings, Rita Dove, Ha Jin and many others over its nearly seventy-year history.
Students enrolled in the Shenandoah internship are not only afforded a unique opportunity to participate in literary history, but also to learn the art, craft and business of publishing. A look behind the scenes at a working magazine is a valuable experience for writers and non-writers alike, and promises the hands-on development of skills relevant to a variety of fields after graduation. Students will practice and learn substantive literary editing, copyediting, professional communication, balancing a budget, how to design publicity material, strategies for social media management and website maintenance, to name a few, under the mentorship of a professional editor with many years of experience in both academia and publishing.