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Acquisitions and Poetry Editing

Red Rook Press

August 2025 to Present The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL

Reads manuscripts for the student-run publishing house, helps decide what gets published and is learning to edit full-length poetry collections with their authors.

Red Rook Press is The University of Alabama’s student-run publishing house. I serve on the acquisitions team and am training as a poetry editor.

Acquisitions

  • Read prose and poetry manuscripts submitted by graduate and undergraduate students from universities around the world.
  • Meet with fellow acquisitions members to discuss each manuscript and decide its publishing status.

Poetry Editing

  • Learning how to edit poetry manuscripts ranging from 70 to 100 pages.
  • Discovering how to partner with a diverse group of authors on their manuscripts.

Skills used

Manuscript evaluation, Acquisitions, Poetry editing, Author collaboration

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