OPEN POSITIONS

Bomb Cyclone provides a critical space for re-imagining our natural, built, and social environments as changing weather patterns, rising sea levels, and nuclear arms races intensify and become global existential threats. To that end, we are committed to uplifting and engaging marginalized voices through publishing poetry, prose, and literary translation by emerging and established writers alongside dynamic mixed media arts.

We’re currently seeking applications from writers and readers interested in joining our editorial and social media teams. We especially encourage women, queer and trans artists, artists of color, disabled artists, and those whose identities intersect with more than one of these margins to apply! For each of the following, please send a resume, a 5-10 page writing sample, and a brief cover letter expressing your specific interest in ecopoetics and any additional creative or research interests to bombcycloneliterary at gmail dot com with “Your Name, Position Application” in the subject line by May 15th.


Prose Editor

Bomb Cyclone seeks an active reader-writer with special interests in short fiction and/or nonfiction, literary criticism, and ecopoetics to join our editorial team. Interests in experimental forms such as flash, the lyric essay, and collaborative or epistolary writing are highly encouraged. Secondary interest and practice in mixed media and/or translation preferred. Applicants should demonstrate clear passion for engaging readers, writers, and artists across difference in online dialogue around topics such as climate change, international affairs, socioeconomic disenfranchisement, global health, etc. and be familiar with Bomb Cyclone’s first two issues.

Bomb Cyclone is a dynamic collective, and as our team grows, so too will individual roles develop organically. Assigned responsibilities depend on prior experience, skills, interest, and commitment, but may include:

  • Solicit and screen prose submissions for publication
  • Lead in ongoing development of prose publication initiatives, including literary fiction and nonfiction, literary criticism, and reviews
  • Depending on interest and experience, screen submissions in mixed media and translation

Qualifications:

  • Active engagement with and passion for literature, intergenre and mixed-media art, and ecopoetics, as well as active reading and writing practice in prose genres
  • Ability to work collaboratively on short- and long-term projects, working efficiently with BC’s editorial staff, social media team, and events team
  • Amicable and detail-oriented with strong organization, diplomacy, and written and verbal communication skills
  • BA or some college-level experience preferred

This position would entail about 3-5 hours per week but may require up to 10 hours per week leading up to publication dates. The position is based in NYC, but applicants from outside the greater NYC area will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Bomb Cyclone is an all-volunteer staff; our collective efforts are driven by a sense of shared responsibility to our planet and to justice. Though we cannot offer a stipend at this time, new team members will be welcomed into a collective based on mutual support and care.


Social Media Team

Bomb Cyclone seeks a digitally-conscious and detail-oriented reader-writer to join our collaborative social media team. Secondary interest and practice in prose, mixed media, and/or translation preferred. Applicants should demonstrate clear passion for engaging readers, writers, and artists across difference in online dialogue around topics such as climate change, international affairs, socioeconomic disenfranchisement, global health, etc. and be familiar with Bomb Cyclone’s first two issues.

Bomb Cyclone is a dynamic collective, and as our team grows, so too will individual roles develop organically. Assigned responsibilities depend on prior experience, skills, interest, and commitment, but may include:

  • Draft dynamic content for Bomb Cyclone’s website, including calls for submission, submission guidelines, event pages, and features from the archives, etc.
  • Draft dynamic content for social media platforms including Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram such as promotional material for seasonal issues, calls for submission, and cross-promotion with partner organizations and publications
  • Manage event listings on Facebook for upcoming readings, workshops, or other events in consultation with BC’s events team
  • Participate in ongoing dialogue with individual artists and organizations, representing BC in online exchanges via social media
  • Depending on interest and experience, screen submissions in prose, mixed media, and translation

Qualifications:

  • Active engagement with and passion for literature, intergenre and mixed-media art, and ecopoetics
  • Detail-oriented with strong written communication and organizational skills
  • A proactive, self-motivated creative capable of participating in multiple concurrent media projects on an ongoing basis
  • Proficiency in Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram is required; some experience with WordPress preferred
  • BA or some college-level experience preferred

This position would entail about 3-5 hours per week but may require up to 10 hours per week leading up to publication dates, and can be done remotely. Bomb Cyclone is an all-volunteer staff; our collective efforts are driven by a sense of shared responsibility to our planet and to justice. Though we cannot offer a stipend at this time, new team members will be welcomed into a collective based on mutual support and care.