Join Augur Magazine - Augur Literary Society

Want to join the Augur team?

Augur would be nothing without the help of its more than 50 volunteers. From CEO to First Reader, we all give our time to do more in speculative fiction. As a result, our team is community-first and compassion-minded. There are tasks that need doing, and deadlines that need to be met, but we lead with care and accommodation.

Want to join Augur Magazine? Here's the help we need right now. If you decide to apply, you'll meet with leadership for a primary conversation, and then with members of the broader team so you can get a sense of the organizational culture.

As an organization that features creators across many intersections, we want our team to reflect our mission. We strongly encourage disabled, trans, queer, Black, Indigenous, and/or POC applicants to apply.

FIRST READERS

We’re looking for eagle-eyed First Readers with a passion for building compassionate, intersectional spaces. If that sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you. Our all-volunteer team is eager to welcome you.

Here’s what our First Readers' day to day will look like during submission periods:

Read a min. of 80 submissions per submission period (1 submission period per year, with approx. 6-7 weeks to read submissions) or about 1-3 hours per week, depending on reading speed
Write brief, insightful comments that take into consideration the Augur method of reading: we don’t decide whether a story is “good” or “not good”—we decide whether it is something we can access, value, and responsibly showcase
Get engaged & chatty on Augur’s private slack channel
A perk, but not necessary: help out with the mag in other ways (social, proofreading, fundraising, etc.)
A perk, but not necessary: attend & support Augur events

Here’s what you should come prepared with:

A love of dreamy, surreal, and speculative prose and poetry
Having read and loved the Augur Preview Issue and whatever free content we have online
A desire to listen and learn from the people you work with
An editorial eye
A perk, not necessary: Some experience as a First Reader or Beta Reader elsewhere

We prefer that applicants be living in or have previously lived in Canada/Turtle Island, but it is not necessary to apply. Applicants will be contacted on a rolling basis.

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