Join Augur Magazine

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.

GRAPHIC DESIGNER

The Augur Literary Society is looking for a Graphic Designer who can help define, organize, and develop the Augur visual identity.

You'll be helping us show up across all of our programs — Augur Magazine, Tales & Feathers, Augur Press, AugurCon, our Workshops, and the Murmurstations podcast — with a consistent visual presence.

Reporting to the Brand Lead and partnering with the Social Media Manager, Chief Programming Officer, and Publisher, the Graphic Designer will:

Create visual assets that capture the distinct atmosphere of each of Augur's publications and programs
Support the design needs of Augur Magazine, Tales & Feathers, Augur Press, AugurCon, our Workshops, and the Murmurstations podcast
Help maintain a consistent, recognizable visual identity across our digital channels and materials
Collaborate with the Brand Lead to make sure every program looks and feels like itself

Time commitment? An estimated 2-3 hours per week, flexible to your individual needs.

What You'll Do

Design social media graphics — quote cards, event announcements, publication spotlights, and more — across all of our programs
Create event and program materials for AugurCon and our workshop series, including promotional banners, schedules, and speaker graphics
Design assets for launch moments — new issues, Augur Press titles, and major announcements
Design email layouts, banners, and featured images for our newsletter and program communications
Conduct administrative tasks within Canva to organize files, update our brand kit, and create working templates

Who You Are

You have a great eye — you notice when something looks right, and you know how to get it there
You're comfortable in Canva and know all the tricks
You can hold multiple visual identities in your head at once and have a loose understanding of brand hierarchy
You're a bit of a publishing nerd — you love books and reading and want to be a part of a team who feels the same

Full-time design experience is absolutely welcome here, but it definitely isn't required. What matters most is your eye, your enthusiasm, and your portfolio. Don't self-reject!

If you have any questions, feel free to email our Brand Lead, Suha, at stariq.augurmag@gmail.com.

The deadline is May 15, 2026 and we will be contacting candidates in early June.

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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.