FEMSPEC - Call for Creative Writing Editor

deadline for submissions: 
December 31, 2026
full name / name of organization: 
Femspec
contact email: 

FEMSPEC, an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal dedicated to challenging gender through speculative means in any genre, seeks volunteers to fill the following role:

CREATIVE WRITING EDITOR

 

Duties Include:

Coordinating the peer review process for creative writing submissions to the journal.  The Creative Writing Editor would liaise with authors who submit to the journal, would pass their submissions on to peer reviewers, and would return reviewers' comments to the authors. 

 

Attending collective meetings on a regular basis (now Thursday 12:30 PM EST) - meetings are held every week during production, then move to every other week afterward

 

Preferred Qualifications:

 

Published creative writer OR holds an MFA or PhD in Creative Writing

Experience in academia or an advanced degree in English, Women's and Gender Studies, Creative Writing, or a related field.

A background in feminist and/or speculative theory/literature.

 

If interested, please send CV and letter of application to Editor-In-Chief Dr. Batya Weinbaum at weinbaumbatya@gmail.com

 

Please note that all those serving in a volunteer capacity for the journal are required to subscribe to the journal.  For information about subscriptions, please visit Subscribe | Femspec