We understand how hard it is to gain experience in the writing and publishing industry. Many young and aspiring writers often don’t know where to start in terms of establishing themselves and their writing careers.
As a way to help new (and established) writers and creatives gain experience, we are pleased to unveil and internship program!
What is Seven Story Internship?
Seven Story Internship is a seven week program that allows aspiring writers, editors, artists, and creatives to work with us in various aspects of our organization to gain experience they can take with them into the writing industry.
This program is volunteer-based. For the people who have a passion for storytelling and are dedicated to establishing themselves as writers and creatives as well as helping others do the same. In this program, we go over a series of aspects such as editing, publishing, marketing and distribution, dialogue, basic principles of storytelling, and much more.
Volunteers will also have the option of enlisting for our temp-to-hire system which extends their internship for another seven weeks totaling to fourteen for one of our staff or admin positions.
This internship is perfect for college students and people who have a little extra time on their hands that want to contribute to authors and artists reaching their desired audiences.
Seven Story Publishing’s Temp-to-hire
This little addition to our program is essentially an extension to the internship. It too will be volunteer based and is for those who believe in Seven Story Publishing’s cause and want to contribute in building something extraordinary.
This is also a chance for those who have worked with us in the past and those that want to work with us for the foreseeable future.
What does Seven Story Internship entail?
It goes something like this:
Week 1
- Introduction to Seven Story Publishing
- Mission Statement
- Positions within Seven Story Publishing
- Free Author Services
- Seven Story Subscription Service
- Promotional Packages
- Publication Packages
Week 2
Intro to Literary Magazines
- Wrising Writers Magazine
- Seven Story Magazine
- Seven Memories
- Twisted Love Affairs
- Seven Arts Magazine
- Seven Mysteries Magazine
- Philosophy by Seven Story Publishing
week 3
Submission Guidelines and Policies
- Book Review Policy
- Submission Guidelines (Authors)
- Author Interview Submissions
- Submissions Guidelines (Artists)
week 4
social media & outreach
- Threads
- X
- Tik Tok
- Tumblr
- Bluesky
week 5
Concept and vision for Seven Story Publishing
- What is Seven Story Publishing’s main goal?
- How does Seven Story Publishing help authors and artists alike?
- Who is Seven Story Publishing’s target audience?
- How does Seven Story Publishing plan to expand its reach?
- What type of publishing company is Seven Story Publishing?
- What differentiates Seven Story Publishing from vanity presses?
- What can Seven Story Publishing do for authors and artists like me?
week 6
the future of seven story publishing
This is the portion of the program where we ask interns to submit stories or art, or both, (free of charge) to any magazine of their choosing. This is where we also ask which position they would like to fill within the company given all they’ve learned about it.
We do this by giving interns a questionnaire to assess their strengths and weaknesses and to gauge their experience level relative to the writing and publishing industry.
Now, you may ask why we don’t do this early on in the program. The simple answer is that not everyone is dedicated to the cause the same way we are and to expect people to care as much about Seven Story Publishing as the staff we currently have, especially the Founder, is unrealistic.
We understand this program won’t be for everyone and would never ask that it should. It is for the people who see the work we do at Seven Story Publishing and want to be a part of something bold, creative, and extraordinary.
week 7
Bold. Creative. Extraordinary.
This is where we would wrap up Seven Story Internship and gear-up with those that want to continue into the Temp-to-hire portion.
Those who solely came for the internship but have other aspirations are free to opt out and will receive a letter of recommendation written by the Founder personally for any and all of their future endeavors within the writing and publishing industry.
As for those who wish to continue to Temp-to-hire, the Founder of the company will speak with future employees about the position they wish to fulfill, what Seven Story Publishing can offer them, and what they hope to achieve while working for Seven Story Publishing.
The whole week will be dedicated to one-on-one meetings with the Founder (or applicable team leads) to assess whether they are the right fit for Seven Story Publishing and vice versa.
Temp-to hire Program
Seven Story Publishing’s temp-to-hire program will last for seven weeks. This is where we help develop aspiring writers and artists as well as have them fill-in certain positions within Seven Story Publishing to test their abilities, industry knowledge, creativity, and more.
Each position will be trained for one week within the temp-to-hire program and will participate in 7 weekly meetings with the Founder (or applicable team leads) to further develop in their position.
After that, the Founder will schedule one final meeting to discuss Temp-to-hire employee’s experience working with Seven Story Publishing and next steps.
The Temp-to-hire employees will choose from these positions:
Administrative Positions
Social Media Coordinator
- Generate and manage the flow of traffic toward the Seven Story Publishing website.
- Maintain a consistent post schedule to ensure Seven Story Publishing doesn’t fall behind in advertising and marketing efforts.
- Maintain daily communication with the founder of Seven Story Publishing to determine appropriate budget for marketing and advertising.
- Keeping all social media platforms neat, efficient, and organized to ensure maximum effectiveness in reaching desired audiences.
- Devising and implementing efficient and effective marketing strategies which allow Seven Story Publishing to experience exponential growth.
Website Coordinator
- Manage and organize the daily volume of author submissions.
- Correspond with authors and ensure all requirements are met, contracts are signed, and submission fees are paid.
- Organize categories based on various stages of submission processes for maximum efficiency.
- Schedule and post content daily on Seven Story Publishing website and YouTube Channel.
- Reach out to authors who meet the criteria to be paid out (website and YouTube channel) for direct deposit information.
- Select and compile the most popular content on the website each month and send it to the Graphic Designer for publishing.
Accounts Payable Clerk
- Ensure financial statements and tax documents are accurate.
- Keep a steady ledger regarding revenue, expenses, and payroll.
- Ensure all employees and authors get paid on time, every time.
- Maintain daily communication with the founder of Seven Story Publishing regarding system updates and processes.
- Devise and implement more efficient ways of ensuring a seamless payment process between the website, employees, and authors meant to be paid out.
Graphic Designer
- Compile and format most popular content from Seven Story Publishing website.
- Design aesthetically pleasing cover to attract readership and author submissions.
- Maintain communication with the owner of Seven Story Publishing throughout the creative process.
- Publish monthly issues from June to December in all formats (Kindle, Audiobook, Paperback, Hardback)
- Send images and media to the social media coordinator for marketing and advertising.
Tax Accountant
- Coordinate with accounts payable clerk to ensure financial statements are accurate.
- Examine financial statements for any and all tax deductions and business expenses.
- Ensure all deductions, business expenses, and exemptions are present on all necessary tax forms
- Consolidate all business assets and liabilities and present them to the Founder of Seven Story Publishing for records.
- Maintain weekly communication with Founder of Seven Story Publishing to ensure all information needed to reduce tax rates are present at all times.
Staff Positions
Author Interviewer
- Promotes Seven Story Publishing’s author interview service.
- Corresponds with interested authors and artists.
- Schedules date and time for interviews.
- Conducts thirty minute or hour long interviews depending on what the author or artist wants.
- Collects written responses along with author bios, social media links, and graphics to use as featured images.
- Posts written interview on main site and sends the link to the author or artist so they can share and promote.
- Ensures the author or artist is tagged on social media posts when the interview is published (if applicable).
Writer/Editor
- Write primarily for our Writing Insights category on subjects such as world building, character development, tips for writers, etc.
- Occasionally provide filler content for magazines lagging in submissions (except Seven Memories Magazine).
- Proofread author submissions for readability, spelling, punctuation, and occasional Grammar errors.
- Make slight edits to author submissions that improve its appeal on our website without changing the author’s voice.
- Assist Website Coordinator in sorting author submissions into correct categories and other tasks.
Book Reviewer
- Seeks out books to review on Seven Story Publishing’s Reedsy Reviewer Account and company Kindle Unlimited subscription.
- Creates Reels and Short videos about books they have reviewed.
- Promotes books they have reviewed on social media.
- Read and review a minimum of two to four books per month.
Author Services Specialist
- Executes services on sales made by Seven Story Specialists
- Fulfills free author services requested by first time authors
- Coordinate with Seven Story Specialists regarding questions and inquiries
- Promotes Seven Story Publishing’s free services on social media
- Facilitates author enlistment for free services.
Seven Story Specialist*
- Acquire and maintain a thorough understanding of how Seven Story works and helps authors facilitate achieving their goals and ambitions.
- Answer Seven Story members’ questions and inquiries.
- Responds to emails from Seven Story Members promptly.
- Search and canvas leads for Seven Story membership
- Facilitate Seven Story purchases to completion.
- Serve as a representative for Seven Story Voice.
