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Spring 2026

Perspectives on Editorial

In this journey, mentors and mentees will develop the core skills needed to thrive at a literary magazine—collaborating, drafting, revising, and supporting one another. After exploring the inner workings of a masthead and reviewing sample submissions, participants will design their own magazine concept and aesthetic. Through creative prompts, they’ll generate poetry, flash fiction, and memoir pieces, practicing the art of giving and receiving feedback as both writers and editors. The journey culminates in the launch of their collective digital literary journal.

Perspectives on Editorial

Pre-Enroll in a Fall 2026 Journey Now!

Though Spring 2026 enrollment is not currently open, you may express your interest forJourney by filling out the form below.

You may also sign up for Mentorship on Demand and/or membership at any time.

Perspectives on Editorial Community Experiences

Participants are required to attend one Journey Live Meetings each month throughout the cycle. Additionally, you can schedule 1:1 office hours with the Journey Instructor for individual assistance as needed.

Spring Cycle Journey Meetings:

• Saturday, March 21, 2026, 1-3 pm ET
• Saturday, April 18, 2026, 1-3 pm ET
• Saturday, May 16, 2026, 1-3 pm ET

If you’re unable to attend a Journey meeting, you must notify your Staff Lead in advance and attend a community event to make up for it—strongly recommended options for this journey include Leadership Community Studios, Community Conversations, and Career Chats.

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Perspectives on Editorial Course

Editorial Practice: Crafting and Curating Creative Work

This asynchronous course offers participants additional tools, lessons, and activities to strengthen their editorial and creative practice. Through self-paced modules, participants will explore the editorial process—from concept development to publication—while building confidence as both writers and editors. Interactive lessons will guide them in drafting and revising poetry, flash fiction, and memoir pieces, curating submissions, and shaping the visual and narrative identity of a literary magazine. By the end of the course, participants will have contributed original work and editorial insight to the collective digital literary journal launched in the Journey.

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Perspectives On Editorial Mentoring

Mentees and mentors in this Journey will be matched for a minimum of one cycle. Pairs will meet for at least two hour-long sessions each month. This journey is open to both mentor/mentee pairs and peer-to-peer pairs.

Journey Teaching Artist

Sara Lipmann

(she/her/hers) Alum, Mentor

Sara Lipman is the author of the novel Lech and the story collections Doll Palace and Jerks. Her fiction has won the Lilith Fiction Prize and has been honored by the New York Foundation for the Arts, and her essays have appeared in The Millions, The Washington Post, Lit Hub, and elsewhere. With Seth Rogoff, she co-edited the anthology, Smashing the Tablets: Radical Retellings of the Hebrew Bible, from SUNY Press. She is a co-founder of Writing Co-lab, an artist-run online teaching cooperative, and the editor-in-chief of Epiphany magazine. Her new novel, Hidden River, will be published in 2026.

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Journeys in the Edit 360 Adventure focus on editing as an essential aspect of writing and creating. It is perfect for mentees and mentors who are interested in honing their skills for editing their own creative work and the work of others.

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