Acquisitions Editorial Intern

Program Description

Yale University Press offers competitive paid internship opportunities to learn about publishing in various business areas including Acquisitions Editorial, Art Workshop, Marketing/Publicity, New Business, Production, and Product Development and Sales.

By participating in the internship program, students observe the inner workings of a major university press and successful business. The value of this internship is to gain experience and to show a potential employer your skills and abilities to obtain future employment.

The Summer Publishing Internship Program requires a commitment of 30 hours a week for 10 consecutive weeks from June 1 to August 7, 2026. Applicants must commit to the full 10 weeks for consideration in the program. Each summer intern is paid at a rate of $16.94 per hour, the Connecticut minimum wage.

Internships may be in person, remote, or hybrid depending on the position and current Yale guidelines.

Yale University Press encourages its staff to possess an understanding of the value of diversity and the importance of inclusion as demonstrated through a commitment to apply and incorporate the differences, complexities, and opportunities that diversity brings to an organization.

Application Instructions/Guidelines

All applications are due by Monday, February 9, 2026.

Applications will not be accepted after this date. Due to the high volume of applicants, students who are granted internships will be notified after 3/2/26. Please be patient when you are waiting to hear about your application status. If you have not received an offer by 3/23/26, then you have not been selected as a candidate for the current year.

Internships are open to undergraduate students, graduate students, and students who graduated from an undergraduate or graduate program within the past 18 months. Yale University Press does NOT sponsor work visas; and will not provide any supporting documentation for existing visas including offer letters for Curricular Practical Training.

Applications will be accepted only in the form of Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF formatting. Each application must include a Cover Letter and Résumé.

When applying, applicants must indicate to which department they are applying both in the SUBMISSION FORM and in the Cover Letter. A separate Cover Letter must be submitted for each department applied to.

Only complete applications that meet the above guidelines will be considered.

Questions for specific departments should be directed to the department email addresses listed below: Acquisitions Editorial yupacquisitionsinternship@yale.edu

Acquisitions Editorial

This internship provides the opportunity to learn about the publishing world from the ground up. The Acquisitions Editorial Department evaluates proposals and manuscripts received from potential authors and literary agents, summarizes and presents selected projects to colleagues throughout the Press, signs book projects, and works with authors to prepare a complete draft of the book. Under the supervision of Editorial Assistants and Assistant Editors, the acquisitions intern will interact with all stages of this process. This may include summarizing proposals, researching sales data, contacting reviewers and blurbers, analyzing manuscript drafts, evaluating illustrations and permissions, and sending complimentary books. The intern will also have the opportunity to observe Press-wide decision-making and interact with other departments. Applicants should have strong writing and communication skills, the ability to work independently, and be highly detail-oriented and organized.