Interested in learning more about the children’s book industry, book reviewing, or how magazines and review journals operate? A Horn Book internship is a great place to start. We are currently accepting applications for Spring 2024 internships, which will likely include a combination of remote work and occasional in-person work in the Boston area. 

Our editorial interns are an invaluable help in managing the gazillion digital books that enter and leave our virtual office. They upload books, format reviews, and enter books into our database—all while becoming familiar with publishing trends. They fact-check reviews, newsletters, and articles, and sometimes do some writing of their own. They take on oddball projects like poring over back issues to track down an old editorial (especially as we prepare for our upcoming Centennial celebrations in 2024!).

We offer spring, summer, and fall internships. The next application deadline, for Spring 2024 internships, is November 3, 2023. Internships are paid ($15 per hour) and are approximately fourteen hours per week. To apply, send a resume, cover letter, and contact information for a professional reference (employer or professor) to Monica de los Reyes (mdelosreyes at hbook dot com). 

More information is available here. 

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Meanwhile, meet our current editorial interns Emma and Shenwei, who have already been a huge help to us this fall! Every semester, we ask our interns to tell us a little about themselves. (Our ulterior motive: we want to chat with them about their favorite books!)

Emma Shacochis

Pronouns: she/her 

Education:  Emerson College (B.A. and M.A., in progress) 

Hometown:  Herndon, VA 

Interesting Fact: My first experience working with book reviews through a WordPress blog my friends and I ran in 2014—it hasn’t been updated in almost a decade, but still exists somewhere deep in the Internet’s archives. 

Favorite book(s): Passing by Nella Larsen, Lucy by Jamaica Kincaid, Black Swans by Eve Babitz, The Penderwicks series by Jeanne Birdsall, Lovely War by Julie Berry

Favorite genre(s): Historical fiction, short stories, nonfiction essays and memoir, contemporary fiction 

Shenwei Chang

Pronouns: they/them 

Education:  I graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a B.S. in aerospace engineering and a B.A. in Asian American studies in 2015 and 2016. I also just completed an M.A. in children’s literature and an M.S. in library and information science at Simmons University in spring 2023. 

Hometown: Houston, Texas 

Interesting fact: My favorite dinosaur is the Triceratops. 

Favorite book(s): Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin, The Reader by Traci Chee, The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang, Himawari House by Harmony Becker, The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang, the Fullmetal Alchemist series by Hiromu Arakawa, the Witch Hat Atelier series by Kamome Shirahama 

Favorite genre(s): fantasy, contemporary realism, historical fiction, mystery/thriller, comedic slice-of-life, romance 

Instagram: @theshenners