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 Fall 2023 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!). Oh, and sometimes they get free books.  

We offer spring, summer, and fall internships. The next application deadline, for Fall 2023 internships, is June 28th. 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 Connor and Karina, who have already been a huge help to us this summer! 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!)

Connor Batsimm

Pronouns: they/them

Education: I just graduated with my MFA in writing for children from Simmons University, and before that, received my BA in English from Skidmore College.

Hometown: North Andover, MA

Interesting fact: Throughout most of elementary school I wanted to be a cartographer when I grew up, and would spend hours and hours drawing maps every day. Then I realized I liked making maps of places that don’t exist much more than I liked mapping real places, so now I write alternate world fantasy instead.

Favorite genre(s): Speculative fiction, fantasy/sci-fi, metafiction, anything that reads like 100 different genres got thrown into a blender together. I love the weird stuff!

Favorite book(s): I’ve been yelling about The Ones We’re Meant to Find by Joan He for the past year, and I don’t plan on stopping anytime soon. Growing up, my favorite books were A Series of Unfortunate Events, but more recently I’ve loved The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera, Tamsyn Muir’s Locked Tomb series, and Becky Chambers’ Monk and Robot books. In the world of picture books, I’ve been on a big Jon Klassen kick lately.

Karina Jha

Pronouns: she/her

Education: writing, literature, and publishing major at Emerson College

Hometown: Northampton, MA

Interesting fact: I'm half Ukrainian and speak fluent Russian!

Favorite book(s): The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente, Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo, and The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Favorite genre(s): Folkloric fantasy and retellings