WLT Student Success Stories
The following is a list of students who have interned at World Literature Today and gone on to get jobs or internships in publishing, or have gone on to graduate school English/writing programs.
| Student | Job or Internship |
|---|---|
| Madeline Alford | Glamour, Harper’s Bazaar (summer 2012), Oklahoma Today, creative services assistant at Lucky magazine |
| Tyler Allen | NYU Summer Publishing Institute, W.W. Norton (fall 2012), Elyse Cheney Literary Agency |
| Merleyn Bell | OK Representative, HD 45 |
| Matt Carney | Oklahoma Gazette, The Oklahoman |
| Andrea DenHoed | The New Yorker culture desk |
| Arthur Dixon | Launched Latin American Literature Today, a WLT affiliate publication where he is now the managing editor. |
| Molly Evans | KERA Public Media, 2015 Outstanding Senior Award in OU College of Journalism |
| Kaitlin Hawkins | Marketing Manager at Parks Associates, Advice Interactive Group, social media editor at World Literature Today |
| Laura Hernandez | Marketing assistant at DK Books (Penguin Random House), Pearson Education, social media editor at World Literature Today |
| Emily Jerman | Oklahoma Gazette, Oklahoma Today, OU Press |
| Hadley Jerman | Curator at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art |
| Motahareh Hajimirzaei | Self magazine |
| Kate Long | Tate Publishing |
| Eddie Martinez | OU Press |
| Jessica Mitzner | OU Press, D magazine |
| Grant Schatzman | Routledge / Taylor & Francis |
| Sarah Smith | OU Press |
| Linda Stack-Nelson | Graywolf Press, Internship |
| Sam V. Tran | Web Development for NBC |
| Kirsten Viohl | Papercity magazine (Dallas) |
| Student | Graduate School Program |
|---|---|
| Reid Bartholomew | University of Oregon, MA in Asian Studies (in progress) |
| Meredith Boe | DePaul, MA in Writing and Publishing |
| Chase Bollig | Ohio State University |
| Armando Celayo | East Anglia |
| Chris Dearner | UC Irvine |
| Marilyse Figueroa | Texas State in San Marcos, MFA |
| Lyda Hartness | University of Pennsylvania, Master's in Social Work |
| Blayze Hembree | University of Kansas |
| Taylor Hickney | The New School, MFA, Fiction |
| Olivia McCourry | Columbia University |
| David Shook | Oxford |
| Arden Stringer | Emerson, MA in Publish and Writing program |
More Student Stories
Students who intern with World Literature Today gain experience in all professional and academic areas relating to magazine publishing! From editing and writing to frontend web development, our students gain a variety of rewarding educational experiences. See what some of our students have been doing!
OU Daily, “New OU student publication The NORM will launch next semester,” Dec. 3, 2015
Cara Alizadeh and Tyler Christian
FOLIO: Magazine, “FOLIO’s 15 Under 30,” Oct. 9, 2013
Kaitlin Hawkins
