Writers' Room Impact Internship

The Writers’ Room Impact Intern will work alongside the Writers’ Room Director with the goal of preparing for the 2023-2024 school year and increasing the scope and value of 826 Boston’s Writers’ Rooms, classrooms in four Boston Public schools dedicated to supporting students and teachers with writing instruction and literacy across subjects throughout the school day. 826 Boston runs Writers’ Rooms at the following Boston Public Schools:

This is an opportunity to learn about the day-to-day operations of both a nonprofit and Boston public schools, while building instructional and other job skills, advancing your résumé, and acquiring excellent references. In addition, interns will have an opportunity to participate in professional development sessions each semester, focused on growing specific skills such as public speaking or cover letter writing.

Applicants must be over the age of 18 but need not be currently enrolled in an academic program. The internship has a flexible commitment of 16 hours per week from June to the end of August. The Writers’ Room Impact Intern will complete their work twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays with one of those days being remote and one being in person for occasional site visits, in-person tasks, or check-ins with their supervisor.

Interns who are not otherwise receiving financial compensation will receive a $500 stipend after completing their internship. This position may be eligible for a Federal Work-Study partnership at some schools. If you are eligible for Federal Work-Study, please let us know and we will try to work with your school to see if we are an eligible community partner.

A note about operations during the pandemic: 826 Boston is currently operating programs in-person. Candidates for this position should be prepared to work some of their hours in-person at one of 826 Boston’s physical location(s). Please read more about our Program Covid safety guidelines. All team members must establish that they are fully vaccinated against Covid-19.

826 Boston is a nonprofit writing, tutoring, and publishing organization where students in grades K-12 and beyond can share their stories, amplify their voices, and develop as leaders in school and in life.

826 Boston recognizes that impostor syndrome and the confidence gap might prevent some applicants from applying. Few candidates will have all of the relevant experience listed below, but 826 Boston is committed to assessing candidates with transferable skills and a willingness to be trained for this role.

Application Instructions: Please complete the 826 Boston Internship Application and upload your résumé, cover letter, and (optional) two letters of recommendation.

Applications will be reviewed by 826 Boston on a rolling basis. If you have questions or would like to check on the status of your application, please contact intern@826boston.org

826 Boston is part of a national network of youth writing centers, co-founded by the award-winning author Dave Eggers and educator Nínive Calegari, that were named in GOOD Magazine’s “30 Places We Want to Work.” Since opening in 2007, 826 Boston has delivered its free youth writing and tutoring programs to more than 29,000 students and has been recognized by

The Boston Globe as one of the best places in the city to volunteer. 826 Boston’s youth writers have published their work in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, and in numerous award-winning 826 Boston books, including A Place for Me in the World, which was hailed as a “triumph of middle school education” by The Boston Globe. In 2013, the 826 National network garnered the prestigious American Literacy Prize awarded by the Library of Congress.

At 826 Boston, we honor and actively work toward diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) across our organization. We are committed to centering the voices of the students who we serve, to creating inclusive spaces, and to incorporating feedback from our community into our decision-making processes. Our DEI lens is always evolving through the courageous conversations in which we participate and the relationships that we build through our work and service. We strengthen our cultural competency through experience, training, and feedback, which informs the development of all new organizational practices and goals and the evaluation of all existing procedures.

826 Boston is dedicated to providing a platform for student advocacy through writing and publishing opportunities. In our work and mission, we are committed to dismantling white supremacy culture by recognizing that we are complicit in systems of racism and oppression. We will work to hold ourselves accountable in addressing these harmful structures and behaviors. To learn more about our DEI Action Plans across the organization, please click here.