Managing Editor

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Managing Editor, Doubleback Books
Deadline: August 15, 2026

Doubleback Books is seeking a new Managing Editor. An imprint of Sundress Publications, Doubleback Books revives works that were previously published by small independent presses that closed during the twenty-first century, helping ensure that exciting, important books do not disappear before their time.

The Managing Editor leads a team of genre editors at Doubleback Books and runs the annual Open Reading Period, coordinating with Sundress Publications to solicit manuscripts, coordinates with genre editors to select new manuscripts for publication, set deadlines, and execute contracts. The Managing Editor also coordinates with Sundress Publications on launch dates and materials, organizes a launch online reading, hires and manages genre editors, and coordinates on book covers, ISBNs, and website updates. The position requires less than 10 hours a week and is seasonal.

Key responsibilities:

• Coordinating open reading periods, and discussing submissions with the editorial staff
• Handling publication contracts and supporting the publication process from development to launch
• Overseeing and collaborating with Doubleback genre editors
• Writing book descriptions, press releases, and other public relations material for dissemination
• Coordinating with Doubleback Review’s and Sundress Publications’ marketing and social media staff
• Cross-walking with Sundress Publications’ staff and other imprints
• Supporting Sundress Publications’ products and its mission
• Managing email, submissions, and author communications

Required qualifications for this role include:

• Publishing experience
• Excellent written communication skills
• Knowledge of contemporary literature

This is a remote position requiring fewer than 10 hours of work per week. Doubleback Books believes that diversity enriches the human experience and improves the overall quality of materials that we publish. Thus, we encourage individuals of color, transgender and non-binary individuals, and individuals with disabilities to apply.

Doubleback Books is part of Sundress Publications, a volunteer-run 501(c)(3) non-profit literary press collective founded in 2000 that publishes chapbooks and full-length collections in both print and digital formats, and hosts numerous literary journals, an online reading series, and the Best of the Net Anthology. Sundress Publications collective is staffed entirely by passionate volunteers, so this position, like all others at the press, is unpaid.

To apply, please send a CV and cover letter by August 15, 2026, detailing your interest in the position to our Hiring Manager, Katie Collins, at [click apply].