Hiring: Sensitivity Readers

riptidepublishing:

Riptide
is hiring paid sensitivity readers. Our SRs will read manuscripts with an eye
toward any potentially inaccurate, inauthentic, insulting, misrepresentative,
harmful, or *-ist themes, phrases, or actions in the text.

Sensitivity
readers must be a part of the culture(s) or identity/identities they are
reading for. Beyond this and the ability to express your thoughts via the written word, there are no requirements or prerequisites.

This is an entry-level position with no developmental editing, line editing, copyediting, or proofreading involved and thus no experience required in those areas.

Pay is
$1.50 per 1000 words. The average SR is able to read and comment as necessary on about 10,000 words per hour, and thus makes about $15 an hour. We recognize that this is not always the case, especially for some neurodivergent or visually impaired readers, so when we hire SRs with those backgrounds, we can individually discuss different methods of calculating pay.

Since we maintain a database of potential SRs for not just current but also future needs, we’re seeking readers in all areas of racial, ethnic, and religious diversity, sexual
and gender orientation, and mental and physical illnesses and disabilities.
However, at the moment, we have manuscripts in production in need of sensitivity readers that
depict the following cultures and/or identities and/or disabilities:

• A
  fey creature (ningyo) of Japanese descent
• Medieval
  Islamic Turkey (alternate world fantasy)
• Medieval
  Romani based in Romania (alternate world fantasy)
• Traumatic
  brain injury (contemporary set)
• Paraplegic
  from spinal cord injury (contemporary set)
• A
  Mexican-American character involved in an organization supporting families
  dealing with immigration struggles

 Please note that all of our books are LGBTQ+, and because
intersectionality is so important, we will prioritize readers who share
the intersectionalities they’re reading for. That being said, we will
absolutely consider (and have in the past hired) non-LGBTQ+ readers for all of these manuscripts.

If you’re interested in one of our active manuscripts, or in being added to our SR database, please
send:

• CV
  with education and pertinent editorial experience, if any (we’re actively seeking to diversify our editing staff and turn to our SR readers first when hiring in that department, but experience is not necessary to become an SR, so don’t worry too much about this part!)
• Statement
  about all areas of experience and/or identity that you’d like to read for
• Send
  to: sarah.lyons@riptidepublishing.com
• Subject
  Heading: Sensitivity Reader Application