Marketing Intern
‍Social media, audience growth, and promotional campaigns
‍Who we’re looking for:
‍Someone creative, organized, and curious about how art and literature connect with audiences. No marketing experience required; just a willingness to learn.
‍Responsibilities:
‍Assist in creating and scheduling social media content (Instagram, TikTok, X)
Help develop marketing ideas for issues, calls for submissions, and events
Research potential partnerships with schools, art communities, and literary groups
Track engagement and suggest improvements for audience reach
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‍Editorial Intern
Focus: Reading submissions, editing, and shaping content
‍Who we’re looking for:
‍Someone passionate about literature, with strong attention to detail and a willingness to explore different writing styles.
‍Responsibilities:
‍Assist in reviewing submissions for clarity, quality, and fit
Offer editorial feedback under the guidance of the Editor-in-Chief
Research literary trends and help brainstorm issue themes
Proofread pieces for publication

‍Marketing
Emil H.
Myra S.
‍Business Development
Stephanie M.
Meghna R.
‍Analytics
Diana S.
Cameron Major
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FALL 2025
Beth Brown Preston
Andrew Careaga
Sarah Das Gupta
Paul Hostovsky
Sambhu Ramachandran
Rachel Rodman
Ellen Wadsworth

‍Preamble
These Pillars of Ethics govern the conduct, decisions, and collaborations of The Alexander Review. They apply to all members of the organization and exist to protect artistic freedom, editorial integrity, and the dignity of all participants.

The Alexander Review is committed to publishing literature with integrity, rigor, and respect for artistic freedom. These Pillars of Ethics exist to protect contributors, editors, team members, and readers by clarifying how work is evaluated, how collaboration functions, and what standards guide all organizational decisions.

I. Editorial Independence
‍TAR evaluates submissions based on craft, clarity, originality, and intention, not on whether an editor personally agrees with the ideas expressed. Personal belief, ideology, or background must never determine acceptance or rejection. Editors are expected to assess how effectively a piece achieves its own artistic aims. Moral approval is not an editorial criterion.
‍II. Commitment to Artistic Freedom
‍TAR accepts work that may be challenging, unsettling, political, experimental, or emotionally intense. We welcome literature that engages with complex social or political realities, trauma, grief, desire, and identity, nontraditional or experimental form, and ambiguity, contradiction, or unresolved tension. Discomfort alone is not grounds for rejection.
‍III. Boundaries of Harm
‍These standards apply to all TAR activity and communication, including editorial decisions, internal discussions, meetings, Slack messages, emails, public statements, marketing, analytics, business development, and partnerships.TAR does not tolerate conduct or content that promotes or endorses hatred, harassment, or discrimination toward individuals or groups based on protected characteristics, that dehumanizes, stereotypes, or incites hostility toward any group, or that creates a hostile or unsafe environment for team members or contributors. These standards apply regardless of department or role. No branch, including Analytics, Business Development, Marketing, Editorial, or Leadership, is exempt. Critical, contextual, or analytical discussion conducted in good faith is distinct from hate or harassment and is evaluated accordingly.
‍IV. Editorial Responsibility and Care
‍Editors serve as stewards of trust. Submissions must be handled confidentially. Language in internal discussion should remain professional and precise. Editors must recognize when a piece requires sensitivity due to subject matter and approach it with care.
‍V. Separation of Identity and Evaluation
‍TAR values diverse perspectives among its editors. Editors are not expected to share the lived experience of an author. Editors are expected to recognize the limits of their own perspective. When necessary, editors may recuse themselves or request a second reader.
‍VI. Integrity of the Review Process
‍Leadership and senior team members carry heightened responsibility for maintaining ethical standards, modeling appropriate conduct, and ensuring these Pillars are upheld across all branches. Those in positions of authority set tone through action and language. Power must never be used to silence, intimidate, or dismiss ethical concerns. Leaders are expected to intervene when standards are breached, regardless of department or personal relationship. Editorial decisions are made collectively or with oversight, not unilaterally. Favoritism, nepotism, or undisclosed personal relationships are not permitted. Consistency across submissions is required.
‍VII. Team Accountability
‍All members of The Alexander Review, across Editorial, Analytics, Business Development, Marketing, Operations, and Leadership, are expected to uphold these Pillars of Ethics, act in good faith in all TAR-related spaces, distinguish disagreement from harm, and maintain professional conduct in internal and external communication. Failure to uphold these standards may result in removal from a role or termination of affiliation. Editorial readers carry additional responsibility to read in good faith, distinguish discomfort from poor craft, and center the work rather than the self. Failure to meet these expectations may result in removal from the editorial team.
‍VIII. Living Document
‍These Pillars are not static. TAR reserves the right to revise this document as the publication evolves, always in service of ethical, rigorous, and courageous literary practice
.IX. Acknowledgment
‍All members of The Alexander Review, regardless of role, affirm that they have read, understood, and agree to uphold these Pillars of Ethics. Failure to do so may result in removal from the organization or termination of affiliation.
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‍The Alexander Review publishes literature that asks difficult questions. Our ethics ensure those questions are met with seriousness, not fear.