Join Our Editorial Team

Open Positions

Broad Ripple Review is currently open to applications for several volunteer editorial roles. Specifically, we are looking for volunteer readers for prose, as well as editors for copyediting, reviews/interviews, and finally, poetry (to launch in 2026). Please do not apply if you currently have work under review and please also understand that if you accept a role with our team, you will not be eligible to submit work to us.

Aesthetic Vision

Broad Ripple Review publishes literary fiction and nonfiction that is emotionally resonant, stylistically precise, and narratively purposeful. While we want to establish our own unique identity, we recognize in the early months that it may be informative to point folks to other publications that align with our vision. Our strongest aesthetic alignment is with Kenyon Review. We are also open to the voice-forward and occasionally strange energy of Booth and the polished realism found in Ploughshares. We live in the overlap of those three publications.

We value:

Language that sings – sentences should carry rhythmic weight, surprise, or precision
Emotional resonance – work that lingers, unsettles, or deepens with each read
Narrative movement – a clear sense of arc, tension, or momentum
Originality – stories or essays that avoid clichés or overused formats

We are not a home for:

Genre fiction (sci-fi, fantasy, mystery, etc.)
Unusual forms (e.g. lists, multiple choice, crossword puzzles), unless doing something conceptually new and compelling
Work that is conceptually interesting but flat on the line level
Didactic or ideological writing with no emotional or narrative complexity

How To Apply

If after reading the above information you are still interested, please next carefully review each editorial role description on Duosuma. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to us via the contact us form on this website. Otherwise, you can use Duosuma to directly apply to any open position.