Need To Find A Freelance Editor

March 3, 2013 1:51 PM

I need an editor (copy and content) for an edgy, non-traditional chapbook of poems. Word count is light -- around 4,000. Budget is nearly non-existent (this is an art project) but there would be some kind of honorarium attached. Can someone help me find a good, trusty editor?
posted by nowhere man to Writing & Language (6 answers total)

You could try the job list at the Editorial Freelancers Association or the "Jobs" site here or the forums at AbsoluteWrite.com for starters.
posted by Sidhedevil at 2:05 PM on March 3, 2013

I have somebody I could recommend.
posted by computech_apolloniajames at 3:54 PM on March 3, 2013

From your profile, I see that you live in an area with many excellent colleges nearby. Maybe contact their creative writing graduate programs or check with their literary magazine staffs.
posted by mochapickle at 4:38 PM on March 3, 2013

Best answer: Seconding mochapickle. An MFA student is your best chance to get some good work done on a project like this for a little money (since MFA students are used to doing this kind of work all the time for no money!). Creative writing programs should have a secretary or similar administrator listed on their websites; just send an email to them that they can forward to the grad student email list.
posted by raisindebt at 7:25 AM on March 4, 2013

A good, trusty editor is not free or necessarily cheap. Put your project on Kickstarter to get enough money for a good, trusty editor. That is the whole idea behind Kickstarter.
posted by JJ86 at 8:53 AM on March 4, 2013

Response by poster: Thanks for the replies all. For my situation I agree with mochapickle's and raisindebt's suggestions that my best bet may be to hunt down an MFA student. I am curious about the Editorial Freelancers Association but I think for this project their fee is probably prohibitive.
posted by nowhere man at 5:57 PM on April 23, 2013