Internships Available: Calling Teen Writers
Shawn Edgington is always looking for qualified, inspired and intelligent teen writers to add value to her audience and provide different viewpoints about what it’s like to be a student in today’s technology driven world. Get familiar with our website, and understand what our mission is and how you can help.
We are offering a few internships for teens! We take applications year-round so get inspired and send your application now! We are looking for motivated, interested and fun teen interns who want to be involved with Shawn’s mission and cause.
Why Our Internships Rock
ShawnEdgington.com is a forward thinking company started by Shawn after her 16-year-old daughter was harassed and threatened by text and on Facebook. Why you? We love giving teens a way to speak up and help their fellow teens… because we think teens have the best ideas, advice and insight!
Get Writing Experience: Our interns will get writing experience blogging for us. We teach real lessons on writing in a digital environment and offer great real world experience that is difficult to find elsewhere. Who knows, maybe you can get extra credit from one of your teachers for your work?
Build Your Resume: We know that getting into a University or getting a job is becoming more and more competitive; we want to give our teen interns a unique edge to their resume.
Future Recommendations: A written recommendation is invaluable. For those interns that achieve excellence throughout their internship, Shawn will be happy to write a recommendation for your college application, other jobs, or specific programs you want to apply for.
Make A Name For Yourself: For writers, our internship is a way to start getting your name and ideas out there. We have many publishers, authors, companies, non-profits, producers and editors who scout for teens with writing skills on our blog.
Chance to Network: Because we have so many corporate readers and marketers who visit our blog, we get requests for our teen writers to get paid to write for other publications or do focus groups. We love to pass these opportunities onto our teens, giving you the opportunity to network and get paid.
Teen Writer Internship Description:
Teen writers will write 1 to 2 articles per month, each 300-700 words on topics of their choice as well as topics assigned by Shawn. This is a creative process and topics are usually discussed before writing with some guidelines and an end result in mind.
Writers will learn how to write engaging articles for blog audiences.
This internship is limited to those teen writers with the best qualifications. This position is a volunteer position, and comes with opportunities and abilities to help your fellow teens that can’t be obtained elsewhere.
Teen Writer Qualifications:
Interns need to be ages 13-19. Exceptions can be made on a case-by-case basis.
A commitment of 3 months is required of all interns.
Active High School or College students may apply.
You’ll need to be willing to work virtually for at least 1 to 2 hours per week, take calls for article discussions, and have access to the Internet.
You need to have the ability to meet deadlines. We’re looking for someone who’s open, responsible and willing to learn.
The perfect intern needs to have lots of spunk, energy, and be forward thinking. We’re looking for someone who wants to express their opinions and especially help others.
Must have strong writing skills and have a passion for writing articles about teen life.
Our teen interns will work via e-mail. Interns will be given their own email address and have opportunities for creative input on the website as a whole.
How to Apply:
Send an email to jesse@shawnedgington.com with the subject “Internship”
Include the following information:
- Name
- Age
- Hometown and State
- Best Way to Contact You
Tell us why you are applying for our Teen Writer Internship: (200-500 words)
Attach a Word document with one writing sample. This can be a school essay or an article.
That’s it – good luck, and we look forward to working with you!
Shawn Edgington & Team