Summer Internship Grants
We are committed to the career development of our majors. The department's summer internship grant program, supported by the generosity of the Kaplan Endowment, awards student grants of $1000 to help subsidize all or part of a virtual or online summer internship at an organization that allows students to put their academic experience as English majors to work.
How to Apply
Applications take the form of a written proposal of no more than 500 words explaining the nature of the internship position, dates of employment, organization name, name of the internship supervisor, and contact information for the organization. In addition, you must provide one or two faculty references. These are faculty members who will support your application. This opportunity is only open to current English majors in good academic standing who are not graduating in spring.
The application deadline is May 31, 2024 at 3pm. Applications should be submitted online. Each proposal is screened by a committee of faculty and decisions are announced soon after the deadline. Late applications will not be considered.
Internship grant recipients are featured on the English department web site as well as in the English department annual newsletter.
Please note: Students are required to identify their own internship arrangement and use appropriate due diligence in vetting the internship position. Stanford University's Department of English will provide funding only and recuses itself from all other responsibilities. In applying for this grant, students release Stanford University from any liability arising in connection to this internship opportunity.
Past Recipients
Summer 2017-18:
Ena Alvarado, Fondo de Cultura Economica
Hannah Broderick, RE/Search
Clare Flanagan, Milkweed Editions
Claire Francis, Magenta Publishing
Jenna Garden, wikiHow
Kylie Jue, Google
Jason Seter, Come on Out - Japan
Katiana Uyemura, Sarah Jane Freymann literary agency
Summer 2016-17:
Ena Alvarado, Akashic Books
Clare Flanagan, Graywolf Press
Madeleine Han, Asian American Writers' Workshop
Jack Herrera, Stanford Magazine
Mia Hoover, Penguin Random House
Irene Hsu, Graywolf Press & Loft Literary Center
Summer 2015-16:
Abby Brooke, Radiant Productions
Will Fein, The Weinstein Company
Sierra Freeman, B.O.K. Ranch
Alizeh Iqbal, Stanford Cancer Center
Mariah Oxley, Funny or Die Production
Haley Shaw, Korea University
Anthony So, Next Generation Scholars
Louise Stewart, W.W. Norton & Company and The Experiment
Lila Thulin, 826 Valencia nonprofit writing center
Summer 2014-15:
Will Fein, The Weinstein Company
Nicole Himmel, Chernin Entertainment production company
Cleo O'Brien-Udry, Art With Impact nonprofit group
Katherine Schwab, The Seattle Times newspaper
Chris Yang, 826 Valencia nonprofit writing center
Summer 2013-14:
Kathleen Chaykowski, Bloomberg News
Nicole Himmel, ICM Partners talent and literary agency
Alesandra Najera, California Congressman Ami Bera's office
Elias Rodriques, n+1 literary magazine
Katherine Salmon, Knopf Doubleday publishing group
Katharine Schwab, The San Francisco Chronicle
Summer 2012-13:
Stephanie DePaula, Oddball Film + Video production company
Peter Espe, Byliner publishing house
Kevin Jordan, TIBCO Software technology company
Jamarcus Purley, United States Senator Mark Pryor’s office in Washington, D.C.
Summer 2011-12:
Clara Caruthers, Virgin Islands Scholars nonprofit teaching organization
Sasha Engelmann, n+1 literary magazine
Ellen Huet, San Jose Mercury newspaper
Christine Kim, YMCA of San Joaquin Valley
Tenyia Lee, Bedford/St. Martin’s publishing
Kyle Lee-Crossett, Gendered Intelligence (GI) nonprofit education and arts organization
Kaitlin Louie, Sweet Productions wholesale bakery
Peter McDonald, Move Well, Work Better injury prevention organization
Kate O’Connor, Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Rutger Rosenborg, Hayden’s Ferry Review literary journal
Liz Stark, Apparatus Productions entertainment company
Jenny Thai, Questbridge nonprofit educational organization
Summer 2010-11:
Amira Anuar, Veritas Literary Agency
Clara Caruthers, Community Renewal International non-profit agency
Johaina Crisostomo, Bluecanvas magazine
Olivia Haas, The Public Theater in New York City
Ellen Huet, Monterey County Weekly newspaper
Rachel Kraus, Amour Vert eco-apparel
Tenyia Lee, Stanford University Press
Kaitlin Louie, WonderDads book publishing
Sarah Scheenstra, YMCA in Stockton, CA
Lindsey Smith, 826 National nonprofit agency
Sarah Snow, Horizons Pictures
Emma Trotter, Become, Inc. web site
Summer 2009-10:
Elspeth Green, HarperOne publishers
Vonn Javier, Bookshare non-profit organization
Leigh Lucas, 826 National nonprofit agency
Alison Law, Yale University Press
Austen Rosenfeld, Tin House magazine
Lindsay Sellers, Condé Nast publications
Emma Trotter, Santa Monica Daily Press
Andrew Valencia, teacher at a private academy in Seoul, Korea
For information about finding an internship, please visit BEAM or contact our BEAM liasion margotb [at] stanford.edu (subject: Finding%20an%20Internship) (Margot Gilliland).