UC Berkeley PhD students in the humanities and humanistic social sciences are invited to apply to the Los Angeles Review of Books (LARB) Summer Publishing Workshop. This five-week program which runs from June 22 to July 24, 2026 gives attendees the chance to meet and learn from industry professionals shaping print and digital publishing today and prepares them to succeed in publishing careers. This year’s workshop will be conducted remotely.
In addition to participating in lectures and workshops featuring over 60 speakers, fellows will have the opportunity to join one of two practical tracks dedicated to magazine and book production. Since its inaugural program in 2017, LARB alumni have gone on to jobs at journals, literary agencies, and presses such as Farrar, Straus and Giroux; BookEnds Literary Agency; Harvard University Press; Penguin Random House; Harper’s Magazine; Nature; Stanford University Press; the Getty Research Institute; the PEN/Faulkner Foundation; and many more.
UC Berkeley PhD students in the humanities and humanistic social sciences.
Tuition for the workshop is $3500. The LARB, Townsend Center for the Humanities, and Graduate Division provide up to four full-tuition scholarships. All eligible students who submit an application to LARB before the deadline will be considered for one of the four scholarships.