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Are you interested in volunteering for the Northern Short Story Festival from 31st May \u2013 2 June 2019?<\/strong><\/p>\nWould you like to be a part of the North\u2019s only dedicated short story festival, a diverse and grass-roots festival which brings the very best in short story writing to Yorkshire? Being a volunteer with us will give you chance to gain experience working in the arts, and experience a literary festival from the inside.<\/p>\n
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We are looking for volunteers in the following areas:<\/strong><\/p>\n *\u00a0Venue volunteers:<\/strong>\u00a0a venue volunteer meets & greets festival attendees, directs ticket holders around the venue, facilitates venue support by making sure rooms are tidy \/ set up for different festival events. We need venue volunteers for our festival weekend of Saturday 1\u00a0& Sunday 2\u00a0June, and during the pop-up fringe events.<\/p>\n *\u00a0Social media volunteers:<\/strong>\u00a0we need experienced social media volunteers to support and gather material for our social media channels during the festival itself, and during the fringe events.<\/p>\n What you will get in return:<\/p>\n * The chance to meet great short story writers, and some of the country\u2019s best independent publishers and editors.<\/p>\n * Free entry to selected literary events and workshops.<\/p>\n * The chance to meet our other brilliant volunteers and the people who run the festival.<\/p>\n * Gain experience in working in festivals and the arts.<\/p>\n * You will be playing an important part in helping bring this important and unique festival to life.<\/p>\n All roles will be available for the festival weekend itself, Saturday 1\u00a0& Sunday 2\u00a0June, and for the pop-up fringe events happening in the week before and week after the festival.\u00a0You must be over 18 to volunteer with us.<\/p>\n Good communication skills and team working are important and previous customer service experience would be beneficial but no prior experience is necessary and we would encourage you to contact us if you want to get involved.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The\u00a0Northern Short Story Festival 2019 Are you interested in volunteering for the Northern Short Story Festival from 31st May \u2013 2 June 2019? Would you like to be a part […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":252,"parent":188,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"yoast_head":"\nPlease go to this form\u00a0https:\/\/sjbradley.typeform.com\/to\/DGrVC0<\/a>\u00a0to apply!<\/h4>\n