Get Involved

Are you interested in supporting Carbonation Press through your creative efforts? There is room for volunteering! Check out the roles below and email carbonationp@gmail.com to express your interest. Volunteers will receive a complimentary copy of any book they work on.

Opportunities

Copy Editing

Manuscripts are delivered to Carbonation in a nearly-finished state, but readers are always welcome to point out basic grammatical, format, and stylistic issues.

Interior Design

If you’re interested in contributing to the interior of the book, from page 1 to page the last, this is the role for you.

Cover Design

Visually-inclined folks are invited to bring their experience with Canva, Affinity, or Adobe to Carbonation Press.

Marketing, Outreach, and Social Media

Posts don’t create themselves! Those who are savvy with the gram, email, website, and other content-sharing platforms are invited to support this work. Additionally, we are always looking for new ways to distribute, including through bookstores and other spaces

Current Volunteers

Josh Massey – Copy Editing

Josh Massey lives in Nelson, British Columbia. He is the author of two novels, lots of poems, stories, journalism, and literary video. He’s going on ten years teaching composition and literature at Selkirk College, and previously worked forest jobs for ten seasons. You’ll find him in the coffee shop at the confluence where lyricism, satire, and experimentalism meet.

Sarah Rooney – Marketing, Outreach, and Social Media

Sarah is a nonbinary queer poet who created the “Speakeasy” Open Mic in March 2022. In January 2024, they co-founded Foray for The Arts with Greg Bem. Foray is an ongoing, multidisciplinary event series that travels throughout Spokane. Sarah's first chapbook, Mother Media, was self-published in October 2023. After receiving their MFA in Creative Writing from Eastern Washington University in June 2025, they’re working on their second poetry collection. In the meantime, Sarah facilitates poetry workshops, organizes events, and hosts karaoke around town. They’ve been featured at Spokane events like Emerge, Foray, and Terrain. Sarah loves being part of an active, creative community that inspires collaboration, communication, and growth.

Guest Editors

The following individuals have graciously offered their time in editorial roles on various projects with the press. Listed in alphabetical order:

  • allia abdullah-matta

  • Margaret Albaugh

  • Asyia Gover

  • Robert Lashley

  • Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs

  • Dorian Karahalios

  • Paul E. Nelson

  • Katie Sarah Zale

  • Paul E. Nelson

  • Roxi Power

  • Sara Reijonen

  • Sarah Rooney

  • Wesley Schantz

  • David Sullivan

  • Jessi Vasquez

  • CChristy White

  • Theresa Whitehill