Jobs for Writers

Creative writers with significant publications and teaching experience are invited to apply for the position of Viebranz Visiting Professor of Creative Writing for the academic year 2020–2021. Publications and teaching experience in two genres are preferable. The individual hired will teach two genre-specific courses each semester (fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, flash-prose, screenwriting) at the beginning or advanced level, and be an active participant in the English Department. Departmental activities will include giving a reading as part of the St.

South Portland Campus
Semester Begins August 26, 2019

Melville House is looking for an experienced book publicist to join what is widely recognized as one of the most innovative and successful publicity/marketing departments in independent publishing. We're looking for someone with significant experience at book publicity, who is well-versed in the fundamentals, has good contacts, and is excited by the changes sweeping the industry today and the way those changes can foster public discussion of books. 

Melville House is looking for a imaginative and gumptious individual to join our editorial program, someone who is adept at both the acquisition and the creation of book projects, as well as someone with connections who is experienced at working with agents and scouts.

Candidates must of course have full command of standard editorial skills as well as strong writing skills—they should be an adroit line editor, copy writer, tip sheet compiler, and so forth. 

Bennington College seeks to add a creative writer to its undergraduate Literature faculty beginning in the fall of 2020 to teach literature coursework covering different historical periods, styles, cultures, and traditions, with the option of also regularly teaching writing workshops in rotation with colleagues. All members of Bennington’s Literature faculty have published book-length works of fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, literary journalism, or translation.

Faculty are professional educators who have the primary responsibility of fulfilling the Texas Southmost College’s (TSC) mission, vision, values and goals of providing a quality education for all students enrolled at the College. The relationship of the faculty member to the student is one of leader, teacher, advisor, and facilitator of learning. Faculty members are responsible to the College President through a chain of command and accountable to the College’s policies and procedures.    

The State University of New York (SUNY) System Administration seeks a strategic and visionary Director of SUNY Press who will set a forward course to maximize existing strengths; identify new opportunities for growth and collaboration, particularly in today’s evolving open landscape; and leverage SUNY Press’s distinct role as part of the largest comprehensive system of public higher education in the United States. 

Metamorphosis Literary Agency offers multiple unpaid internships for credit. We will work with your University's requirements through editorial, social media, and administrative tasks. The position offers insight into the publishing industry. The social media portion builds experience in campaigns as well as SEO driven posts. The editorial portion gives experience in query, synopsis, and sample evaluation as well as in depth manuscript review.

For more information, please visit www.metamorphosisliteraryagency.com.

About Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance:

The Creative Writing Program at Stony Brook seeks a fiction or creative nonfiction writer for its lively undergraduate and graduate programs to start September 1, 2020. Successful applicants will have significant publication (at least one book from a respected press), an MFA or PhD in creative writing (or an exceptionally strong record of publication), and evidence of successful teaching at the graduate and/or undergraduate level.

Phillips Academy seeks applications from individuals interested in the position of Adjunct Instructor in Creative Writing for the 2019–2020 school year. The English Department expects to assign one section each of “Creative Writing: Poetry” and “Creative Writing: Fiction” in each of the three trimesters. Classes and office hours will most likely be scheduled over three early afternoons per week. Both courses are high-level senior electives. Teaching experience and at least one published book preferred.

Deadline: September 9, 2019
2020 Fellowship begins: January 6, 2020