Creative Writing 2024-2025

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Wiki page for Academic Jobs in Creative Writing advertised during the 2024-2025 hiring season. This page is for jobs that begin in 2025.

Last year's page: Creative Writing 2023-2024

See also: English Literature 2024-2025

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Please add jobs in the following format and order them alphabetically by the name of the institution.

1. Example University. Position Title. Specializations. Deadline. TT/NT. FT/PT. Link to Job ad(s).

TT/NT: Tenure-track or Non-tenure track.

FT/PT: Full-Time or Part-Time

PD: Post-doc

For the sake of user-friendliness, please do not add more detailed content of the job ad on this page.

Add updates to the end of each entry as they come in: Additional materials requested, video interview scheduled, campus visit scheduled, offer extended, offer accepted, rejection received.

Please post "Have you heard?" questions below, under Word on the Street.

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FICTION - Full-Time / Tenure-Track Positions

Appalachian State University. Assistant Professor. Creative Writing —Fiction. TT. 9/13/24. https://appstate.peopleadmin.com/postings/47568?

Claremont McKenna College. Assistant/Associate Professor. Creative Writing—Fiction. TT. 9/1/24. https://webapps.cmc.edu/jobs/faculty/faculty_opening_detail.php?PostingID=17046

College of Holy Cross. Assistant Professor. Fiction. TT. 11/17/24. https://apply.interfolio.com/153631

CUNY - City University of New York. Assistant Professor. Fiction Writing and Contemporary Latine Literature. TT. 11/30/24. https://cuny.jobs/staten-island-ny/assistant-professor-fiction-writing-and-contemporary-latine-literature-english/2192AA917A274B058214164D8CA43531/job/

Kansas City Art Institute (KCAI). Assistant Professor. Creative Writing/Fiction. TT. 11/15/24. https://workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default/mdf/recruitment/recruitment.html?cid=b8eda22f-d280-4db8-a8b7-bc0ed820ee60&ccId=19000101_000001&jobId=525681&lang=en_US

New Mexico State University. Assistant Professor. Creative Writing--Fiction. TT. 11/06/24. https://careers.nmsu.edu/jobs/assistant-professor-las-cruces-new-mexico-united-states-a45b1965-af18-4011-9253-fa3002b09cf3

Oberlin College. Assistant Professor. Creative Writing — Fiction. TT. 9/15/24. https://jobs.oberlin.edu/postings/15610

Reed College. Assistant Professor. Creative Writing— Fiction. TT. 9/1/24. https://apply.interfolio.com/146140 Video interview request 10/7.

Stanford Department of English. Creative Writing Program. Open Rank—Fiction. TT. 9/15/24. https://facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/494729/stanford-department-of-englishcreative-writing-program-open-rank-faculty-search-fiction-writer

Stony Brook University. Assistant Professor, Fiction. TT. 11/1/24. https://apply.interfolio.com/152432

Transylvania University. Assistant Professor. Creative Writing — Fiction, English — Africana Studies. TT. 9/1/24. https://www.transy.edu/employment-opportunities/#op-631565-assistant-professor-of-english

Towson University. Assistant Professor. Creative Writing — Fiction. TT. 11/1/24. https://towson.taleo.net/careersection/fac_ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=240000MT

University of Nevada, Reno. Assistant Professor. Creative Writing — Fiction. FT. 8/30/24. https://nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UNR-external/job/Assistant-Professor--English--Creative-Writing-_R0142472 Video interview request 9/17.

University of Rhode Island. Assistant Professor in English and Creative Writing—Fiction. TT. 11/15/24. https://jobs.uri.edu/postings/13947

University of Wyoming. Assistant Professor. Creative Writing—Fiction. TT. 9/30/24. https://eeik.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/242493/?fbclid=IwY2xjawEwN1xleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHa1UxZy21z4hGqK78nVq9cp3R7NLxYG-lCVV6uRCgLMBvAXRXEcXxI762g_aem_26kwIYslYIXIesFjQ5N6SA

Western Carolinas University. Assistant Professor. Creative Writing — Fiction. TT. ??/??/24. https://joblist.mla.org/job-details/9181/assistant-professor-of-creative-writing-fiction/

Williams College, MA. Assistant Professor, Fiction Writing. TT. 10/1/24. https://apply.interfolio.com/152503

NON-FICTION - Full-Time / Tenure-Track Positions

Baylor University. Lecturer. Creative Writing - Nonfiction, play writing, or graphic novel. FT. (Hiring two lecturers) 10/19/24. https://apply.interfolio.com/150985

Dartmouth College. Assistant Professor. Creative Nonfiction/Documentary Literary Arts. TT. 11/1/24. https://apply.interfolio.com/154273

Elon University. Assistant Professor in Creative Writing - Nonfiction. Secondary expertise in poetry preferred. TT. 11/4/24. https://jobs.elon.edu/jobs/assistant-professor-in-creative-writing-nonfiction-tenure-track-elon-university-campus-north-carolina-united-states

Hamilton College. Assistant Professor. Creative Writing - CNF. 10/15/24. https://apply.interfolio.com/153116

University of North Texas. Assistant Professor in Creative Writing - Nonfiction. TT. 11/1/24. https://careers.untsystem.edu/jobs/assistant-professor-of-english-denton-texas-united-states

Washington and Lee University. Assistant professor for CNF. TT. 09/30/24. http://apply.interfolio.com/153230. Request for additional material 10/4/24.

POETRY - Full-Time / Tenure-Track Positions

Brown University. Assistant Professor. Creative Writing - Poetry. TT. 9/20/24. https://apply.interfolio.com/148637

Colorado Mesa University. Assistant Professor. English - Poetry. TT. 10/31/24. https://www.higheredjobs.com/details.cfm?JobCode=178933116

Cornell University. Asst/Assoc/Full Professor in Poetry. TT: Open rank. 10/19/24. https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/28051

Grand Valley State University, Assistant Professor, TT (One of two positions hired will be poetry) 11/1/24 https://gvsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/Allendale-MI/Assistant-Professor-of-Writing_R101882

Mississippi State University. Assistant Professor. Creative Writing - Poetry. TT. 10/28/24

NC State University. Assistant Professor. Creative Writing - Poetry. TT. 10/21/24. https://jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/202631

Reed College. Assistant Professor. Poetry and Poetics (scholarly). TT. 10/25/24. https://apply.interfolio.com/152192

Swarthmore College. Professor of English. Creative Writing — Poetry. TT. 11/15/24. https://apply.interfolio.com/152987

University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Assistant Professor of English. Creative Writing - Poetry. TT. 11/15/24. https://joblist.mla.org/job-details/9226/assistant-professor-of-english-creative-writing-poetry-/

University of Iowa. Assistant Professor. Creative Writing - Poetry. TT. 10/1/24. https://jobs.uiowa.edu/faculty/view/75306

University of Miami. Creative Writing - Poetry. TT. 10/15/24. https://joblist.mla.org/job-details/9024/a-and-s_eng_assistant-professor-creative-writing-poetry/

University of Nebraska-Lincoln - Poetry. TT. 10/16/24. https://employment.unl.edu/postings/93622

University of Southern California. Creative Writing - Poetry & Poetics. TT. 10/18/24. https://usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-angeles/assistant-professor-in-poetry-and-poetics/1209/69824310512

Vanderbilt University. Assistant Professor. Creative Writing - Poetry. TT. 10/15/24. https://apply.interfolio.com/153129

OPEN GENRE - Full-Time / Tenure-Track Positions

Augsburg University. Assistant Professor of Black Studies/Literary Studies (Creative Writing). FT 10/21/24. https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/AugsburgUniversity-MinneapolisMN/744000011633589-tenure-track-assistant-professor-black-studies-and-literary-studies?trid=3c4c7923-5b21-44c1-b0e9-eef937a95ae2

Coastal Carolina College. Assistant Professor of Fiction and Poetry Writing. FT. 10/07/2024. https://www.higheredjobs.com/details.cfm?JobCode=178910622

Delaware State University. Assistant/Associate Professor. World Lit + Creative Writing. FT. ??/2024. https://www.schooljobs.com/careers/desu/jobs/4624132/assistant-associate-professor-of-english

Endicott College. Assistant Professor. Creative Writing. TT ??/??/2024. https://www.higheredjobs.com/details.cfm?JobCode=178926416

Grand Valley Stage University. Assistant Professor, Creative Writing, TT, 2 Positions 11/1/2024 https://gvsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/Allendale-MI/Assistant-Professor-of-Writing_R101882

Huntingdon College. Assistant Professor. TT. 10/25/24.

Maynooth University. Lecturer/Assistant Professor. Creative Writing. FT. 8/13/24. https://www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/minisites/maynooth-university/listing/376755/lecturer-assistant-professor-english/ Rejected 8/5/24.

Michigan State University. Assistant/Associate Professor Audrey and John Leslie Endowed: Creative Writing/ American Indian and Indigenous Studies. TT. 10/1/2024. https://apptrkr.com/5479092

Mt. Saint Mary's University. Assistant Professor. English. TT. ??/??/24. https://www.higheredjobs.com/details.cfm?JobCode=178930368

Southwestern University. Assistant Prof of English: African American literature/Black studies and Creative Writing. TT. 10/15/2024. https://apply.interfolio.com/149599

University of Denver. Assistant Professor, Creative Writing-Prose. FT. 10/28/24. https://careers.pageuppeople.com/885/cw/en-us/job/497602?lApplicationSubSourceID=11250

University of Oklahoma. Assistant Professor of Professional Writing. TT. Open until filled. https://www.pw.org/job_listing/assistant_professor_of_journalism_and_mass_communication_professional_writing_tenure

Washington College. Assistant Professor in African American Literature and Creative Writing. TT. 11/1/2024. https://www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.php/jobs/ViewJobDetails?job=30015&clientkey=DA71CF6827C59F768030B3905BDF8A6A

Baylor University. Lecturer. Creative Writing - Nonfiction, play writing, or graphic novel. FT. 10/19/24. https://apply.interfolio.com/150985

VISITING/LIMITED-TERM POSITIONS Positions

Adelphi University. Visiting Assistant Professor. Creative Writing. FT. rolling, 8/2/24. https://phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf02/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=ADELPHI&cws=43&rid=3140

Duke University. Distinguished Artist in Residence. Creative Writing. FT (1 semester) 11/1/24. https://joblist.mla.org/job-details/9029/distinguished-artist-in-residence/

Gilman School. Reginald S. Tickner Writing Fellowship. Creative Writing. FT, Two-Year Term. 12/2/24. https://secure7.saashr.com/ta/6202384.careers?CareersSearch

Linfield University. Renshaw Emerging Writer Fellowship. Visiting Endowed Faculty Position, Two-Year Term. FT. 12/1/24. https://www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.php/jobs/ViewJobDetails?job=64545&clientkey=F16D49EDEBF447BF71AEBC32D5AF6AB5

Maynooth University. Writer-in-Residence. Creative Writing. FT. 8/4/24. https://www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/minisites/maynooth-university/listing/376566/writer-in-residence/

New York University. Postdoctoral Fellow. FT (renewable for up to 3 years). 11/1/24. http://apply.interfolio.com/151500

Pennsylvania State UP. Visiting Assistant Professor in Creative Writing. Fiction. Term appointment starting January 2025. 11/16/24. https://psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic/job/Penn-State-University-Park/Visiting-Assistant-Professor-in-Creative-Writing--Fiction-_REQ_0000060446-1

Pepperdine University. Visiting Assistant Professor of Creative Writing. FT. Fiction (required), Poetry (preferred). 11/1/24. https://apply.interfolio.com/152128

St. Lawrence University. Viebranz Visiting Professor of Creative Writing. CNF+Other Genre. FT. 10/16/24. https://employment.stlawu.edu/postings/3858

University of Michigan. Lecturer III, Assistant Director. Creative Writing, Composition. FT. 9/9/24. https://apply.interfolio.com/148004

United States Air Force Academy, Distinguished Visiting Professor, English and Fine Arts, FT, 10/16/24. https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/37718834/distinguished-visiting-professor-of-english/

William & Mary. Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor of English. Open Genre. FT. 9/22/24 https://jobs.wm.edu/postings/61574

ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS

Ashland University. Assistant Professor and MFA Program Chair. Fiction/Nonfiction. NTT. ??/??/24. https://www.higheredjobs.com/details.cfm?JobCode=178918067

Baylor University. Associate to Full Professor and Department Chair, English. Literature/Creative Writing. TT. 10/15/24. https://apply.interfolio.com/149465

Texas State University. Tenured Associate/Full Professor and Chair of the Department of English. FT. 10/15/24. https://jobs.hr.txstate.edu/postings/49487

WHO IS USING THIS WIKI?

Age

under 30: 3

30-35: 10

36-40: 7

41-45: 4

46-50: 5

50-55: 4

55-60:

61-65:

66 and older: (AAUP cites typical retirement age 62-70, with many staying longer)

prefer not to state age:

TOTAL: 33 [don't forget to update!]

Field

Poet: 10

Fiction Writer: 7

Nonfiction Writer: 2

Multi-Genre: 10

Script writer (TV&Film):

Script writer (Theatre):

Search Committee Lurker:

Employment Status

Unemployed and looking for job: 6

Administrative job/Publisher:

Employed in other field, wanting to re-enter academia: 2

Employed in other field, just trying to break into academia: 2

Finishing MFA or Ph.D. & going on the market: 3

Have fellowship after MFA or Ph.D. & going on the market: 2

Working as adjunct/lecturer, looking for TT job: 3

Have visiting gig, looking for TT: 1

Have fixed-term gig, looking for TT:

Have visiting gig, looking for another visiting gig (not TT): 1

Have TT job and looking for new one: 2

Have TT job and on the market because of a spouse/partner:

Had TT job but quit to go on the market because of spouse/partner:

Have TT job and want to keep it but need an offer elsewhere to get a raise:

Tenured and on the market because of a spouse/partner:

Have tenure but looking for new job:

Tenured at undergrad-only institution, looking for job in MFA program: 1

Tenured, looking for visiting position:

Permanent NTT job, looking for tenured job:

Window shopping: 5

Have "SR" NTT job, looking for tenured job:

Degrees

PhD only: 1

PhD and MA: 2

PhD and MS:

PhD and MA (lit, not cw): 1

Phd and Terminal MA:

MFA and ABD:

MA and ABD:

MFA, MA, and ABD: 1

MFA, MS, and ABD:

MFA and MS:

MFA only: 13

MFA and MA:

PhD and MFA: 10

Other

Published articles or stories (Magazine, Anthology, or Journal, etc): 6

No book yet: 3

First book under contract: 3

Two books under contract: 2

First academic book under contract:

First book published: 7

First book forthcoming + multiple edited books published: 1

First book + edited anthologies published: 1

Edited book under contract: 1

First book + academic book under contract:

First book + critical book published + edited book under contract:

First book published, second book under contract: 5

First book published, second book in submission: 1

Second book published: 3

Second book published, third under contract:

Multiple books published: 2

Multiple books + edited anthology published: 4

Who previously held the job?

In some cases this year (and every year) these job postings are replacing people who have moved on to other institutions. This can be useful knowledge if you want to find out more about the position from the last person who held it. For example:

Know of other replacements or moves? Add them here.

NC State replacing Eduardo Corral who moved to Wash U and Sumita Chakraborty who moved to UVA. (Wondering if the line for Taylor Schey, the spousal hire that Sumita Chakraborty had at NC State, will also open up? He is also spousal at UVA now.) Answer: No, it won't, because he was not on the tenure track.

Cornell position might be from Alice Fulton retiring!

Reed College Poetry/Poetics - Is this an inside higher with Peter Miller? (Would love to know the answer to this as well! Their posting for a TT Poetry Prof. last year certainly was inside.. Ugh. Obnoxious! lol) [Oh boy! Now I'm wondering if their current fiction posting will also be an inside hire with Sara Jaffe].

WORD ON THE STREET

• Is it me, or there is nothing but adjunct professor ads on HigherEdJobs?
• there are a LOT of temporary/contingent jobs there this year, but there have been a few permanent/TT ones too. Feels less like the clearinghouse it's been in other years, which makes me wonder whether there will be a bulk of jobs elsewhere or whether they'll just be scattered this year.
• I think also the usual schedule of ads going up in summer with deadlines in October, interviews by MLA, offers by February, is sort of out the window. This was already a little wobbly before the pandemic, but now (it seems) there are far more TT jobs postings going up at surprising times. Also-also—if we look at the bigger, darker, picture—it seems admins at less financially stable institutions are just doing away with permanent and TT lines when people leave and using adjuncts instead. That said, I'm still crossing my fingers for TT ads going up in the next couple months! Extending this answer: I'll admit I'm getting a bit spooked at this point. More are trickling out, but it's definitely looking like slim pickins this year...
• Well, at our English Department, we're down from 10 TT lines and one FT faculty member to 5 TT lines, all in the space of ten years. After requesting reinforcements for the last several years, we finally got approved for a TT line shared with another department.
• At the English dept where I’m the most recent tt hire, I took over a line for a person who retired. Someone else retired in the spring, and we were about to conduct a search but the line was given to another department because they had more of a need. There was another retirement in literature (a guy I never met) and that search (for a POC hire) has been put on hold. Feels like places are hiring less TT.
• Update: Thanks for the answer. I remember seeing more TT jobs at this time of year when I first was in the market two years ago. Now, it is pretty quiet out there. The point about TT jobs popping up randomly at any time well taken--hope it's the case this year.
• Question: Has anyone heard of a candidate getting the job without a published book even though the job ad listed it as a minimum requirement? I'm wondering how strict ad committees are about this and if I should bother with those programs/schools that specifically say "at least one book published."
• Response to above question. Yes, I know a few people who've received jobs without books. It depends on the department needs and the candidate match. It usually happens to people who are actively sending out manuscripts or represented by an agent and hope to have a contract before the job starts. Again, it depends on the job listing/candidate match/needs of school, so it's hard to say.
• I was able to get a job with no book at one of these institutions, although it was years ago and I ultimately turned it down. I've known friends who were able to also, but they generally had a very strong publication record even without the book. It seems harder to get the positions that have graduate programs, which makes sense, instead of primarily undergraduate institutions. Although, I've also been on search committees where the chair said they had to look at applicants that matched what was in the ad (so if it said book, they needed to look at people with books) so as not to get potentially sued, so I dunno. I think they're worth applying to since you never know the overall pool of applicants, for one thing, and you may be able to offer something else the dept needs that could swing it/make it worthwhile for them without having the book, but I also wouldn't put too much hope in those jobs just from a mental health standpoint.
• To add to the above, the wording of "preferred" vs. "required" makes a difference. From what I've been told by HR and chairs, an applicant/finalist with a book could sue if the person hired doesn't match the "required" credentials listed in the ad. Though in practice I doubt stuff like that actually happens.
• News about Stanford Creative Writing: https://stanforddaily.com/2024/08/29/stanford-cycle-out-creative-writing-lecturers/.
• Question: Is there any argument to be made for applying to positions that are not your primary genre (i.e. the one your published book falls under)? Have others done this? I'm wondering because I can certainly teach (advanced) fiction, even though I'd be considered a nonfiction writer based on my publications.
  • Answer: If I were in an admission committee and received such a dossier, I would try and see how the candidate chooses to present themselves and their body of work. With a caveat that I have never served in an adcom, I'd still think the cover letter offers enough creative license for a candidate to designate a primary genre that is different from what the "documents" (degrees, publications, etc.) suggest, positioning themselves as an author, first and foremost, rather than being pigeon-holed to one specific genre by choice or circumstance. More specific and concrete to your situation, if you believe that you can teach advanced/intermediate fiction, perhaps you can discuss how you'll be able to do this in your teaching statement or by uploading sample syllabi.
  • (not OP nor the person addressing the question) Part of the problem with applying is that often, depending on the type of institution, for tenure and promotion you will have to publish a book or books in that genre, I have books in multiple genres, and even with that was told on interviews at more than a few places that I would have to publish in that genre to be successful. Schools with graduate programs most likely will also want someone published in that genre, for a variety of reasons. I would still apply because you never know, but think the time might be better served at SLACs, particularly those where they need people to teach in multiple genres (to get more bang for their buck) but the downside is a lot of those schools aren't doing too hot.
  • Answer: I have served on several search committees for faculty and administrator positions. Search committees at public institutions are usually bound by HR to fill out a matrix for each applicant, which allows them to justify hiring decisions in case an applicant chooses to sue because they weren't offered the job. There's a difference between "required" and "preferred" qualifications--if an ad lists published work in a genre as "required," candidates whose application shows no evidence of work in that required genre are immediately disqualified. There is some flexibility with "preferred" qualifications--meaning it would be nice but not necessary to get to the next stage of the process, so the candidate is not immediately disqualified. The more boxes that a candidate checks, the more likely they are to make it to the next stage. Even if a candidate has taught a cw course on fiction, if the job ad listed "published works of fiction" as a required qualification and the applicant has no fictions publications, the application wouldn't progress.
• Claremont has posted its TT ad on MLA, one with a different deadline (September 30, 2024), in case you think you missed the original 09/01 deadline.
• QUESTION: I've literally never applied to academic jobs before. Is it standard to apply through the portal and then follow up with the search committee chair via email, if their email is linked? That seems like an overstep to me, but I saw something about doing this on Reddit. I trust this wiki more than I trust Reddit. Answer: Oh goodness no. The only time to reach out to a search committee chair/contact is if you have a specific question (like, say, you are confused about something in the job ad; you had an interview and you haven't heard the result and it's well after they said you would). [I say this as someone who has not served on a committee, so take it with a grain of salt--but this is my sense] A2: The answer is a resounding No. So long as you receive the email confirming that your submission is in, you're good. In extreme cases where you don't (due to spam filters), the best you can do is to reach out to department secretary or staff to check it for you. Never the Chair, though.