Wiki page for Academic Jobs in Creative Writing advertised during the 2025-2026 hiring season. This page is for jobs that begin in 2026.
Last year's page: Creative Writing 2024-2025
See also: English Literature 2025-2026
Instructions[]
Please add jobs in the following format and order them alphabetically by the name of the institution.
- 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.
RECENT ACTIVITY on Creative Writing 2026[]
68.90.189.202 at 19:26, 9 July 2025 - 68.90.189.202 - 2025/07/09 19:26
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Poetvet: Added my details - Poetvet - 2025/07/04 15:30
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WHO GOT THE JOB?[]
FICTION - Full-Time / Tenure-Track Positions[]
Example University. Position Title. Specializations. Deadline. TT/NT. FT/PT. Link to Job ad(s).
MIT. Assistant Professor, Creative Writing. Fiction. 9/15/2025. https://www.pw.org/job_listing/assistant_professor_creative_writing_1
POETRY - Full-Time / Tenure-Track Positions[]
Example University. Position Title. Specializations. Deadline. TT/NT. FT/PT. Link to Job ad(s).
NON-FICTION - Full-Time / Tenure-Track Positions[]
Example University. Position Title. Specializations. Deadline. TT/NT. FT/PT. Link to Job ad(s).
OPEN GENRE - Full-Time / Tenure-Track Positions[]
Example University. Position Title. Specializations. Deadline. TT/NT. FT/PT. Link to Job ad(s).
VISITING/LIMITED-TERM Positions[]
Example University. Position Title. Specializations. Deadline. TT/NT. FT/PT. Link to Job ad(s).
ADMINISTRATIVE Positions[]
Example University. Position Title. Specializations. Deadline. TT/NT. FT/PT. Link to Job ad(s).
WHO IS USING THIS WIKI?[]
Age
under 30:
30-35: 1
36-40: 4
41-45: 5
46-50:
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: 14 <-------don't forget to update!
Field
Poet: 3
Fiction Writer: 4
Nonfiction Writer: 1
Multi-Genre: 5
Script writer (TV&Film):
Script writer (Theatre):
Search Committee Lurker:
Employment Status
Unemployed and looking for job: 2
Administrative job/Publisher:
Employed in other field, wanting to re-enter academia:
Employed in other field, just trying to break into academia:
Finishing MFA or Ph.D. & going on the market: 3
Have fellowship after MFA or Ph.D. & going on the market: 1
Working as adjunct/lecturer, looking for TT job: 2
Have visiting gig, looking for TT: 1
Have fixed-term gig, looking for TT:
Have visiting gig, looking for another visiting gig (not TT):
Have TT job and looking for new one: 1
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:
Tenured, looking for visiting position:
Permanent NTT job, looking for tenured job: 1
Window shopping: 2
Have "SR" NTT job, looking for tenured job:
Degrees
PhD only:
PhD and MFA: 5
PhD and MS: 1
PhD and MA (lit, not cw):
PhD and MA (cw): 1
PhD and Terminal MA: 1
MFA and ABD:
MA and ABD:
MFA, MA, and ABD:
MFA, MS, and ABD:
MFA and MS:
MFA only: 4
MFA and MA:
PhD, MFA and MA: 1
Publications
Published articles or stories (Magazine, Anthology, or Journal, etc): 2
No book yet: 1
First book under contract: 1
Two books under contract:
First academic book under contract:
First book published: 3
First book forthcoming + multiple edited books published:
First book + edited anthologies published:
Academic book published:
Edited book published:
Edited book under contract:
First book + academic book under contract:
First book + critical book published + edited book under contract:
First book published, second book under contract:
First book published, second book in submission: 1
Second book published: 1
Second book published, third under contract:
Multiple books published: 3
Multiple books + edited anthology published: 2