Location

Atlanta, GA

Open Date

Jan 18, 2025

Deadline

Mar 15, 2025 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time

Description

Two-year fellowship in screenwriting in lively undergraduate English/Creative Writing Program, beginning Fall 2025. A two-year commitment is assumed, but the contract renewal for the second year is contingent on a positive review of the first year, and fellows are encouraged to apply for full-time tenure-track positions at other institutions both years. Load: 2-1, all workshops. The fellowship offers $50,000 salary, health benefits, and an annual travel fund to support creative development and/or producing activities. Fellow will give a public reading/screening for the Creative Writing Program Reading Series. Fellow may be asked to advise student honors theses and/or perform other mentoring activities.

Qualifications

Required: MFA or equivalent degree with related teaching experience; promising record of sold or produced screenplay and/or development, or produced teleplay. Desirable: secondary interest/experience in television writing; short film writing; producing.

Application Instructions

Submit electronic dossier, including cover letter discussing teaching experience and philosophy, CV, name and contact information of two references, and a writing sample (full-length screenplay or teleplay). In a separate statement, please describe your vision and experience teaching and mentoring students from diverse backgrounds (no more than one page). Submit all materials by 11:59pm on March 15, 2025.

This deadline is firm, and late applications will not be considered. The search committee will begin reviewing applications as they arrive. Applicants who make the longlist will be asked to submit recommendation letters from their two references as soon as possible, to be received no later than April 1.