Dec. 21, 2022 at 4:00 pm

Creative Writing Fellowship

USIAS 2024 Fellowships

Hurry up!! Don’t miss this golden opportunity, Creative Writing Fellowship is designed to support writers completing their first books. which provides a generous stipend, office space, and an intellectual community for the recipients, who spend one academic year at Colgate. In return, each fellow teaches one creative writing workshop per semester and gives a public reading of their work.

Eligibility

Candidates from historically underrepresented groups, women, persons with disabilities, and Protected Veterans are encouraged to apply.

Benefits

The Creative Writing Fellowship includes:

A stipend of $43,750
Travel expenses
Health and life insurance are provided

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Application Process

Applications materials include:

cover letter;
CV;
three letters of recommendation, at least one of which should address the candidate’s abilities as a teacher;
20 single-spaced pages of poetry or a maximum of 30 double-spaced manuscript pages of prose. The writing sample may be a completed work or an excerpt from something larger.

Colgate strives to be a community supportive of diverse perspectives and identities. All applications should speak directly to the candidate’s ability to work effectively with students across a wide range of identities and backgrounds.

Colgate is a highly selective liberal arts university of 2,900 students situated in central New York State. The Colgate faculty is committed to excellence in both teaching and scholarship. Further information about the English department is online. It is the policy of Colgate University not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of their race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, pregnancy, national origin, marital status, disability, Protected Veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, being or having been victims of domestic violence or stalking, familial status, or any other categories covered by law.

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