Creative Writing - Fiction

Position: Creative Writing tenure-track faculty position to start August 1, 2025. Apply here by September 1, 2024.

Required Degree: MFA or MA in Creative Writing or similar field required, with distinguished publication record. PhD preferred. Required degree must be completed by the start date. 

Experience:   

• Current record of fiction publications
• Collegiate-level literature and composition instruction (preferred)

Duties/Expectations: 

• Teach undergraduate and graduate courses specific to the Creative Writing track and minor, with a focus on fiction.
• Teach students to analyze models from traditional and contemporary literature and develop skills as fiction writers.
• Regularly publish fiction in appropriate peer-reviewed venues and presses. Publications may include writing in other genres or other forms of scholarship, including pedagogy.
• Commit to innovative teaching focused on student growth and lifelong learning.
• Support student faith through obvious commitment to the religious expectations of the sponsoring institution, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
• Advise students on both formal and informal areas (academic, career, etc.).
• Mentor undergraduate and graduate research and publications.
• Maintain an active research program, including academic presentations and scholarly publications in appropriate national and international peer-reviewed venues.
• Serve on department, college, and university committees, as well as in professional organizations.
• Participate in faculty meetings and other academic discussions and fulfill citizenship assignments as requested by the department, college, and/or university.
• Support the mission of the English Department and Brigham Young University.
• If hired, must reside in the state of Utah.
• Teach a ten-month annual contract, with a teaching load* of 2 courses fall semester, 2 courses winter semester, and 1 course spring or summer term.

*This position may be filled with a visiting instructor while the search for a tenure-track candidate continues. An MA or MFA is the minimum degree required for a visiting instructor. In lieu of scholarship and citizenship expectations, a visiting instructor has an increased teaching load: 4 courses fall, 4 courses winter, and 1 course spring or summer. Candidates with a substantial publication record will have a teaching load of three courses fall, 3 courses winter, and 1 course spring or summer. 

Information required at the time of application: Please list the individual contact information for each of three recommenders on the faculty application. At some point during the selection process, they may be contacted to submit letters of reference electronically.

Document(s) required at the time of application: Please attach your Mission Alignment Statement, Curriculum Vitae, and cover letter to the faculty application.

Mission Alignment Statement: BYU is committed to hiring faculty members who enthusiastically embrace and energetically advance its unique mission. To this end, please include a one-page mission alignment statement as part of your application that addresses how you might, as a BYU faculty member: (1) live a life of loyalty to Jesus Christ and His restored Church and align yourself with doctrines and teachings declared by living prophets, seers, and revelators; (2) demonstrate intentionality in building faith in Jesus Christ and testimony of His restored gospel among students and others in the BYU community; and (3) teach your subject matter with the Spirit of God and strive to keep it “bathed in the light and color of the restored gospel” (Spencer W. Kimball). 

Applicants who are not members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints include a one-page mission alignment statement that describes understanding of and commitment to the Mission of Brigham Young University and the AIMS of a BYU Education (https://aims.byu.edu/).

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Equal Opportunity Employer: m/f/Vets/Disability

Brigham Young University is an equal opportunity employer.  All faculty are required to abide by the university’s Honor Code and Dress & Grooming Standards. Preference is given to qualified candidates who are members in good standing of the affiliated church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Successful candidates are expected to support and contribute to the academic and religious missions of the university within the context of the principles and doctrine of the affiliated church.

All new employees who are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be required to hold and be worthy to hold a current temple recommend.