The Department of Theatre, Film and Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia invites applications for the following part-time instructional position:

Nonfiction Instructor

The successful candidate will teach at the Graduate level in the Optional Residency MFA Program in Creative Writing. The successful candidate must be a working writer, have expertise in nonfiction writing, in particular literary essays and magazine writing, and have teaching and professional publishing experience, preferably including two or more books. Instructors are expected to teach at least one workshop of up to twelve students, as well as being available for individual student project supervision. Instructors will teach at a distance, other than the summer residency, and are not required to live in or near Vancouver.

The Department of Theatre, Film and Creative Writing at UBC is unique in Canada, with 28 full-time faculty and numerous part-time faculty and guest artists. Each of the Department's Programs has a national and international reputation for excellence, strong undergraduate and graduate degrees, and is a significant centre for research and production.

The Optional Residency MFA Program is a groundbreaking distance-education version of the existing residential MFA degree, the first in Canada. Students study by distance education during the September – April academic year, and attend a ten day residency each summer on the UBC campus.

All faculty positions are subject to funding. The University of British Columbia hires on the basis of merit and is committed to employment equity. We encourage all qualified persons to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents of Canada will be given priority.

Those interested should submit a letter of application, a current CV (including email address and telephone numbers) and a published example of their work (no more than 25 pages) by email to Andrew Gray angray(at)interchange.ubc.ca. Complete applications must be received by May 26, 2006. Work will begin with some participation in the July 2006 residency, and continue with teaching in September 2006 for the regular academic year.

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MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
AUTHOR RESIDENCY

The Department of English invites applications for an Author Residency for Fall Semester 2006 or Winter Semester 2007, subject to the availability of matching funding from the Canada Council and Memorial University. The position is intended to honour new and established writers who have published their work professionally. Previous Writers-in-Residence at Memorial have included Kevin Major, Jane Urquhart, Wayne Johnston, Marilyn Bowering, Guillermo Verdecchia, Kenneth J. Harvey, Patricia Young, Gregory Scofield, and Lisa Moore. In the course of the residency, the author continues his or her writing projects while making time available to students and writers within the University and in the community at large. They strongly encourage applications that propose innovative ways of bringing Canadian writing to communities both inside and outside of St. John's. Authors wishing to be considered for the position are asked to provide a letter of application and curriculum vitae no later than Monday, February 13, 2006. When the successful candidate is selected, joint application for funding will be made to the Author Residency programme of the Canada Council. Remuneration for the position, pending approval, will be $12,000. Written or electronic applications should be addressed to:

Professor Robert Hollett, Head
Department of English Language and Literature
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John’s, Newfoundland
A1C 5S7
Email: rhollett@mun.ca
Telephone: 709-737-8277
Fax: 709-737-4528
Memorial University of Newfoundland is committed to employment equity and encourages applications from qualified women and men, visible minorities, aboriginal people and persons with disabilities. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian and permanent residents will be given priority.

Make sure you salt your walk, bro.

G

It's already melted. And just when I was thinking about wearing my scarf.

Peter

Edited by author 01-06-2005 07:41 PM
/m16 Gee, I just pulled this off Environment Canada's Official Weather Warnings:
"Warnings
greater Vancouver
3:20 PM PST Thursday 6 January 2005

Snowfall warning for
greater Vancouver continued"

Peter, what were you saying about snow? :)

Edited by author 12-24-2004 01:54 PM
thanks, i'm glad you posted the position. it's a sweet one

I don't have any details except what's on the website. I found the posting by accident while looking for something else on the website. There doesn't seem to be any info about the current writer in residence, so it might be a new position for them.

hi janine, do you know if they are looking for someone who will do specific programs--such as run a reading series, workshop with students, and so forth--or if they are looking for someone to just be there as a resource/presence, and write. thanks for any info. cheers,

Another Vancouver gig. The deadline is next week, but if you've already put stuff together for the library gig, what the heck.

Green College Writer-in-Residence 2005-2006

Green College at the University of British Columbia invites applications from Canadian writers for the position of Writer-in-Residence. The term of the residency will be for three months between September 1, 2005 and April 30, 2006, subject to funding approval. The Writer-in-Residence will work with the Green College community through individual consultations and through the College’s established reading series. She or he must live at the College for the duration of the term, and will be provided with room, partial board and a stipend of $16,000. Writers with a minimum of one book in print, who have made a significant contribution to their area of specialty over a number of years, are invited to send their applications to:

Writer-in-Residence Selection Committee
Green College
6201 Cecil Green Park Road
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1

Applications must include a curriculum vitae, 20-30 page writing sample and two letters of reference. Application deadline: Postmarked December 31, 2004.

For further information, please go to: http://www.greencollege.ubc.ca

The catch is there's only two latte shops in the library -- and only one vegetarian pizza place! Scandalous!

There are, however, two more latte shops right outside the library....

Oh yes, and you'll have to face a winter without snow.

All in all, very unattractive.

Peter

four months, 4K a month. canada council funding rocks!

Gig? What's a gig? The word sounds vaguely familiar...

What's the catch? The gig's only two weeks long?

G

isn't that like, heaven?

Writer in residence job in Vancouver
The Vancouver public library has just started a writer-in-residence program. Details are here (PDF link). Salary is $4,000/month, for Aug.-Dec. 2005. Deadline for applying is Jan. 15. Thanks to Kevin Chong for this.

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Izzat fountain pop or canned pop?

Edited by author 11-12-2004 03:27 PM
Damnit.

If only they could make it a Shad Bay=based publication.

We have lots of pop culture, consarn it.

Job Title: Editor
   Publication: Broken Pencil: the Magazine of Zine Culture and Independent
   Arts
   Location: Toronto
   Broken Pencil, the magazine of zine culture and the independent arts, is a
   Toronto-based publication with a national focus devoted to chronicling and
   critiquing independent culture. We are looking for an editor to preside
   over the daily management of this established and growing magazine.
            The job includes editing 3 issues annually and presiding over and
   managing all facets of the magazine's operations. The editor will assign
   and edit articles and reviews on the subject of zines and the independent
   arts and culture in Canada and the world. The editor will meet regularly
   with the business manager and publisher to report on upcoming editorial
   plans and deadlines and coordinate projects including circulation,
   marketing, advertising, grant applications, and accounting. The editor will
   also be the project coordinator and co-creative director of Canzine, Broken
   Pencil's annual fall festival of underground culture. This is a paid
   part-time position that will be 2 full days a week, 3 days a week when the
   magazine is in production.
            The successful candidate will be highly organized and a quick
   learner. Proven and excellent writing and editing skills are necessary. An
   ideal candidate will be familiar with alternative/independent culture as
   well as alternative press in Canada and the United States.
            Note that candidates must live in or be willing to relocate to
   Toronto, as the editor will work primarily out of the Broken Pencil office
   in downtown Toronto.
            To apply, please submit a resume and a cover letter to
   hal@brokenpencil.com
            Only candidates selected for interview will be notified.

Has you gots what it takes?

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BN, how about a "Call for Submissions" discussion thread?

Not a job per se, but didn't know where else to post it:

Matrix magazine looks at Modern Nomads

The issue will translate the dictionary definition of nomad, "a member of a people roaming from place to place for food or fresh pasture, [or] a wanderer", into a contemporary context. Text or artwork that addresses all types of modern nomads, such as the artistic nomad, the literary nomad, the internet nomad, the gypsy nomad, the political nomad, the cultural nomad, the business nomad, the spiritual nomad, the love nomad, etc. Nomadic by choice or force, nomadic aspects of people, objects or ideas. Send articles, personal essays, poetry, interviews, reviews, (under 2500 words), photography, graphic art, drawings, cartoons, etc., that are humorous, serious, innovative, exploratory, etc. (Please contribute and/or distribute.)

Send all submissions to Modern Nomads,

c/o Oana Avasilichioaei, Matrix

1400 de Maisonneuve W, LB 502, Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1M8, Canada

For electronic submissions send to

oana@inorbit.com

 

Deadline July 1, 2004

Say it ain't so!

Want to Run a Magazine?

Established Canadian small press site (hailed by many as the best web journal in Canada) The Danforth Review is up for grabs. Founder and editor Michael Bryson is moving on and he's reading proposals from parties interested in taking it over. My plea to you, if you do get it: don't screw it up.



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The Department of Theatre, Film and Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the writing of poetry. An MFA or related graduate degree, or an MA or PhD with a major component in Creative Writing, is essential. The candidate should have a record of excellence in teaching in Creative Writing, a significant publication record which should include no less than three books of poetry, and an impressive history of public readings.

The candidate should have a genuine interest in a wide variety of poetic styles and techniques in order to deal with the diversity of work from students at the graduate and undergraduate levels in the Creative Writing Program at UBC. A demonstrated capacity to translate work from other literary traditions and an ability to use translation as a tool for the development of writing techniques would be useful: previously this position has involved teaching literary translation. A further interest or experience in editing and managing a literary magazine would be an asset because the successful candidate might eventually be expected to contribute as Advisory Editor to our literary magazine, PRISM international.

We offer workshops in the writing of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, children’s literature, literary translation, screen & TV, stageplay, lyric and libretto, and radio play and features. Please consult the Program website www.creativewriting.ubc.ca for details.

This position is subject to funding, and salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Applicants should send a letter of application along with their curriculum vitae (including e-mail address and telephone numbers), list of publications, teaching experience, readings and all related experience, and should forward three reference letters from national, and, ideally, international, sources (including at least one from a senior academic) to Chair, Search Committee for Poetry, Creative Writing Program, The University of British Columbia, Buchanan E-462 –1866 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z1. If sending by courier the address is Buchanan E-462 – 1866 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z2. Complete applications and letters must be received by 28th January, 2004. The position start date is January 1st, 2005.

The University of British Columbia hires on the basis of merit and is committed to employment equity. We encourage all qualified persons to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents of Canada will be given priority. Applications should identify citizenship and immigration status.

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