($1000 Stipend, Book Publication, & 50 Author Copies) www.quercusreview.com/QR%20POETRY%20BOOK%20AWARD.htm GUIDELINES MANUSCRIPTS should include a brief cover letter that includes author’s name, address, phone number, e-mail address, book title, and brief biography; an acknowledgments page listing previously published poems; table of contents; 48–96 pages of original poetry; and an SASE for reply or return of manuscript (as...

Tenure-track; expected start date: August 18, 2008. Duties: Teach introductory through graduate-level courses in fiction writing, introductory literature & writing courses, & courses in a secondary area of specialization; serve on graduate student committees & direct theses & dissertations; writing leading to publication; serve on departmental, college, & university committees, & contribute to the workings of the...

The University of Iowa Department of English invites applications for a Director of Undergraduate Creative Writing within the English major to be appointed as tenured or tenure-track Associate Professor of English. We are looking for a distinguished writer, outstanding teacher, and imaginative administrator to initiate and lead a new undergraduate writing track in poetry fiction, and nonfiction in the Department of English. Candidate must have...

Nightboat Books invites submissions to the 2007 Nightboat Books Poetry Prize, judged by Terrance Hayes. The winning poet receives $1,000 and a standard royalty contract, including 10 complimentary copies of the book. Previous winners include Jonathan Weinert (author of In the Mode of Disappearance, chosen by Brenda Hillman), Joshua Kryah (author of Glean, chosen by Donald Revell), and Juliet Patterson (author of The Truant Lover, chosen by Jean...

The English Department invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Nonfiction to join the MFA faculty, appointment to begin in the fall 2008 semester. We seek a colleague with an active publication record in nonfiction, to offer graduate & undergraduate courses in nonfiction literature, & workshops in nonfiction writing at the undergraduate & graduate level. We hope for a colleague whose publications might focus...