Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Tickner Writing Fellowship in Baltimore

Sounds like a good job for the right person; Baltimore is a great city! (Best crabcakes are found here at Faidley's; mail order available if the picture makes you hungry.)

Gilman School, an independent boys’ school in Baltimore, announces its search to award the fifteenth Tickner Writing Fellowship to a writer in fiction, poetry, playwriting, or creative non-fiction. Responsibilities include teaching one senior elective in creative writing each semester, organizing a series of readings, advising the literary magazine, & working one-to-one with students in the Tickner Writing Center. Salary: $30,000, plus full benefits package.

To apply: Send CV, cover letter, three confidential letters of recommendation, & a writing sample consisting of either 10 published poems or up to 30 pages of published prose to: Mr. Patrick Hastings, Director of the Tickner Writing Center, Gilman School, 5407 Roland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21210. Firm deadline for receipt of all materials is January 8, 2010.

Work-in-Progress

DC-area author Leslie Pietrzyk explores the creative process and all things literary.