The Joan Beebe Graduate Teaching Fellowship

Offered annually, the Beebe Graduate Teaching Fellowship is a one-year teaching position at Warren Wilson College.The Beebe Fellowship is available to all alumni of the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers, including those who received the degree during the years the program was at Goddard College. Some teaching experience is required.

The Beebe Fellow will teach the equivalent of five four-credit undergraduate courses in composition, creative writing, and literature, with the opportunity to supervise the literary magazine and/or senior writing projects. One of the five courses may include the mixed-genre advanced MFA Residency/Workshop course, which is tied the MFA Program’s winter residency. The fellow will work under the supervision of the Director of the Undergraduate Writing Program and will receive a stipend of $31,500 and full faculty benefits. On-campus housing for the fellow is available at a modest rental rate.

An applicant should submit the following:

• a letter of application which discusses
  • teaching philosophy
  • relevant teaching experience
  • areas of expertise and interest in writing and literature
  • a sketch of a possible semester-long writing course in the applicant’s genre
  • the relationship the applicant sees between his or her creative work and teaching
  • current writing projects
• a current CV
• a writing sample of no more than 25 pages

An applicant must also have three letters of recommendation addressing his or her experience/potential as a teacher sent directly to the Program office. Letters of recommendation may not be submitted by members of the MFA Program’s Academic Board, which includes Joan Aleshire, Debra Allbery, Marianne Boruch, Robert Boswell, Reginald Gibbons, C.J. Hribal, Kevin McIlvoy, Debra Spark, Peter Turchi, Ellen Bryant Voigt, and C. Dale Young.

While the fellowship may be received only once, previous applicants are encouraged to apply. Applications will be reviewed and finalists chosen by the Academic Board; advancing candidates will be interviewed by phone and/or brought to campus for interviews and a teaching demonstration. The final decision will be made by the Director of the Undergraduate Writing Program, with the approval of the Dean of the College.

Please check the website’s News page for details on application deadlines. Applications should be sent to Amy Grimm, MFA Program for Writers, PO Box 9000, Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC 28815-9000.