The undergraduate Creative Writing Department at Warren Wilson College in Asheville, North Carolina welcomes applications for two new positions for the 2025-26 academic year: Visiting Fiction Writer in Residence for the 2025 Fall semester, and Visiting Creative Writer in Residence for the Spring 2026.

Applications for both positions are available only to alumni of the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers, including July 2025 degree recipients, and those who received the degree during the years the program was at Goddard College.

The Visiting Fiction Writer in Residence is a five-month part-time teaching position, following the fall semester, with an anticipated start date of August 1, 2025 and an end date of December 31, 2025. Compensation for this part-time position is a salary of $10,000.

The Visiting Creative Writer in Residence is a three-month part-time teaching position, following the MFA winter residency and the undergraduate Term 3 calendar, with an anticipated start date of January 1, 2026 and an end date of March 15, 2026. Compensation for this part-time position is a salary of $5,000.

The Department of Creative Writing is a dynamic and supportive learning community, with a focus on revision, research, and ethical issues within the discipline, as well as experimentation with form, genre, and style. The mission of the Creative Writing major is to provide opportunities for students to create original work and to expand their understanding of contemporary literature within a community of creative writers.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis beginning immediately with review guaranteed for applications received by noon on May 1, 2025.

Visiting Fiction Writer Application

Visiting Creative Writer Application