Jennifer Jahrling Forese Writer-In-Residence: Poet Or Prose Writer With Editing Experience

For the Jennifer Jahrling Forese Residency for 2025-2026, Colby College's Creative Writing Program is accepting applications for a writer in any genre with professional experience working with undergraduates managing and editing a literary magazine.

Colby College's Jennifer Jahrling Forese Residency is a year-long opportunity for a writer to work on a new project while contributing to Colby's thriving literary community. The Program is seeking a writer with editing experience to join us for the academic year. We encourage writers working in all forms-poetry, nonfiction, and fiction-to apply.

Duties include teaching two classes, one in the fall and one in the spring, designed by the resident(s) in consultation with Program faculty; giving one public presentation of work-in-progress and one public lecture or workshop to a general audience; scheduling office hours; working with selected students one-on-one; and interacting with the broader Waterville community. In addition to a generous honorarium, Colby provides the writer-in-residence with housing in downtown Waterville and a generous stipend for expenses.

Qualifications: An MFA, terminal degree in a related field; at least one published book; and experience teaching at the undergraduate level. We are committed to actively building a workplace that benefits from authentically multicultural, multiethnic, multiclass, and gender-inclusive approaches to teaching and learning. Candidates from historically marginalized communities and backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.

Colby is a private, coeducational liberal arts college that admits students and makes personnel decisions on the basis of the individual's qualifications to contribute to Colby's educational objectives and institutional needs. The principle of not discriminating on the basis of race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, caste, national or ethnic origin, marital status, genetic information, political beliefs, veteran or military status, parental status, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, physical or mental disability unrelated to the job or course of study requirements is consistent with the mission of a liberal arts college and the law.