Sessional Lecturer - WRR311H1F: Seminar in Creative Writing - Fiction

Job Posting for Sessional Lecturer 

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement 

Course number and title: WRR311H1F: Seminar in Creative Writing - Fiction   

Course description:  This workshop-based course teaches students about the creative writing process and the fundamentals of writing fiction specifically. Through readings of fiction in various genres, discussions, creative writing prompts and longer assignments, students learn how storytellers work with setting, character, scenes, structure, point-of-view, style and other elements. Students will learn how to take creative risks and grow through writing fiction, how to develop solid work from shaky drafts, how to be generous yet shrewd editors of their own and others’ work, and how and why to be active in a writing community.  

Estimated enrolment:  25 students  

Estimated TA support: None

Class schedule: Fridays 10:00am – 1:00pm   

*Please note, the delivery method for this course is currently in-person. Please note that, in keeping with current circumstances, the course delivery method may change as determined by the Faculty or the College.

Sessional dates of appointment: September 1st, 2025 to December 31st, 2025 

Salary:   

• Sessional Lecturer 1 - $9,457.90 (includes 4% vacation pay) 

• Sessional Lecturer 1 Long Term - $9,930.79 (includes 6% vacation pay) 

• Sessional Lecturer 2 - $10,121.77 (includes 6% vacation pay) 

• Sessional Lecturer 2 Long Term - $10,326.62 (includes 6% vacation pay) 

• Sessional Lecturer 3 - $10,362.76 (includes 6% vacation pay) 

• Sessional Lecturer 3 Long Term - $10,570.02 (includes 6% vacation pay) 

Please note that should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.  

Minimum qualifications:  

• MA in English literature, rhetoric, creative writing, or related field, or relevant professional experience

• A publication history as a writer of fiction 

• At least 5 years of experience teaching creative writing 

• At least 2 years of experience as a credit course instructor 

• At least 2 years of experience marking undergraduate writing; ability to mark carefully including for grammar 

Preferred qualifications:  

• Publication of at least one book of fiction  

• Demonstrated interest in pedagogy 

• Familiarity with the range of writing ability of undergraduates 

Description of duties:  

The Sessional Lecturer will help create a syllabus for the course and order appropriate textbooks, in consultation with the Director of the Writing and Rhetoric program. The Sessional Lecturer will lecture once per week, grade all assignments, hold office hours each week, see students by appointment, and answer questions through email.  

Application instructions:   

Applicants must submit an updated curriculum vitae, evidence of teaching in the relevant area (including student evaluations, if available), and the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 application form located here: https://uoft.me/CUPE-3902-Unit-3-Application-Form to hr.innis@utoronto.ca.  

The deadline to apply to this position is May 21, 2025, 11:59PM EDT. No late applications will be accepted.

It is understood that some announcements of vacancies are tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolment. Should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.

Preference in hiring is given to qualified individuals advanced to the rank of Sessional Lecturer II or Sessional Lecturer III in accordance with Article 14:12 of the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 collective agreement.

Please note: Undergraduate or graduate students and postdoctoral fellows of the University of Toronto are covered by the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 collective agreement rather than the Unit 3 collective agreement, and should not apply for positions posted under the Unit 3 collective agreement.