Cabell First Novelist Award Community Liaison

Summary:

The Cabell First Novelist Award Community Liaison is a 9-month position funded by the VCU Libraries and reporting to the Humanities Research Librarian. The Liaison will:

• Direct a community review program for the Cabell First Novelist Award:
  
  • Identity and recruit community-based book reviewers, using established criteria and communication channels
    
    
  • Oversee the distribution of submitted novels to reviewers;
    
    
  • Collect and tabulate reviews from reviewers;
    
    
  • Invite reviewers and community readers to the annual event
    
    
• Write promotional articles for local media; coordinate Cabell First Novelist Award website postings with the Cabell Fellow and the Cabell Fellow Assistant
  
  
• Strengthen publicity and awareness of the Cabell First Novelist Award annual events; increase involvement with community organizations (such as James River Writers, Richmond Public Libraries, and private and public high school teachers) in the Cabell First Novelist Award program through a spectrum of initiatives; invite community members to the annual Award event
  
  

Required Qualifications

• MFA in Creative Writing or equivalent
  
  
• Community organizing skills and experience
  
  
• Experience with literary communities
  
  
• Familiarity with literary awards programs, including both judging processes and event programming
  
  
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  
  
• Confidence working independently. Occasional remote work possible.
  
  
• Occasional travel in the Richmond metropolitan area. Must be able to adjust working hours to attend local events that may be held in the evenings and/or on weekends.
  
  
• Demonstrated experience working in and fostering a diverse faculty, staff, and student environment or commitment to do so as a faculty member at VCU
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Richmond-based literary communities
  
  
• Experience with national-level literary awards programs, including both judging processes and event programming
  
  

Salary Range: $24/hr



Position Details:

Department:
Employment Type: H1 - Hourly
Restricted Status: No
FTE: 0.25
Exemption Status: Non-Exempt