The Jones Lectureship at

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is a two-year teaching fellowship available to previous Stegner Fellows. The Lectureship is available in fiction and poetry and is intended to provide writers with the time and support needed to complete book-length literary projects. Jones Lecturers typically teach several undergraduate courses per year. The Lectureship is named for

Richard Foster Jones Richard Foster Jones (July 7, 1886 – September 12, 1965) was a professor of English at Stanford University, and executive head of the university's English department. His research interests included Early Modern Britain, early modern English lit ...

, head of the Stanford English Department when Wallace Stegner founded Stanford's Creative Writing Program following the end of Second World War. The original $500,000 endowment for the Lectureship came from Dr. E. H. Jones, a Texas oilman and brother of Richard Foster Jones. Other appointments available to former Stegner Fellows include the Marsh McCall Lectureship and the Draper Lectureship, each two-year appointments at Stanford University. The Marsh McCall Lecturer oversees the staffing and teaching of creative writing courses at Stanford Continuing Studies. It is named for Classics Professor Marsh McCall, former dean of Continuing Studies. Former Marsh McCall Lecturers include

Julie Orringer Julie Orringer (born June 12, 1973) is an American writer and lecturer. She attended Cornell University and the Iowa Writer's Workshop, and was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. She was born in Miami, Florida and now lives in Brooklyn with ...

, Stephen Elliott,

Eric Puchner Eric Puchner is an American novelist and short story writer. Life His short stories have appeared in Tin House, ''Chicago Tribune'', ''The Sun'', ''The Missouri Review'', and ''Best New American Voices''. He was a fellow at Bread Loaf Writers' C ...

, Adam Johnson and

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. The Draper Lecturer primarily teaches undergraduate courses in creative non-fiction. It is named for Phyllis Draper and William Henry Draper III.

List of notable Jones Lecturers

* Tobias Wolff *

Keith Scribner Keith Scribner is an American novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, essayist, and educator. His third novel, ''The Oregon Experiment,'' was published by Alfred A. Knopf (Random House) in June 2011. He is a professor of English at Oregon S ...

*Bruce Snider *Lysley Tenorio *Austin Smith *

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* Scott Turow *

Rick Barot Rick Barot (born February 19, 1969) is an American poet and educator. Life Barot was born in the Philippines, grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, and attended Wesleyan University and The Writers’ Workshop at the University of Iowa. He ha ...

* Timothy Steele * Al Young *

Gabrielle Calvocoressi Gabrielle Calvocoressi is an American poet, editor, essayist, and professor. Life and career Gabrielle Calvocoressi was born in 1974 in central Connecticut. Their family owned movie theaters, including a drive-in, in several small towns across ...

Tom Kealey Tom Kealey is an American writer. Biography Kealey is the author of the story collection ''Thieves I've Known'', winner of the 2012 Flannery O'Connor Award and named as one of NPR's 2013 Great Reads. He is also the author of ''The Creative Writin ...

* Adam Johnson * ZZ Packer * Tom Barbash * Ryan Harty * Scott Hutchins * Nan Cohen * Peter Campion * Daniel Orozco *

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Dana Kletter Dana Kletter (born October 21, 1959) is an American musician and writer. Biography Kletter and her twin sister Karen were born in Baltimore, Maryland and raised in New York. Dana began playing piano at age four. She attended American Universi ...

* David Vann * Ed McClanahan * Ehud Havazelet * Skip Horack *

Solmaz Sharif Solmaz Sharif ( fa, سولماز شریف; born 1983) is an Iranian-American poet. Her debut poetry collection, ''Look'', was a finalist for the 2016 National Book Award. She is currently an Assistant Professor of English at Arizona State Universi ...

Maria Hummel Maria Hummel is an American writer. Her poetry collection, ''House and Fire'', was winner of the 2013 APR/Hickman First Book Prize. She has written five novels: ''Goldenseal'' (Counterpoint, 2024), ''Lesson in Red'' (Counterpoint, 2021), ''Still L ...

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