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Nic Job

Nic Job, portrait
Graduate Student
Ellis Hall 354
English
nj866525@ohio.edu

Nic Job is a Doctoral student in Creative Writing with focuses in short-form fiction and nonfiction, novel-writing, literary journals.

Education

  • PhD, English/Creative Writing (Fiction), ĢƵ University In Progress, Expected 2030
  • MFA, Creative Writing and Publishing, DePaul University, Honors    June 2024
    • Thesis: Father Sierra, a novel under the direction of Rebecca Johns-Trissler
  • BA, English: creative writing, Rocky Mountain College, Magna Cum Laude    Nov. 2021
  • AA, Liberal Arts & Sciences: Arts and Humanities, Santa Barbara City College, Honors    Aug. 2020

Academic Employment

  • Teaching Assistantship, ĢƵ University    2025-Present
    • Instructor-of-Record / First Year Composition
  • Substitute Teacher, Atascadero Unified School District 2024-2025
    • Primarily grades 4 through 8
  • Graduate Assistantship, DePaul University 2022-2024
    • Writing Center Tutor / Project Manager
  • Student Life Office Assistant, Rocky Mountain College    2020-2021
  • Admissions Ambassador, Rocky Mountain College    2020-2021

Awards and Recognition

  • The Master’s Review Best Emerging Writers Contest, Shortlist    Sumer 2025
    • Creative Nonfiction essay, Skydiving
  • Distinction in Creative Writing and Publishing    June 2024
    • DePaul University English Department, Certificate of Academic Achievement
  • Outstanding Support of the English Department    June 2024
    • DePaul University English Department, Certificate of Academic Achievement
  • The Jen Finstrom Award    June 2023
    • DePaul University Writing Center, Certificate of Workplace Excellence
  • Sophie Kerr Scholarship, Washington College 2017-2019

Publications

Fiction

  • “” Moss Puppy Magazine, Issue 8: Amberfields, August 2025
  • “” Snoozine, Issue 1    Summer, 2024
  • “” Spare Parts Lit, Volume 6    Spring, 2023
  • “” The Rocky Mountain Review, Issue 4    Spring, 2022
  • “” Club Plum, Volume 2 Issue 3    Summer, 2021
  • “Especially Not Boys” Collegian, Issue 29    Fall, 2018

Creative Nonfiction

  • “” The Elysian Chronicles, Edition IV    Summer, 2024
  • “” Defunct Mag, Issue 12    Spring, 2023
  • “” Olit, Volume 2 Issue 4    Winter, 2022
  • “?” The Rocky Mountain Review, Issue 3    Spring, 2021

Poetry

  • “” The Orange Couch, Issue 4    Summer, 2024
  • “” Oyster River Pages, Issue 5     Summer, 2021

Reviews & Interviews

  • J, Review February, 2025
  • , Review September, 2024
  • , Interview September, 2024

Editorial Experience

  • , Editor / Co-Founder    Jan-May, 2025
  • Sundress Publications, Editorial Internship    June-Dec, 2024
  • The Orange Couch, DePaul University, Editorial Team    Jan-June, 2024
  • Slag Glass City, DePaul University, Editorial Internship    Fall 2023-Spring 2024
  • The Rocky Mountain Review, Rocky Mountain College, Editor    Fall 2020-Spring 2021
  • Read For: Quarter After Eight (ĢƵ University), Crook & Folly (DePaul University)

Conferences and Readings

  • MFA Graduate Reading, DePaul University    May 31, 2024
    • Thesis excerpt: novel-in-progress Father Sierra
  • Panelist, “Novel Writing” LAS Graduate Symposium, DePaul University    April 20, 2024
  • Moderator, “Conversation Cafe” 14th Annual Peer Tutor & Mentor Summit, DePaul University    March 1, 2024
  • Panelist, “Collections, Cycles, and Publishing” Spring English Conference, DePaul University    May 12, 2023