Zazie Todd, MFA 2012
How did your time in the Creative Writing Program influence your work? I enjoyed the opportunity to study in three different genres and it helped improve my writing in many ways. What’s your latest published/performed work? Wag: The Science of Making Your Dog Happy, with a foreword by Dr. Marty Becker. Published by Greystone Books, […]
M.F. McDowell, MFA 2012
How did your time in the Creative Writing Program influence your work? The Program was a huge influence on me. I’d become burnt out and jaded (working as a screenwriter), and the Program brought back my love of writing and crafting a story. The people I met were interesting and gave me tons of support. […]
Catherine Young, MFA 2015
Catherine Young is a writer and performing artist whose work is infused with a keen sense of place. A nominee for the Pushcart Prize in prose and poetry and Best American Essays. She worked as a national park ranger, farmer, educator, and mother before completing her MFA in Creative Writing at the University of British […]
Elaine Woo, BFA 2011
How did your time in the Creative Writing Program influence your work? Elaine’s time in the Creative Writing Program brought exposure to varied lyrical and experimental influences. Too, she was introduced to placing social and political thought into her work. Woo was first introduced to graphica at the University of British Columbia, received significant critique, and […]
Kelly Shorrocks, MFA 2014
How did your time in the Creative Writing Program influence your work? My MFA at UBC helped me see I was a writer all along, even when I carried countless other roles within me. It was like being handed a tool to excavate those writing skills, polish them up and employ them creatively, in a […]
Mark Leiren-Young, MFA 2018
What’s your latest published/performed work? Bar Mitzvah Boy – Playwrights Canada Press What are your most recent awards? 2017 Writer’s Guild of Canada award for “best documentary” The Hundred-Year-Old Whale” Mark’s Website: www.leiren-young.com Follow Mark on Twitter Follow Mark on Instagram
Paula Jane Remlinger, MFA 2013
I graduated from the MFA program in 2013. I recently sent in my alumni profile. I also wanted to let you know that my book, This Hole Called January, just won the Saskatchewan Book Award for Poetry. Announcement was made June 18, 2020.
Brooke Carter, MFA 2011
How did your time in the Creative Writing Program influence your work? I produced a lot of work in Susan Juby’s Writing for Children class during my MFA, and many of those beginning pieces have turned into book-length works that have gone on to be published novels for youth. What’s your latest published/performed work? THE […]
Aaron Chan, BFA 2014
Aaron Chan is a musician, filmmaker, and writer born and raised on unceded Coast Salish territories (Vancouver). He holds a BFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia, and his writing has been published in literary magazines and publications including Plenitude, filling Station, Polychrome Ink, and Xtra. His piece “A Case of Jeff” […]
Meg Stainsby, MFA 2015
How did your time in the Creative Writing Program influence your work? It deepened my appreciation for the need for precise and concrete detail It compelled me to try poetry (finally!) — which then led me to swift success in terms of winning the first poetry contest I’ve ever entered. Lesson learn — write fearward! […]