UBC professor Keith Maillard wins the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence
Professor Keith Maillard recently won the 2024 Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence from the BC and Yukon Book Prizes. The award recognizes annually a British Columbian writer who has contributed to the development of literary excellence in the province.
Winner of the HarperCollinsPublishersLtd / UBC Prize for Best New Fiction announced
HarperCollinsPublishersLtd, the UBC School of Creative Writing and CookeMcDermid Literary Management are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2024 HarperCollinsPublishersLtd/UBC Prize for Best New Fiction is Emily Cann for her adult novel BRANCHES.
Announcing the 2024 HarperCollins/UBC Best New Fiction Prize Shortlist
HarperCollinsPublishersLtd, the UBC School of Creative Writing and CookeMcDermid Literary Management are pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2024 HarperCollinsPublishersLtd/UBC Prize for Best New Fiction, co-sponsored by CookeMcDermid Literary Management.
Alum ’00 Tammy Armstrong discusses latest novel Pearly Everlasting
Tammy Armstrong’s latest novel Pearly Everlasting is now available in Canada and will release in the US on October 7. Pearly Everlasting is based on Armstrong’s manuscript “Ursula” that won the HarperCollinsPublishersLtd/UBC Prize for Best New Fiction in 2022.
Meet our May 2024 MFA grads
We’re proud to announce our most recent cohort of MFA graduates. To celebrate this significant accomplishment, we’ve compiled a special showcase to highlight the exceptional creative work produced by our graduates.
MFA alumni Kailash Srinivasan and Vivian Li make the 2024 CBC Short Story Prize longlist
Creative Writing MFA alumni Kailash Srinivasan and Vivian Li are on the 2024 CBC Short Story Prize longlist. The winner will receive $6,000, a writing residency and have their work published on CBC Books.
Indigenous Writer in Residence Leanne Betasamosake Simpson brings creativity and insight to UBC
The School of Creative Writing is welcoming Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg scholar, writer, and artist Leanne Betasamosake Simpson as writer in residence from January 15 to January 26.
New work by Creative Writing faculty to add to your winter to-do list
This past year, Creative Writing faculty have been prolific. They’ve published adult and young adult fiction, children’s books, and anthologies, and produced plays, podcasts and radio shows that call on us to consider our place in the world.
Meet our November 2023 MFA grads
We’re thrilled to announce our most recent cohort of MFA graduates! To celebrate this huge accomplishment, we’ve compiled a special showcase to share a little about them and their thesis projects.
New books from Creative Writing alumni invite us into tenderly crafted worlds
Our Creative Writing alumni published compelling work over the last year, including a horror novel soaked with dreams, an intimate family saga set in a beachfront hotel, and a love letter to a son lost to overdose.