Creative Writing MFA student wins inaugural University of Lethbridge Bridge Prize
Congratulations to UBC Creative Writing MFA student Sara de Waal, who is the inaugural winner of the Bridge Prize national short story competition. Her story Cecilia and Richard won the $7,500 first-place award out of a pool of 340 stories submitted to the prize. The most carefully constructed story we received, beautiful deployment of metaphor, especially […]
Announcing the 2020 HarperCollins/UBC Best New Fiction Prize Shortlist
We’re delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2020 HarperCollins/UBC Best New Fiction Prize. Tammy Armstrong: URSULA Clea Roberts: GLADYS OWENS Jasmine Sealy: A FAIR WIND TO TAKE YOU HOME The winner, chosen by CookeMcDermid and the editorial team of HarperCollins, will be offered representation by CookeMcDermid and a standard contract to publish from HarperCollins, […]
Tracy Deonn’s novel “Legendborn” to be released September 15th
We are happy to announce that our MFA student Tracy Deonn is releasing a novel in a few weeks! Legendborn publishes on September 15th of this year with Simon and Schuster, and is all things Black Girl Magic. Filled with mystery and an intriguingly rich magic system, Tracy’s YA contemporary fantasy Legendborn offers the dark […]
2020 National Magazine Awards Winners
The National Media Awards Foundation recently announced the winners of the 43rd annual National Magazine Awards. For the first time, the winners were announced during a live virtual broadcast and through digital channels. We are proud to announce that two current MFA students and two MFA alumni have won awards! Congratulations to the following […]
Michelle Good’s novel “Five Little Indians” to be released next week
We are proud to announce that our MFA Alumna Michelle Good is releasing her novel Five Little Indians on April 14 with HarperCollins Canada. Michelle was the winner of our 2018 HarperCollins UBC prize for Best New Fiction and earned her MFA in Creative Writing while practising law. Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid’s Tale recently […]
Mallory Tater’s debut novel has just been released with HarperCollins
We are proud to announce that our alumna and current faculty member Mallory Tater has just released her debut novel The Birth Yard! Mallory embodies the quintessential journey of a UBC Creative Writing student. From completing her MFA, then going on to teach fiction at UBC, and now releasing her debut novel, we can only wonder […]
UBC Creative Writing Members Shortlisted for 2020 BC and Yukon Book Prizes
We are very proud to announce that members of UBC’s Creative Writing Program have been shortlisted for the 2020 BC and Yukon Book Prizes! Two faculty members and four alumni have been selected: Michael Christie (Alumnus) Francine Cunningham (Alumna) Kayla Czaga (Alumna) Nazanine Hozar (Alumna) Alix Ohlin (Faculty) Rhea Tregebov (Faculty Emerita) The winners will […]
Ian Williams wins 2019 Scotiabank Giller Prize for debut novel
Ian Williams, an assistant professor in the University of British Columbia’s Creative Writing program, has been named the winner of the 2019 Scotiabank Giller Prize.
Keith Maillard wins Alberta Book of the Year Award
UBC Creative Writing Professor Keith Maillard won a 2019 Book of The Year Award (Fiction) from the Book Publishers Association of Alberta for his novel, Twin Studies.
Creative Writing affiliates longlisted for Canada’s largest literary award
Four members of UBC’s Creative Writing program were longlisted for the 2019 Scotiabank Giller Prize: Michael Christie, MFA alumnus, for his novel Greenwood (McClelland & Stewart); Megan Gail Coles, MFA alumnus, for her novel Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club (House of Anansi Press); Alix Ohlin, program chair, for her novel Dual Citizens (House of […]