Writer in Residence Miriam Toews Interviewed
Author Miriam Toews on being a writer in residence at UBC and working with the faculty and students in the UBC Creative Writing department.
C.C Humphreys wins Arthur Ellis Award
Congratulations to MFA student C.C. Humphreys, who won the 2015 Arthur Ellis Award for Crime Writing (Best Novel) for his novel Plague, published by Doubleday Canada. In addition to this award, this summer Humphreys will see Vancouver’s Bard on the Beach festival stage the adaptation of his bestselling novel Shakespeare’s Rebel.
Shaelyn Johnston Wins Historica Canada’s Aboriginal Arts & Stories contest
Congratulations to CRWR BFA student Shaelyn Johnston, who recently won Historica Canada’s Aboriginal Arts & Stories contest for her short story, “Anishinaabemowin.” In addition to publication and a cash prize, she was flown out to Toronto for the award ceremony at The Art Gallery of Ontario. More details here www.our-story.ca/winners/writing. Congratulations also to BFA Sophie Bender-Johnston, […]
Alessandra Naccarato Wins Bronwen Wallace Award
Congratulations to MFA student Alessandra Naccarato, who has won the Writers’ Trust RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for her collection of poetry “Re-Origin of Species”. The RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers rewards writers who are under age 35 and unpublished in book form. Alternating each year between poetry and short fiction, the award is given this […]
Maggie de Vries Wins BC Book Prize
Faculty member Maggie de Vries has won the Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize at this year’s BC Book Prizes for her Young Adult novel Rabbit Ears.
Arthur Ellis Awards Shortlist
Congratulations to MFA student C.C. Humphreys, whose novel Plague is a finalist for the 2015 Arthur Ellis Award for best novel. Bestowed annually by the Crime Writers of Canada, these awards recognize the best in Canadian crime writing from the last year. http://www.cbc.ca/books/2015/04/2015-arthur-ellis-awards-finalists-announced.html
2015 HarperCollinsPublishersLtd / UBC Prize for Best New Fiction
We’re pleased to announce the third annual HarperCollinsCanada/UBC Prize for Best New Fiction. This prize, a collaboration between UBC Creative Writing, HarperCollinsCanada and the Cooke Agency, offers agency representation and a publishing contract to the winning novel. It is open to all UBC Creative Writing students and alumni. Our inaugural year in 2013 culminated in […]
UBC Creative Writing Award at Vancouver International Women’s Film Festival
Congratulations to Winnipeg writer, Danishka Esterhazy, winner of the UBC Creative Writing Award at this year’s Vancouver International Women’s Film Festival for her screenplay Jagged Winter. Several UBC Creative Writing students and alumni placed in this contest as well as the ‘From our Dark Side’ writing competition.
Vancouver’s Literary Landmarks
Faculty member Andreas Schroeder is one of the 25 authors currently included in the Vancouver Public Library’s VANCOUVER’S LITERARY LANDMARKS project. For this literary map, large colorful plaques have been fastened to lamp standards nearest the houses in which some of Vancouver’s more prominent writers authored some of their best-known books. A website (vpl.ca/literarylandmark) highlights […]
Ngwatilo Mawiyoo Shortlisted for Brunel University African Poetry Prize
Congratulations to UBC Creative Writing MFA student Ngwatilo Mawiyoo, who is one of six poets shortlisted for the Brunel University African Poetry Prize; this major annual poetry prize of £3000 is aimed at the development, celebration and promotion of poetry from Africa. Now in it’s third year, this year the prize is sponsored by Brunel University […]