Maggie de Vries Shortlisted for Young Adult Book Award
Congratulations to faculty member Maggie de Vries, who’s been shortlisted for the Canadian Library Association’s Young Adult Book Award for her novel Rabbit Ears. Thee award recognizes an author of an outstanding English-language Canadian work of fiction (novel, collection of short stories or graphic novel), published in 2014 that appeals to young adults between the […]
Miriam Toews Shortlisted for Folio Prize
Miriam Toews, UBC Creative Writing’s current writer in residence, has been shortlisted for the prestigious Folio Prize.
MFA Application Deadline: December 5, 2014
Interested in our MFA program? Our Joint-MFA in Creative Writing & Theatre? Please apply before our deadline of noon, PST, December 5, 2014. Our application page has all the details. Please also note if you are applying for a Canada Graduate Scholarship (SSHRC) for entrance to the program, that you MUST apply to the Creative […]
Announcing the Winner of the 2014 HarperCollinsCanada/UBC Prize
Congratulations to Chelsea Bolan, winner of the 2014 HarperCollinsCanada/UBC Prize for Best New Fiction. Her novel, In Place of Silence, is a richly woven contemporary novel set in Mexico about a young girl’s banishment from the family home and her older sister’s search to find her. Chelsea will be offered literary representation by The Cooke […]
Writers’ Trust & Journey Prize Shortlists
UBC Creative Writing professor Steven Galloway has been shortlisted for the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize. This annual award for the best work of fiction published in Canada is worth $25,000. The award winner will be announced on November 4th. Two UBC alumni have been shortlisted for the 2014 Writers’ Trust/McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize, […]
Shortlist for HarperCollinsCanada/UBC Prize for Best New Fiction
HarperCollinsCanada, The Cooke Agency and the University of British Columbia announced today the shortlist for the annual HarperCollinsCanada/UBC Prize for Best New Fiction. The prize is a collaboration of HarperCollinsCanada, The Cooke Agency and the University of British Columbia, and is open to currently enrolled students and previous graduates of the UBC Creative Writing Program. […]
Student and Alumni Nominations & Awards
Congratulations to our fantastic students and alumni, who have been doing great things lately! Tara Armstrong (BFA Grad) and Rebecca Hales (MFA Grad) are two of nine writers selected for the 2014 Bell Media Prime Time TV Program. They’ll take part in a full-time five-month program that delivers a team-based approach to TV series writing […]
On-Campus MFA Applications Open
We’re pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for the 2015 Academic Year for the On-Campus MFA Program in Creative Writing. This is the Vancouver-based version of our renowned MFA degree. Apply here.
Optional Residency MFA Applications Open
We’re pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for the 2015 Academic Year for the Optional Residency MFA Program. This innovative online MFA degree allows students to study creative writing at UBC from anywhere in the world, on their own schedule. Apply here.
Undergraduate Creative Writing Courses
We’re delighted to announce our 2014/15 undergraduate course offerings in Creative Writing. Complete course listings and descriptions can be found on our expanded course descriptions page. Course Offerings We offer a comprehensive selection of writing courses: Introduction to Creative Writing Poetry Writing for Children & Young Adults Creative Non-Fiction Screenwriting Graphic Forms (including graphic novels, […]