Get your tickets for the 2026 Brave New Play Rites Festival
The 40th Annual Bryan Wade Brave New Play Rites Festival is happening March 9th – 13th! VANCOUVER, February 28th 2026 – The 40th annual Bryan Wade Brave New Play Rites Festival (BNPR), produced by the UBC School of Creative Writing, will take place at the Dorothy Somerset Studios on UBC Campus in […]
Meet our fall 2025 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.
Creative Writing faculty and alumni awarded BC and Yukon Book Prizes
Please join us in congratulating members of the UBC Creative Writing community who won or were nominated for 2025 BC and Yukon Book Prizes.
Read our latest collection of comics from Creative Writing students
We are pleased to share a collection of comics from students in our 2025 comics classes. We have examples of comics from across our school — the minor program, BFA and MFA.
Share your recent achievements with us!
Are you a student or alumni with a recent achievement that you would like to share with us? Let us know so that we can spread your good news on our social media channels.
Meet our most recent 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.
Get your tickets for the 2025 Brave New Play Rites Festival
For the 39th year in a row, the Bryan Wade Brave New Play Rites Festival (BNPR), produced by the UBC School of Creative Writing, will take place at the Dorothy Somerset Studio at UBC in Vancouver from March 11 to March 15 at 7:00 pm.
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.
Read our latest collection of comics from Creative Writing students
Please enjoy this collection of excellent comics from students in our 2024/25 comics classes.
2024 Summer Residency Film Showcase: List of Films
The 11th Annual Summer Residency Film Showcase is a virtual screening of short films, web series and TV episodes written by our students and alumni, followed by a Q & A with the filmmakers. Learn more.