Announcing our fall 2021 Visiting Writers
We’re delighted to welcome a group of innovative and exciting writers to visit UBC Creative Writing this fall. We regularly bring working writers to visit classes and consult with students
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 […]
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 […]
Creative Writing Courses Online – Fall 2020
All Creative Writing courses in Term 1 2020 will be completely online. Instructors are currently working on how best to meet student needs, and determining whether online courses will be synchronous (i.e., “real time”), asynchronous, or a combination of the two.
“The Show Must Go…Online!”: Brave New Play Rites Festival Goes Virtual
During these uncertain times we need a form of escape and the Creative Writing Program has exactly what you’re looking for! The 34th Annual Brave New Play Rites Festival has moved online, live readings are being broadcasted on Saturdays at 1pm PST for the next five weeks. You can access BNPR’s YouTube channel through this […]
Creative Writing students perform songs live on campus radio station
Today several UBC Creative Writing students will perform songs they’ve written live on UBC’s campus radio station, CiTR for course credit.
Creative Writing undergraduate course spotlight for winter 2020
Our comprehensive undergraduate curriculum makes the range of our teaching available to all students. In our programs, you will free your writing potential while developing a solid base of professional craft and skill. We welcome you to explore what our programs can offer you. 200-Level & 300-Level Courses Our 200-level and 300-level courses are open […]
New Shoots launches 34th anthology of teen writing and art
UBC Creative Writing’s New Shoots program celebrated the publication of its latest anthology of teen writing and art with a standing-room-only launch at the False Creek Community Centre on Granville Island.
Students’ work ‘magic to behold’ at Hybrid Forms exhibit
BFA students in Lecturer Sheryda Warrener’s Hybrid Forms class celebrated the end of semester with an exhibition and reading from their final projects at UBC Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections.
MFA student Roquela Fernandez recognized for teaching excellence
MFA student Roquela Fernandez has won a UBC Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award.