News

Announcement

Registration open for Writing the Romantic Comedy courses with screenwriter Zac Hug

December 3, 2024
Interviews

Exploring Artistic Practices in Creative Writing with Sheryda Warrener

November 20, 2024
Achievement, Faculty

UBC professor Keith Maillard wins the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence

October 11, 2024
Achievement, Announcement

Winner of the HarperCollinsPublishersLtd / UBC Prize for Best New Fiction announced

September 27, 2024
Alumni, Publications

Farm: Lot 23 by Tonya Lailey

September 25, 2024
Announcement

20% off books by visiting writers and faculty at UBC Bookstore until September 30

September 15, 2024
Achievement, Alumni, Students

Announcing the 2024 HarperCollins/UBC Best New Fiction Prize Shortlist

September 13, 2024
Achievement, Students

Read our latest collection of comics from Creative Writing students

July 22, 2024
Alumni, Publications

Art of Camouflage by Sara Power

July 16, 2024
Alumni, Publications

Beast by Richard Van Camp

July 11, 2024
Alumni, Students

2024 Summer Residency Film Showcase: List of Films

July 4, 2024
Alumni, Publications

All Things Seen and Unseen by RJ McDaniel

July 3, 2024
Achievement, Alumni, Faculty

UBC professor emeritus George McWhirter receives largest international award for poetry

June 28, 2024
Achievement, Alumni, Interviews

Alum ’00 Tammy Armstrong discusses latest novel Pearly Everlasting

June 27, 2024
Announcement, Students

2024 Optional Summer Residency: Speakers and Guests

June 4, 2024
Achievement, Announcement, Students

Meet our May 2024 MFA grads

May 30, 2024
Announcement

Monthly comics support group open to new members

May 29, 2024
Alumni, Publications

Weather by Rob Taylor

May 27, 2024
Faculty, Interviews

Education through comics: Exploring the pedagogical value of comic art with Sarah Leavitt

May 14, 2024
Alumni, Announcement, Students

UBC Creative Writing seeks submissions for 2024 Prize for Best New Fiction

May 1, 2024
Alumni, Publications

Crash Landing by Li Charmaine Anne

April 23, 2024
Alumni, Publications

The Pain Project by Kara Stanley

April 16, 2024
Achievement, Alumni

MFA alumni Kailash Srinivasan and Vivian Li make the 2024 CBC Short Story Prize longlist

April 15, 2024
Alumni, Publications

Unthinkable by Brent van Staalduinen

March 21, 2024
Alumni, Publications

Marrow Memory by Margaret Nowaczyk

March 6, 2024
Announcement

Get your tickets for the 2024 Brave New Play Rites Festival

March 4, 2024
Alumni, Publications

A Bouquet Brought Back from Space by Kevin Spenst

February 28, 2024
Faculty, Publications

Emily Posts by Tanya Kyi

February 27, 2024
Achievement, Faculty

Two Creative Writing professors receive Dean of Arts Educational Leadership and Innovation Award

February 23, 2024
Students

Indigenous Engagement in the School of Creative Writing

February 23, 2024
Faculty, Interviews

Defining love through the lens of Arts with Mandy Catron

February 9, 2024
Announcement

Indigenous Writer in Residence Leanne Betasamosake Simpson brings creativity and insight to UBC

January 4, 2024
Faculty, Publications

New work by Creative Writing faculty to add to your winter to-do list

December 20, 2023
Achievement, Faculty

Anosh Irani receives Writers’ Trust Engel Findley Award

December 18, 2023
Achievement, Announcement, Students

Meet our November 2023 MFA grads

November 29, 2023
Announcement, Faculty

Meet the new faculty in Creative Writing fall 2023

November 1, 2023
Achievement, Faculty

Alex Marzano-Lesnevich awarded Hampton New Faculty Grant

October 17, 2023
Alumni, Announcement

New books from Creative Writing alumni invite us into tenderly crafted worlds

July 11, 2023
Achievement, Announcement, Students

New graduate showcase celebrates and promotes recent MFAs

May 31, 2023
Alumni, Interviews, Students

What postmemory makes possible: A conversation with poets Brandon Shimoda and Victoria Chang

March 13, 2023
Announcement

The Bryan Wade Brave New Play Rites Festival takes a brave new turn

March 8, 2023
Announcement, Students

Ars Scientia inspires new collaboration between creative writing and physics students

March 1, 2023
Announcement, Faculty

Meet the new faculty in Creative Writing 2023

January 24, 2023
Alumni, Announcement, Students

Virtual Writer in Residence Oliver Baez Bendorf brings mystery and transformation to UBC

January 19, 2023
Faculty, Publications

New publications from Creative Writing faculty expand our ideas on belonging and connection

December 1, 2022
Achievement, Faculty

Assistant Professor Billy-Ray Belcourt named a Canada Research Chair

November 17, 2022
Achievement, Announcement

Alumna Tammy Armstrong wins 2022 Prize for Best New Fiction

October 6, 2022
Achievement, Announcement

Announcing the 2022 HarperCollins/UBC Best New Fiction Prize Shortlist

September 22, 2022
Alumni, Interviews

Alum '22 Jason Emde discusses hosting Writers Read Their Early Sh*t podcast

July 27, 2022
Announcement, Faculty

UBC Creative Writing leadership changeover continues to prioritize pedagogical excellence, promotion of equity and diversity

July 11, 2022
Announcement, Faculty

Director farewell letter from Professor Alix Ohlin

July 11, 2022
Announcement

Writer and educator Noor Naga to visit UBC Creative Writing

June 29, 2022
Faculty

Redefining the undergraduate learning experience in Creative Writing

June 6, 2022
Faculty, Interviews, Publications

How girls are using social media for positive change: An interview with Creative Writing lecturer Tanya Kyi and her daughter

May 18, 2022
Students

Creative Writing students tell poignant stories with comics

May 16, 2022
Alumni, Interviews

Alum '20 Jasmine Sealy discusses debut novel The Island of Forgetting

April 21, 2022
Students

Creative Writing students collaborate to celebrate National Poetry Month

April 20, 2022
Achievement, Alumni, Faculty

Several members of Creative Writing community selected as finalists for BC and Yukon Book Prizes

April 14, 2022
Announcement, Students

New books from Creative Writing alumni that expand our perspectives

April 13, 2022
Students

Creative Writing students write on urban water sustainability in connection with the City of Vancouver

March 30, 2022
Announcement

Brave New Play Rites returns in honour of Bryan Wade

March 5, 2022
Announcement

UBC Creative Writing seeks submissions for 2022 Prize for Best New Fiction

February 28, 2022
Announcement

UBC Creative Writing community mourns loss of Bryan Wade

February 11, 2022
Faculty

Nalo Hopkinson discusses her writing with the Faculty of Arts

February 2, 2022
Achievement, Faculty

Nalo Hopkinson awarded 2022 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship

January 24, 2022
Announcement, Students

Announcing our winter 2022 Visiting Writers

January 20, 2022
Announcement

Join us for our second Comics Speakers Series

January 6, 2022
Faculty, Publications

New books from Creative Writing faculty challenge conventional opinions

September 27, 2021
Announcement

Join us for our first Comics Speaker Series

September 26, 2021

UBC represents at 2021 Vancouver Writers Festival

September 26, 2021
Announcement, Students

Announcing our fall 2021 Visiting Writers

September 8, 2021
Announcement

Call for applications: The Geoffrey & Margaret Andrew Fellowship

August 31, 2021
Alumni, Interviews

Alum interview with Marie Leofeli Barlizo, MFA '13

July 27, 2021
Announcement, Faculty

UBC Creative Writing hires first tenure-track faculty member in graphic forms

July 20, 2021
Announcement, Faculty

Award-winning speculative fiction author Nalo Hopkinson joins UBC

July 7, 2021
Alumni, Interviews

Alum interview with Jessica Johns, MFA '19

June 29, 2021
Achievement, Alumni, Publications

Michelle Good wins major awards for novel Five Little Indians

June 22, 2021
Alumni, Interviews

Alum interview with Ngwatilo Mawiyoo, MFA '16

June 18, 2021
Achievement, Faculty

Creative Writing lecturer Sheryda Warrener receives UBC Killam Teaching Prize

May 31, 2021
Announcement

New Writing for Video Games certificate program begins July 5

May 27, 2021
Alumni, Interviews

Alum interview with A.W. Hopkins, MFA '20

May 5, 2021
Achievement, Alumni, Faculty

Faculty and Alumni Finalists for GG and Amazon Awards

May 4, 2021
Alumni, Interviews

Alum interview with Michael Christie, MFA '08

April 21, 2021
Achievement, Alumni, Faculty

Two faculty and five alumni finalists for 2021 BC and Yukon Book Prizes

April 15, 2021
Alumni, Interviews

Alum interview with Jennica Harper, MFA '00

April 12, 2021
Interviews

Alum interview with andrea bennett, MFA '12

April 1, 2021
Announcement, Faculty

Welcoming Bronwen Tate to UBC Creative Writing

November 4, 2020
Achievement, Alumni

Writers' Trust Award Winners

October 26, 2020
Faculty

Agness, Murderess, Awards Winner!

October 23, 2020
Alumni, Announcement

Winner Announcement - the 2020 HarperCollins/UBC Prize for Best New Fiction

October 2, 2020
Achievement, Alumni, Publications, Students

Creative Writing MFA student wins inaugural University of Lethbridge Bridge Prize

September 25, 2020
Announcement

Upcoming Online MFA Information Session

September 23, 2020
Achievement, Alumni

Announcing the 2020 HarperCollins/UBC Best New Fiction Prize Shortlist

September 3, 2020
Achievement, Publications, Students

Tracy Deonn’s novel “Legendborn” to be released September 15th

July 31, 2020
Achievement, Alumni

2020 National Magazine Awards Winners

June 20, 2020
Announcement, Students

Creative Writing Courses Online - Fall 2020

June 10, 2020
Announcement, Students

“The Show Must Go…Online!”: Brave New Play Rites Festival Goes Virtual

April 9, 2020
Achievement, Alumni, Publications

Michelle Good’s novel “Five Little Indians” to be released next week

April 8, 2020
Achievement, Faculty, Publications

Mallory Tater’s debut novel has just been released with HarperCollins

March 25, 2020
Achievement, Alumni, Announcement, Faculty

UBC Creative Writing Members Shortlisted for 2020 BC and Yukon Book Prizes

March 16, 2020
Faculty

Sarah Leavitt shares value of graphic medicine genre with Faculty of Medicine

January 29, 2020
In the Media

Instructor John Vigna Explores Peer Review

January 17, 2020
Students

Creative Writing students perform songs live on campus radio station

November 27, 2019
Achievement, Faculty

Ian Williams wins 2019 Scotiabank Giller Prize for debut novel

November 19, 2019
Announcement

Indigenous advocate Tracey Lindberg current Writer in Residence

November 7, 2019
Students

Creative Writing undergraduate course spotlight for winter 2020

November 4, 2019
Achievement, Faculty

Keith Maillard wins Alberta Book of the Year Award

October 30, 2019
Achievement, Alumni

Creative Writing alumnus receives STORYHIVE grant for Indigenous-focused film

October 2, 2019
Achievement, Alumni, Faculty

Creative Writing faculty & alumnus finalists for Scotiabank Giller Prize

September 30, 2019

UBC represents at 2019 Vancouver Writers Festival

September 30, 2019
Achievement, Alumni, Faculty

Creative Writing affiliates longlisted for Canada’s largest literary award

September 4, 2019
Alumni, In the Media

MFA grad wins grant to make short film

August 1, 2019
Announcement

New online magazine reviews literature for teens

July 31, 2019
In the Media

Joelle Barron finalist for 2019 Dayne Ogilvie Prize

July 8, 2019
In the Media

Ellie Sawatzky finalist for 2019 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award

July 8, 2019
Students

New Shoots launches 34th anthology of teen writing and art

July 4, 2019
Achievement, Alumni

UBC Creative Writing alumni receive National Magazine Awards

June 4, 2019
Achievement, Alumni

Three alumni receive 2019 BC Book Prizes

May 13, 2019
Students

Students’ work 'magic to behold' at Hybrid Forms exhibit

April 30, 2019
Achievement, Students

MFA student Roquela Fernandez recognized for teaching excellence

April 24, 2019
In the Media

MFA alumna Meg Todd shortlisted for CBC Short Story Prize

April 23, 2019
Announcement, Faculty

Award-winning poet Billy-Ray Belcourt to join UBC’s creative writing program

April 11, 2019
Announcement

Students, faculty and alums to attend AWP

March 21, 2019
Achievement, Alumni, In the Media

8 alumni, 1 student finalists for 2019 BC Book Prizes

March 20, 2019
Faculty

Faculty reading showcases new work

March 5, 2019
Students

Brave New Play Rites brings new voices to Vancouver

March 1, 2019
Students

Jennifer Monroe Visits CRWR Screenwriters

February 1, 2019
Faculty

Alison Acheson: New Books Announced

February 1, 2019
Achievement, Alumni

Michael Orlando Joins Pacific Screenwriting Scripted Series Lab

January 3, 2019
Faculty

Sara Graefe tours for "Swelling with Pride"

November 7, 2018
Achievement, Alumni

Announcing the Winner of the 2018 HarperCollins Canada/ UBC Prize for Best New Fiction

October 25, 2018
Faculty, Publications

Maureen Medved in Toronto and Montreal

October 23, 2018
Announcement

Major (BFA) in Creative Writing: An Information Session

October 22, 2018
Achievement, Alumni

3 Alumni on Governor General’s Award Shortlist

October 9, 2018
Achievement, Alumni

Jen Neale, Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize finalist

September 26, 2018
Announcement

Creative Writing at the Vancouver Writers Fest

September 25, 2018
Alumni, Publications

Michelle Barker's House of One Thousand Eyes

September 12, 2018
Announcement

The Cascadia Project

September 10, 2018
Announcement

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Positions: Indigenous Writing & Creative Non-Fiction

July 26, 2018
Alumni, Announcement

Yugumalleq: A film by MFA Candidate Kavelina Torres

July 26, 2018
Alumni

Alanna Francis Leaps into Screenwriting with The Rest of Us

July 9, 2018
Announcement

2018 New Shoots Anthology Launch

July 9, 2018
Alumni, Announcement

Leah Mol wins 2018 CBC Short Story Prize

June 15, 2018
Alumni, Announcement

Congratulations to our Graduates

May 31, 2018
Alumni, Announcement

Eden Robinson Receives an Honorary Degree

May 23, 2018
Alumni, Announcement

An Interview with MFA Alumnus Ellen Keith

May 17, 2018
Alumni, Announcement

Alumni Spring Books

May 11, 2018
Announcement

2018 HarperCollinsPublishersLtd/UBC Prize for Best New Fiction

April 30, 2018
Announcement, Faculty

Writers in the Rereading Room

March 31, 2018
Alumni, Announcement

Writing the Future: Gallery

March 21, 2018
Announcement, Faculty

"Writing Is a Long Distance Game"- an Interview with Maureen Medved, Author of the Upcoming Novel "Black Star"

March 20, 2018
Alumni, Announcement

Congratulations to our MFA and alumni nominated for the BC Book Prizes!

March 13, 2018
Announcement

Second Annual Cold Reading Series Collaboration

March 7, 2018
Announcement

MFA's Reading Series 'Locution' hosts Indigenous Evening with Alicia Elliott and Katherena Vermette

February 18, 2018
Announcement, Faculty

MFA's Reading Series 'Locution' hosts Indigenous Evening with Alicia Elliott and Katherena Vermette

February 18, 2018
Alumni, Announcement

Alumna focus: Francine Cunningham: 'I walk around all day observing things and thinking about what ifs.'

February 8, 2018
Announcement, Faculty

Hiromi Goto Visits UBC Creative Writing Department

January 29, 2018
Announcement, Faculty

“The Impossible Uncaused Cause”- an Interview with Timothy Taylor, Author of The Rule of Stephens

January 23, 2018