Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing

York University - School of Continuing Studies

Canada,Ontario

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48 Months

Duration

CAD 35,130/year

Tuition Fee

CAD 230

Application Fee

May 2025

Apply Date

Canada, Ontario

Type: University

Location Type: Urban

Founded: 1959

Total Students: 55,000 +

Int. Students: 8,500 +

Campus Detail

Main Campus Address

4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing

Program Overview

When you commit your stories to paper you enter the realm of creative writing. Your portfolio of writing may take many forms — novels, short stories, plays and screenplays, interactive stories, hypertext documents to name a few — and involve elements that are fictional or imaginative.

The program emphasizes literary writing rather than formula writing, and aims to introduce you to the forms and styles of writing which authors, past and present, have created and explored in their works. It will expose you to the history of formal experimentation and growth in particular genres.

As you advance, you'll be encouraged to explore specialized study in one or two genres such as fiction, poetry and playwriting.
Important eligibility information: This program is intended for students with a year of undergraduate studies and is not for direct entry from high school. Students may apply after completing their first 48 credits by presenting a portfolio containing work in both poetry and prose fiction as evidence of writing experience.

Highlights of the creative writing program:

  • Many of the graduates of York's Creative Writing program are writers: of poetry, novels, short stories, plays, TV shows, screenplays, and criticism.
  • Among them have been winners or finalists for major awards: Canadian Authors Association awards, the CBC Literary Prizes, the Commonwealth Prize, the Governor General's Award, the Pat Lowther Award in poetry, the National Magazine Awards, the Bronwen Wallace Award for Canada’s best emerging writer, the Thomas Morton Prize, and others. Recent graduates are publishing in journals and are active in the literary community, some starting presses and magazines.
  • Learn more about writing by attending the "Creative Writing Readers Series," which provides an opportunity for you to meet and hear contemporary Canadian writers read or perform their own prose or poetry.
  • The Creative Writing Faculty awards acknowledge the achievements of writers in the program in poetry and fiction.

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