MFA in Creative Writing

Entry Requirements

• Demonstration of a sufficient interest in the activity of creative writing and furnishing of evidence of an ability to undertake and benefit from a course of master’s level study and tuition in creative writing. 
• Submit to the Admissions Office a statement of approximately 750 words of his or her interest in undertaking the course and a portfolio of his or her prose writing.

Notes: 

1. An honours bachelor degree in a cognate discipline may be an advantage but is not a necessity for entry to the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. 
2. The applicant will also be required to attend an interview (physically or through internet communication).

Curriculum

Semester 1

• Imagination and storytelling
• Writing workshop 1: the novel 
• Writing workshop 1: the short story
• The writer as critic
• The craft of creative writing

Semester 2

• The business of writing and publishing
• Writing workshop 2
• Masterclass in fiction writing
• Creative writing project