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Creative Writing

This two-year studio program offers workshops in the following genres: fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, writing for children, translation, stage play, radio, television, song lyric and libretto, screenwriting, new media, and writing for graphic forms.

This program is also offered at UBC's Okanagan Campus

Program information.

• Campus: Vancouver
• Length 2 yrs
• Co-op Yes You can combine your studies with full-time, paid work at top local and international organizations.
• Honours No You can study intense specialization in a single field.

The Creative Writing program offers a two-year studio course, with instruction by faculty who work in a variety of literary and dramatic forms. The program leads to a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing or a joint degree with another department, in which Creative Writing serves as half of the Double Major.

Campus features

The Creative Writing program is the editorial home of western Canada’s oldest literary periodical, PRISM International, which publishes the best in contemporary writing and translation from Canada and around the world.

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What can you do with this major after graduation?

Career opportunities vary widely across a range of fields including publishing, communications, marketing, public relations, social media, non-profit, government, tourism, education, and others.

There are many career paths that can combine your academics, skills, and experience with your different interests, including:

• Arts administrator
• Book publishing manager
• Communications manager
• Communications policy researcher
• Community centre coordinator
• Community organizer
• Careers with Creative Writing

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A UBC education will introduce you to people and ideas from around the world, open doors to new opportunities, and take you places you never imagined. You’ll graduate not only with expertise in your chosen field, but with the skills you need to continue growing, learning, and evolving with your career over time.

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The Writer's Studio: Creative Writing Certificate

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Every writer needs the right tools, techniques and support to develop their work. The Writer’s Studio part-time creative writing program is designed for writers who are ready to immerse themselves in a manuscript. You’ll join a supportive community as you master your craft and establish a sustainable writing practice.

Format:  Part-time Completion time:  10 months Locations:  Vancouver, online

Why this program?

Striking a balance between a formal, full-time MFA (master of fine arts) and individual writing courses, the Writer’s Studio offers training in the theory, craft and business of writing. As you work towards your Creative Writing Certificate from SFU, you’ll benefit from:

• One-on-one mentorship from experienced, published authors
• Small workshop groups focused on specific genres
• A high ratio of instructional hours per tuition dollar
• Support in completing your manuscript
• Practice in giving public readings
• SFU alumnus status and benefits upon program completion

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Jan-dec 2024 mentors.

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Leanne Dunic

Fiction and Hybrid Forms

Emily Stringer

Program Facilitator

Non-Fiction

Speculative/YA Fiction

Program details

Vancouver or online

Program completion

10 months To graduate, pass all courses and submit a final portfolio.

Program dates

• Jan–Dec 2023 online
• Sep 2023–Jun 2024 online
• Jan–Dec 2024 Vancouver/online

Learning methods

• Mentor-led group workshops
• Courses (see list below)
• One-on-one mentor consultations
• Mentor readings and talks
• Guest author panels
• Practice in delivering public readings
• Weekly course modules (about 3 hours of course work)
• 2 workshops/month (2.5 hours each)
• 3 mentor meetings (1 hour each)
• Other weekly sessions (3 hours each)

View Sep 2023 program schedule View Jan 2024 program schedule

Required courses:

• Workshops   (TWS301–TWS306)
• The Practice of Writing   (TWS520)
• The Craft of Writing   (TWS530)
• The Business of Writing   (TWS540)

Learning materials

Required textbook:

Chesham, A. and Farina, L. (Eds.)  Resonance: Essays on the Craft and Life of Writing . Anvil Press, 2022. ISBN 978-1-77214-184-9. Available from the publisher or your local bookstore. 

$5,500 $75 program application fee

Scholarships

• Writing Mom Scholarship: $1,000 Open to mothers with children under 18 (scholarship is trans-inclusive)
• Emerging Writer Scholarship: $1,000 Open to all applicants

To be considered, add a second page to your program application letter that explains how the scholarship would help you.

Application info

Applications accepted twice a year:

• May 1–Jun 30 (for Sep start)
• Sep 1–Nov 6 (for Jan start)

Application details

Apply now for Jan 2024

Applications will be accepted until all spots are filled. 

Want to get published?

Get featured in our anthology.

As a Writer’s Studio student, you’ll see your work published in our annual anthology, emerge , which is launched each year at the Vancouver Writers Festival .

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Graduates of the Writer’s Studio have gone on to publish their work and earn recognition in regional and national awards and competitions.

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With her debut book for middle-graders, Kim Spencer has authored both a B.C. bestseller and a four-time award winner. Read more

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What we’re about

Welcome to Vancouver Writing Courses!

This is a vibrant and welcoming community for new and experienced writers.

Join us to for dynamic, interactive group writing sessions in which you will write to prompts, dialogue about writing and the creative process and share writing in a warm, non-critical environment.

Members can expect to:

Connect with local writers

Gather new tools for their writing tool kits

Jump-start their creativity

Discover themselves on the page

Gain comfort and confidence in sharing work

Engage in thoughtful dialogue with writers about creativity and the writing process

We currently offer workshops in Writing as Healing for Women + The Creative Writing Power-Pack (all genders)

For interested members, we offer writing coaching, Vancouver + Costa Rica retreats, and onsite workshops in Writing for Wellness.

See Vancouver Women's Writing Courses or contact Marn: marnATvancouverwritingcourses.com

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Are you ready to begin your writing journey, deepen your relationship with your practice, take it to the next level and/or claim your identity as a writer?

Are you feeling blocked, frustrated or unfulfilled with your writing? Do you crave the joy and freedom that comes from connecting with your true voice, your profound story?

Do you long to write more creatively, to burst beyond the confines of your comfort zone, self-judgment and societal expectation?

Are you tired of second-guessing yourself and over-editing?

• Do you crave the inspiration, validation and accountability that a group of warm and creative women can provide?

Join an intimate circle of women for a monthly evening of writing and empowerment!

The Muse Lab Monthly Circle provides an opportunity for women to deep-dive into their writing with the use of carefully-selected prompts. Cultivate significant connections while exploring and expanding your writing-self.

Each circle begins with a 10-minute guided visualization and check-in.

After this, the group writes to 10-minute prompts conducive to growing ourselves as writers, with a chance to share writing after each mini-session. (This is a listing circle and not a critique).

No experience necessary!

Please note that your on-screen presence is necessary for these events.

Take your writing beyond your perceived limitations through methods developed to encourage you to dive into your practice. Receive the supportive feedback you need to step confidently into your writing identity.

Blast through your blocks with innovative prompts that get you writing in entirely new directions, with the encouragement of a group of like-minded women and an experienced mentor.

Flourish with creative abundance as you break out of ruts and courageously write your truth from the depth of your being. Experience the joy of surpassing your comfort zone and contacting your wild and unique wisdom.

Connect at the level of heart and art with a dynamic and loving group of women writers.

Marn Norwich runs Vancouver Women’s Writing Courses , where she facilitates the Muse Lab: A playground for women writers , the Women’s Writing as Healing Workshops Series and the Intro to Intuitive Development + Energy-Work Workshop Series .

She also coaches women writers.

She has a background as an author, poet, playwright, journalist, writer/editor and writing consultant.

Marn is also an intuitive energy-therapist with a background in reiki, shiatsu, Healing Touch and energy-focused counselling.

Check out Marn’s site for her Free Intros, held six times a year, free writing-coaching consults or to book a workshop for your organization.

"Before taking Marn’s workshops, I had never read my work out loud and was uncomfortable with the idea of sharing anything I had written, as it was never “good enough”. I come from an academic background and had never thought to give time and attention to creative writing in the same way I would to other forms of communication.

"Taking Marn’s workshop series, specifically the Muse Lab, has helped me beyond words. I’ve stepped into my tone and voice as a writer, explored different types of storytelling and feel comfortable with the long and complex stages of creating a literary work.

"I’ve learned to let go of my perfectionism, lean into my creativity and trust that I’ll be able to edit and build upon what I initially create. Beyond my improvements as a writer from these courses, I’ve grown as a person and find the weekly meetings a grounding force for my personal growth. The connections I’ve found with the other women in these circles have done wonders for my self-esteem and trust in myself as a writer. If you’re looking to start writing or are ready to develop your writing practice, I can’t recommend Marn’s workshops enough — they have truly changed my life."

—Zoe Benyon-MacKinnon, Vancouver, BC

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• Do you long to initiate or deepen your relationship with your writing practice?
• Are you feeling blocked, frustrated or unfulfilled with your writing?

Do you struggle with anxiety, depression or PTSD?

Are you ready to contact your wild and unique wisdom?

The Women’s Writing as Healing Circle provides an opportunity for women to cultivate significant connections while writing to carefully-created prompts.

After this, the group writes to 10-minute prompts conducive to healing and empowerment, with a chance to share writing after each mini-session. (This is a listing circle and not a critique).

Deepen your relationship with your writing practice, and grow your distinct voice.

Break through writing blocks that have inhibited your comfort in writing and sharing your writing.

Experience powerful support from the group on your personal and creative issues .

Marn Norwich runs Vancouver Women’s Writing Courses , where she facilitates the Women’s Writing as Healing Workshops Series , the Muse Lab: A playground for women writers and the Intro to Intuitive Development + Energy-Work Workshop Series .

She also coaches writers.

She offers individual sessions for those seeking deep healing through energy work and intuitive insight. Examples of areas of focus are creative blocks, anxiety, depression, life transitions, grief and breakup.

Check out Marn’s site for her Free Intros, held six times a year, free coaching consults or to book a workshop for your organization.

"Halfway through the intro session, I knew this was the group for me. Marn held space and facilitated in a purposeful, encouraging and deeply compassionate way. My writing grew in its authenticity as I gained confidence every week, showing up to the love and validation of my fellow women creatives. I felt a bond forming with the group that encouraged more courageous and expressive writing, and I felt many blocks lift and my muse began to flow.

"The timing was perfect for me to find Marn’s workshop and I am extremely grateful that I did. The experience has put my book-writing project back to number one on my priority list after a five-year hiatus and provided the solidarity and confidence I needed to show up for my soul’s call to action – to write!"

Rebecca Bear, PhD Sunshine Coast, Queensland Australia

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• Are you welcoming healing into your life, whether this is trauma-related or in response to anxiety or depression.?

Join an intimate circle of women for a journey of writing and empowerment! This is a 90-minute free intro to the ongoing series. I’ll share my 6 tools to support writers to grow, maintain flow and break through blocks, with examples of how women transform in these dynamic, uber-supportive circles. I'll offer prompts designed to support your inner-work and deepen your relationship with your writing, and we'll have optional share circles.

The full workshop series will be held on six Mondays, January 19 - February 15, 2024, from 5 - 7 p.m. PST. Workshops are capped at 8 women to maintain intimacy.

Each 2-hour workshop includes a guided visualization/meditation; support circle; and inspiring writing prompts designed to connect us to our stories and our wild and unique wisdom. Optional sharing of writing in a supportive context. Own your writing voice! No writing experience required.

As a celebration of their work in the program, the final workshop is a facilitated group reading, support circle and closing, where women may present a sample of the writing they did during the series.

For these workshops, Marn Norwich fuses decades of experience as a writing workshop facilitator/professional writer and intuitive energy therapist.

• Deepen your relationship with your writing practice, and grow your distinct voice
• Break through long-standing writing blocks that have inhibited your comfort in writing and sharing your writing
• Experience deep and powerful support from the group while going through rough times/working through trauma
• Connect at the level of heart and art with a dynamic and loving group of women writers, and develop close friendships that last far beyond the Workshop

Pricing Level I $350 CA: Regular price $300 CA: Wise Woman Special: purchase within 24 hours of Free Intro Level II $570 CA: Regular price $520 CA: Wise Woman Special: purchase within 24 hours of Free Intro Includes one complementary initial consult and two, 60-minute intuitive energy-work or writing-coaching sessions within the six-week program timeline. (Sessions are billed at an exclusive package rate unavailable outside of the workshop combo.) Level III $680 CA: Regular price $630 CA: Wise Woman Special: purchase within 24 hours of Free Intro Includes one complementary initial consult and three, 60-minute intuitive energy-work or writing-coaching sessions within the six-week program timeline. (Sessions are billed at an exclusive package rate unavailable outside of the workshop combo.)

"I discovered Marn's Women's Writing as Healing workshop series at a very vulnerable and transitional time in my life. I had not written as a means of creative expression for over a decade but after losing a close family member unexpectedly, I found myself bottling up with pressure at the need to release words onto paper.

"I was initially hesitant to sign up for any type of course (mainly due to cost) and was not sure about the zoom format and sharing aspect. But I decided to sign up as a one-off expense to try and "kick-start" myself back into writing.

"Marn's series helped me to reconnect with my creative self and through her workshops and prompts I was able to process my emotions in a way I don't believe would have been otherwise possible.

"Over the course of her six-week workshop series, I not only started writing as a means of release/healing/expression, but also began creating content outside of her workshops and actually submitted to a national competition. I have since shared my creations with friends and family and this has also helped them understand what I am going through.

"I have recommended her workshops and will be signing up again. In terms of cost, this is one of the best things I have spent my money on in years, as it not only helped to "kick-start" my writing, but has also introduced me to some incredible women (i.e. other participants), exposed me to beautiful poets and writers, and unleashed a part of me that I can continue to nurture as a means of healing."

A.D. Vancouver, BC

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The full workshop series will be held on six Tuesdays, January 16 - February 20, 2024, from 12 - 2 p.m. PST. Workshops are capped at 8 women to maintain intimacy.

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“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” Maya Angelou, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

“Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.” - Louis L'Amour

There are as many reasons for writing as there are stories. And really, the reasons don’t matter. The writing matters. If you’ve got a story to tell, we have a course designed to help you tell it. And if you don’t have a story, we have instructors who will help you create one. From short stories, novels, and magazine pieces to comedy sketches and plays, we have courses for both aspiring and accomplished writers.

If you have a desire to write, we have a course and an instructor to help you develop your story.

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Writing for Film, Television & Games

Develop an absolute command of the craft of storytelling, and a deep understanding of the world of film, television and games.

Creative Economy

VFS’s signature programs and facilities are at the heart of a creative economy worth $3.4 billion in B.C. alone. From film production and 3D animation to game, digital, and VR/AR design, VFS is helping shape the entertainment and media industries’ transformation. In 2021, VFS alumni were credited on 8 of the 15 highest grossing films and on 5 of the 10 best-selling video games worldwide, in a global industry set to generate US$2.1 trillion in revenues in 2021.

Alumni Success

Vancouver Film School grads are some of the most successful and sought-after professionals in the entire screenwriting industry. You will find our alumni working all over the globe, pushing boundaries, discovering new frontiers, winning all kinds of awards and honours, and leading today’s creative economy.

Testimonials

I attended VFS in 2010 and can't say enough good things about this program. The courses here helped me develop many of the skills and tools that are often overlooked when trying to break into screenwriting. Great teachers and community.

Tyler Burton Smith

Writing for Film, Television & Games Graduate

Writer of Kung Fury 2 , Boy Kills World , and Child's Play

Such an amazing school! The Writing for Film, Television & Games program is brilliant. Teachers are very supportive and course content is superb. Loved my time here!

Jillian Mannion

Writer on Blood , Sex & Royalty and winner of the Best Long Running Series Award from the WGGB for River City

I attended looking for a way to get a firm grasp of the base principles of good storytelling in a variety of mediums, and was very satisfied with the results. I personally thrived in this highly structured and intensive program.

Zachary Pope

Narrative on The Necromancer's Tale and QA Specialist at DYSYS

I graduated from the Writing for Film, TV and Games program in 2022, and this school changed my life. I always knew what I wanted to do, but it was VFS that gave me the skills and confidence to do it. The staff are kind, friendly and always willing to go the extra mile to help out.

Daniel McGrath

Script Reader at The Golden Script Competition

VFS has been the greatest experience of my life. I not only developed an amazing creative skill to tell stories but I learned how to work as a team player with other incredible writers. My native language is Spanish, so I also developed a sense of confidence while writing and working in another language.

Antonio Barrón Toro

Storyteller at Taringa!

A VFS Writing for Film, Television & Games Education

In 12 months you will graduate with:

• A diploma in Writing for Film, Television & Games
• A diverse portfolio of your work, designed to open doors
• Access to the VFS Alumni Directory & Job Board
• Industry connections that will help guide your career

Develop fundamental skills in visual storytelling, structure, character, format, and genre.

Commit to story and character development for your first feature screenplay.

Workshop the first drafts of your feature and TV scripts.

Specialize in film, TV or games writing, and begin work on your final project.

Electives include writing for comics, video games, and writing for commercials.

Complete drafts of your final feature film script or TV pilot for your final project, and polish it through intense workshopping.

Specializations

In the final half of the year, students choose to focus one of the three specialized streams below for their final project.

Writing for Feature Films

Writing for Television

Writing for Games

Discover our new games stream.

VFS is now one of the only schools in the world to offer an innovative new specialization stream in games within our current Writing program. Learn more by watching this video.

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Requirements

You will be asked to submit one of the following along with your application. Your advisor can help with selecting the best option.

A synopsis of an original feature film, television, or video game project that you are passionate about making.

Write a one-page (maximum) synopsis. Provide the genre and use references to other movies, television shows or games to explain how you would write the project. Explain the concept, vision, or idea. In addition, provide a minimum of two and a maximum of four other creative writing samples in their original form (maximum 20 total pages). You’ll find information on how to send your work in the application form, or you can ask your Advisor.

Successful completion of the VFS Foundation Visual Art & Design program

When you talk to your Advisor, let them know that you've completed the Foundation program and they will put a copy of your diploma in your file for you.

Student Work

While training at VFS, students are immersed in the Writing for Film, Television & Games industry, and spend a lot of hands-on time creating professional-quality work. And, nothing is a greater testament to the incomparable industry resources and career preparation that define VFS’s education model, than the top quality work our students produce. Here, a portfolio of outstanding work is just the beginning. Just take a look.

Written and Directed by Cristina Martínez

A Rabbit Called Jack

Written and Directed by Sofia Auza

Created by Jonas Roy Bjarnason

Industry Partners

VFS doesn’t just teach you about the industry, it IS the industry. With veteran instructors, mentors and an education Advisory Board recruited straight from the professional world, we are able to constantly update our award-winning curriculum to keep up with an ever-evolving industry. Plus, students also have lots of opportunities to connect and network with industry leaders during special workshop sessions, training presentations, and industry social events hosted by VFS.

Campus Life

Your year inside Writing for Film, Television & Games will put you in close contact with students in a host of other VFS programs, from actors and filmmakers to makeup artists and animators. This downtown campus features near round-the-clock access to computers, production space, and an extensive library of screenplays. You'll also be surrounded by the city's best cafes, restaurants, and cultural attractions – not to mention some of the leading film and television production studios.

We're here to help you submit an application that best reflects your abilities, and gives you the best chance of being accepted. We've helped thousands of people complete a single year at VFS by answering questions like these:

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Hue and Ritual — A Somatic Painting Workshop

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