  {"id":150017,"date":"2020-11-20T11:15:22","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T16:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps-en\/?page_id=150017"},"modified":"2026-04-16T15:54:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T19:54:54","slug":"crwr","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/en\/crwr\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpv-view-output\" data-toolset-views-view-editor=\"b43083dfc348d6d28aae877ee038eaae\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-toolset-views-view-editor\">\n\n\n<div id=\"wpv-view-layout-152663\" class=\"js-wpv-view-layout js-wpv-layout-responsive js-wpv-view-layout-152663\" data-viewnumber=\"152663\" data-pagination=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;152663&quot;,&quot;query&quot;:&quot;normal&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;stop_rollover&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;cache_pages&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;preload_images&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;preload_pages&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;preload_reach&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;spinner&quot;:&quot;builtin&quot;,&quot;spinner_image&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/lapsdev\/toolkit-test\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-views\/embedded\/res\/img\/ajax-loader.gif&quot;,&quot;callback_next&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;manage_history&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;,&quot;has_controls_in_form&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;,&quot;infinite_tolerance&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;max_pages&quot;:1,&quot;page&quot;:1,&quot;base_permalink&quot;:&quot;\/laps\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/150017?wpv_view_count=152663&amp;wpv_paged=WPV_PAGE_NUM&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;data&quot;:[],&quot;id&quot;:0}}\" data-permalink=\"\/laps\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/150017?wpv_view_count=152663\">\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alert alert-warning\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"mb-0\">As of September 2026, the Creative Writing BA Honours is a direct entry program from high school. <a href=\"#admission-reqs\">Admission Requirements <i class=\"fas fa-chevron-right small pl-2\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><em>Bachelor of Arts (BA) - Honours<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Learn how to transform the world through writing.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The goal of the Creative Writing Program at 快播视频 is to help you galvanize your innate creativity and to articulate that creativity through language. Creativity, from our perspective as teachers, means the powerful, human curiosity that drives us to encounter, explore, and express the world in new ways\u2014ways that are both intrinsic to our particular identities and which also take account of broader contexts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We treat creativity as a set of practices for negotiating the world by more fully inhabiting ourselves within it. These practices involve play, experiment, risk, failure, and resistance to the imposed expectations of a culture that often discourages these approaches. Creativity is openness to change and strangeness. It is the essential, empathic ability to adopt multiple perspectives\u2014to apprehend simultaneously the self and the other and to understand the links between them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#start\">Where you start<\/a> | <a href=\"#end\">Where you'll end up<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns infographics-block is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column bg-primary text-white p-4 mb-2 has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-f7b7bfcc84272a302f97c669b34c8941 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#e31837\"><style>.kt-accordion-id150017_2aae8e-04 .kt-accordion-inner-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:8px;}.kt-accordion-id150017_2aae8e-04 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has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Admission Requirements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>a minimum 70% average&nbsp;in the student's Current Program Average (CPA) or&nbsp;final GPA, with at least 75% in English or Writer's Craft<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a personal statement of interest<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a 10-15 page portfolio of poems, stories or personal essays<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kt-tabs-id150017_dfc48e-94 > .kt-tabs-content-wrap > .wp-block-kadence-tab{border-top:1px solid #eeeeee;border-right:0px solid #eeeeee;border-bottom:0px solid #eeeeee;border-left:0px solid 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kt-tabs-svg-show-always kt-tabs-icon-side-right kt-tab-title-active\"><a href=\"#tab-statementofinterest\" data-tab=\"1\" class=\"kt-tab-title kt-tab-title-1 \"><span class=\"kt-title-text\">Statement of Interest<\/span><\/a><\/li><li id=\"tab-portfolio\" class=\"kt-title-item kt-title-item-2 kt-tabs-svg-show-always kt-tabs-icon-side-right kt-tab-title-inactive\"><a href=\"#tab-portfolio\" data-tab=\"2\" class=\"kt-tab-title kt-tab-title-2 \"><span class=\"kt-title-text\">Portfolio<\/span><\/a><\/li><li id=\"tab-supplementaryapplicationsubmission\" class=\"kt-title-item kt-title-item-3 kt-tabs-svg-show-always kt-tabs-icon-side-right kt-tab-title-inactive\"><a href=\"#tab-supplementaryapplicationsubmission\" data-tab=\"3\" class=\"kt-tab-title kt-tab-title-3 \"><span class=\"kt-title-text\">Supplementary Application Submission<\/span><\/a><\/li><li id=\"tab-anoteaboutgenerativeai\" class=\"kt-title-item kt-title-item-4 kt-tabs-svg-show-always kt-tabs-icon-side-right kt-tab-title-inactive\"><a href=\"#tab-anoteaboutgenerativeai\" data-tab=\"4\" class=\"kt-tab-title kt-tab-title-4 \"><span class=\"kt-title-text\">A Note About Generative AI<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"kt-tabs-content-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-tab kt-tab-inner-content kt-inner-tab-1 kt-inner-tab42d668-2a\"><div class=\"kt-tab-inner-content-inner\">\n<p>Your statement of interest should, in 500-750 words, tell us about what you love about creative writing and why you want to study it at York. What have you written in the past and what projects do you hope to pursue in the future? Who are your favourite authors&nbsp;and what do you love about their books? What are your strengths and weaknesses as a writer? What specifically excites you about our program? What are your goals for your time at university\u2014and beyond, if you've thought that far? We want to get a sense of&nbsp;your voice, your passions, your interests, and why you'd be a great fit to join the vibrant writing community here at York.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-tab kt-tab-inner-content kt-inner-tab-2 kt-inner-tab1d39dd-1a\"><div class=\"kt-tab-inner-content-inner\">\n<p>Your portfolio must be uploaded as a single, PDF file and should comprise 10-15 pages of fiction, poetry and\/or creative nonfiction. Work in a single genre is fine, as is writing you've submitted to a Writer's Craft class\u2014just no academic essays, please. All prose should&nbsp;be double-spaced; poems may be single spaced. Use a twelve-point font&nbsp;and number your pages. A table of contents would be helpful, and if you're including excerpts from longer projects, feel free to provide some context in a short note. We are looking for original, vibrant, compelling and&nbsp;adventurous work. Grammar is important, but of far greater interest to us is how you express yourself in language, and how you bring your own unique voice to the page.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-tab kt-tab-inner-content kt-inner-tab-3 kt-inner-tab06713a-41\"><div class=\"kt-tab-inner-content-inner\">\n<p>Please submit your statement of interest and portfolio via <u><a href=\"https:\/\/apps4.sis.yorku.ca\/Apps\/WebObjects\/AAS.woa\/wa\/DirectAction\/student\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MyFile<\/a><\/u>&nbsp;by <strong>January 30, 2026<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/apps4.sis.yorku.ca\/Apps\/WebObjects\/AAS.woa\/wa\/DirectAction\/student\">MyFil<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/apps4.sis.yorku.ca\/Apps\/WebObjects\/AAS.woa\/wa\/DirectAction\/student\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">e<\/a>&nbsp;is a system for future York students to manage their application and submit supplementary information\/documents. MyFile access will be granted to you once you apply via OUAC and receive your 9-digit York reference number via email. It is also where you will see the decision regarding your YorkU application. To submit your supplementary application, please login to <a href=\"https:\/\/apps4.sis.yorku.ca\/Apps\/WebObjects\/AAS.woa\/wa\/DirectAction\/student\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">M<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/apps4.sis.yorku.ca\/Apps\/WebObjects\/AAS.woa\/wa\/DirectAction\/student\">yFile<\/a>, go to \"Supplementary Information Forms\" and select the \"Creative Writing Program.\"<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-tab kt-tab-inner-content kt-inner-tab-4 kt-inner-tab729424-71\"><div class=\"kt-tab-inner-content-inner\">\n<p>Finally, we are aware that Chat GPT and other Large Language Model-based generative AI software can be useful tools for writers. In the spirit of York's official policies about academic honesty, if AI has featured in the creation of any of the writing in your&nbsp;portfolio, please include a note as to how you've used it and why. Generally, we find that AI is capable of producing generic \"content,\" but not very good at the vibrant, singular creative writing that we value and encourage in our program. Again, we are&nbsp;much more invested in work that speaks specifically to who you are as a person. No software can express this better than you.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/en\/crwr\/admissions\/\">Learn More <i class=\"fas fa-chevron-right small pl-2\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What you\u2019ll learn&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gain hands-on practices to develop and hone your writing skills, whether for publication or to simply to increase your command over language.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Develop core critical thinking strategies and techniques to engage thoughtfully with texts and media of all sorts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Learn communication, research, organizational, management and teamwork skills prized by today\u2019s employers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hands-on experiences&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Get an intimate, dynamic view of Canada\u2019s literary scene from faculty who are practicing professional writers, editors and publishers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Attend the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/en\/experience\/rishma-dunlop-reading-series\/\">Rishma Dunlop Reading Series<\/a> where you\u2019ll hear contemporary Canadian and international writers in conversation and reading or performing their work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Connect with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/en\/experience\/writer-in-residence-program\/\">Writers-in-Residence<\/a> for one-on-one feedback on your stories, poems and personal essays.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Career Options<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Public Relations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Journalism<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Publishing &amp; Editing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Marketing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Content Development<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Teaching<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Government<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group grey-bg-block has-very-light-gray-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-3 is-cropped grid-block wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"235\" data-id=\"151001\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/206\/2021\/03\/Degree-options-350x235-2.jpg\" alt=\"student looks up from his hand-written notes during class\" class=\"wp-image-151001\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/206\/2021\/03\/Degree-options-350x235-2.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/206\/2021\/03\/Degree-options-350x235-2-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/en\/crwr\/degree-options-requirements\/\">Degree Options &amp; Requirements<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"235\" data-id=\"151002\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/206\/2021\/03\/Courses-350x235-2.jpg\" alt=\"woman stands in from of students during seminar\" class=\"wp-image-151002\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/206\/2021\/03\/Courses-350x235-2.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/206\/2021\/03\/Courses-350x235-2-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/en\/crwr\/courses\/\">Courses<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"235\" data-id=\"254551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/206\/2025\/10\/Co-op-350x235-1.png\" alt=\"happy young female student using tablet computer\" class=\"wp-image-254551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/206\/2025\/10\/Co-op-350x235-1.png 350w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/206\/2025\/10\/Co-op-350x235-1-300x201.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/co-op\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LA&amp;PS Co-op Program<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"235\" data-id=\"254556\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/206\/2025\/10\/Faculty-events-350x235-1.png\" alt=\"woman stands at podium while giving presentation in front of crowd in Scott Library at 快播视频\" class=\"wp-image-254556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/206\/2025\/10\/Faculty-events-350x235-1.png 350w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/206\/2025\/10\/Faculty-events-350x235-1-300x201.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/en\/experience\/rishma-dunlop-reading-series\/\">Rishma Dunlop Reading Series<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"235\" data-id=\"254555\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/206\/2025\/10\/writer-in-residence-350x235-1.png\" alt=\"Older woman writes on laptop in her office\" class=\"wp-image-254555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/206\/2025\/10\/writer-in-residence-350x235-1.png 350w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/206\/2025\/10\/writer-in-residence-350x235-1-300x201.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/en\/experience\/writer-in-residence-program\/\">Writer-in-Residence Program<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"235\" data-id=\"254554\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/206\/2025\/10\/CWReadingSeries-350x235-1.png\" alt=\"three women smiling for camera at event\" class=\"wp-image-254554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/206\/2025\/10\/CWReadingSeries-350x235-1.png 350w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/206\/2025\/10\/CWReadingSeries-350x235-1-300x201.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/en\/experience\/awards-prizes\/\">Awards &amp; Prizes<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube border-md border-primary wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"About Creative Writing at York\" width=\"1778\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wT5kpl_6RB4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading h5 text-uppercase text-primary\">Learn about our CRWR program<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Join Professor Pasha Malla and his students as they dive into the CRWR Program, exploring everything from hands-on learning and degree paths to inspiring alumni stories and exciting career possibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/yu-blockpatterns\/images\/learnmore.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11892\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.6973684210526315;width:53px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Questions?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For information about the Creative Writing program, please email Creative Writing Program Coordinator Pasha Malla at <a href=\"mailto:pmalla@yorku.ca\">pmalla@yorku.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<a id=\"start\"><\/a>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group grey-bg-block has-very-light-gray-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.3%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full border-md border-laps\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"538\" height=\"303\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/206\/2020\/11\/PeerSupport538x303.jpg\" alt=\"focus on friendly female student\" class=\"wp-image-150110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/206\/2020\/11\/PeerSupport538x303.jpg 538w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/206\/2020\/11\/PeerSupport538x303-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 538px) 100vw, 538px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.6%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading h5 text-uppercase text-primary\">Where you start<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>You\u2019ll enter the program with your own unique life experiences and varying levels of knowledge about the craft of writing. Here, you\u2019ll develop your skills in prose fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction through focused training in writing and critical reading practices, grounded in historical, political and social contexts. You\u2019ll be part of a vibrant writing community, engaging in class discussions, workshops, experiential and collaborative learning experiences. Our monthly reading series and Writer-In-Residence program connect you with authors, editors, publishers and agents from across Canada and around the world. We also honour and celebrate student writing through multiple annual awards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<a id=\"end\"><\/a>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading h5 text-uppercase text-primary\">Where&nbsp;you'll end up<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>By the end of the program, you\u2019ll have a strong understanding of the current landscape of Canadian literature and the publishing world. You\u2019ll be prepared to pursue creative writing professionally or through further study at the graduate level. Many of our graduates have gone on to become well-published and highly decorated members of the Canadian literary community. Others have transferred the writing and critical thinking skills they learned in the program to the fields of law, entertainment, health, education and business, among a vast array of other professions. Above all, this program helps you learn how to create space for yourself as a thinker and writer, and how to navigate those spaces conscientiously, empathically and thoughtfully, wherever life takes you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full border-md border-laps\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"538\" height=\"303\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/206\/2020\/11\/Accolades538x303.jpg\" alt=\"Black woman speaking at podium\" class=\"wp-image-150167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/206\/2020\/11\/Accolades538x303.jpg 538w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/206\/2020\/11\/Accolades538x303-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 538px) 100vw, 538px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<i class=\"fas fa-quote-left h1 text-primary\"><\/i>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">York\u2019s Creative Writing program gifted me the real struggle of tunnelling into the writer I often dreamed, but seldom&nbsp;believed, to be me.&nbsp;I now teach in the University of Guelph and I strive to do, for each of my students what my&nbsp;Creative Writing professors at York did for me: they set me on one of the most rewarding and inspiring journeys of&nbsp;my life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> \u2014  Canisia Lubrin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Poet, 2021 Winner of the Windham-Campbell Prize <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full border-md border-laps\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"538\" height=\"692\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/206\/2022\/05\/Canisia-Lubrin-1.png\" alt=\"Canisia Lubrin profile photo\" class=\"wp-image-152776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/206\/2022\/05\/Canisia-Lubrin-1.png 538w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/206\/2022\/05\/Canisia-Lubrin-1-233x300.png 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 538px) 100vw, 538px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<a id=\"keep-in-touch\"><\/a>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group grey-bg-block has-very-light-gray-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group border-lg border-primary p-4\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-toolset-ct\"><div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<h2>Interested in this program?<\/h2><p>As a future student if you fill out this form you will be entered into a draw for a chance to win 1 of 4 $50 YU Bookstore gift cards. See full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/contest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contest details<\/a>.<\/p>\n<code><script type=\"module\" src=\"https:\/\/currentstudents.yorku.ca\/templates\/york-undergrad-lead.js\"><\/script><york-undergrad-lead one_column faculty='ap' path='program\/creative-writing' header='' header_size='0' submitted_header='Thank you!' submitted_blurb='We\u2019ll be in touch soon with information about 快播视频.' topic='FAC-AP-EN-CRWR'><\/york-undergrad-lead><\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/09\/dahdaleh-students-699x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"male and female student in front of dahdaleh building on keele campus\" 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