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Bachelor of Creative and Professional Writing (CP411)

Credential :

Honours Bachelor Degree

Tuition fee :

9807.50 / Semester (CAD)

Is highly competitive :

8 Semesters

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Lakeshore Campus

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Program overview

Do you love words? Do you dream of telling stories or helping others tell theirs? The Honours Bachelor of Creative and Professional Writing program helps you transform your passion for writing into a fulfilling career. As you develop creative writing skills that stimulate your imagination and storytelling abilities, you learn to write clearly and convincingly across evolving genres, platforms and venues. Practise your craft independently and collaboratively in a variety of settings from the traditional classroom experience to the creative writing workshop. In your final semester, benefit from one-on-one mentorship through our Capstone Manuscript course where you develop a book-length project with the guidance of an established author. 

Academic requirements

Admission requirements.

Applicants must meet all the requirements below in order to meet minimum program eligibility. Meeting minimum eligibility requirements does not guarantee an offer of admission. Admission decisions will be available via MyHumber, or by email and mail. Admission decisions will not be released by phone.

Admission selection is based on the following three requirements:

To be eligible for admission, you must possess the following: 

Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent including these required courses: 

 Grade 12 English (ENG4U or equivalent) minimum 65 per cent 

• Five Grade 12 U or M courses in addition to those listed above
• Overall minimum grade point average (GPA) 65 per cent
• Mature student status
• College or university transfer status

English Language Proficiency

All applicants whose first language is not English must meet Humber’s English Language Proficiency Policy .

International Credit Evaluation

Canadian citizens or permanent residents with international education are required to provide a credential evaluation. Note, for international High school education course by course evaluations, ICAS must be used. For international post-secondary education, a WES evaluation must be provided. In situations where you expect to apply for transfer credit, it is recommended that a course by course WES evaluation is completed.

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The School for Writers at Humber College offers an on-campus workshop and a distance studio program for aspiring writers. Open to writers of all stages, the Summer Workshop in Creative Writing is an intensive six-day workshop led by writers of international reputation. Creative Writing by Correspondence, the School’s distance studio program for college and university graduates, gives more advanced writers the opportunity to work one-on-one with a literary mentor. Over 300 alumni of the School have gone on to publish books with established publishing houses, with many more graduates finding success through self-publication. Visit humberschoolforwriters.ca for more information.

Frequently Asked Questions

About the program, what is the program’s philosophy, are there classes or courses, is the program online, how long is the program, is there much interaction with other students, are you able to provide a syllabus or any other additional information about the course contents, can the certificate in creative writing be completed on a part-time basis, do you have any current or recent students who are willing to talk about their experience, i previously completed the humber creative writing program. i would like to do it again. is that allowed if yes, do i have to submit transcripts again.

The goal of the program is to develop your craft as a writer in the fiction, creative non-fiction or poetry genres, and to improve your text through peer feedback. It will teach you how to evaluate your own writing, as well as how to apply revision strategies to plot, characterization, style, setting, narration, dialogue, point of view, structure, clarity, length and originality.

There are no traditional classes in this program. The program consists of editorial exchanges with your mentor over a period of two consecutive academic terms. You will endeavor to meet the learning outcomes of the program through the interactions with your mentor. You will work with the same mentor for the length of the program to meet the program learning outcomes.

Instruction consists primarily of manuscript exchanges with your mentor; these take the form of cover emails with attached submissions. Students have at least two phone/video calls with their mentor to discuss overall progress, clarify points addressed during manuscript exchanges, and ask questions about writing craft and process. There are no online classes as such; however, students have access to online resources specific to the program.

The program is two consecutive semesters, beginning in either September or January. For more information, please see the program page.

Students have the opportunity to interact with each other via Blackboard, Humber’s online learning tool, where they can access a discussion forum, an informal virtual workshop, and a rich repository of literary resources. Students can also take part in a bi-weekly Zoom drop-in.

There is no syllabus or individual classes. The instruction centres around the writing project the student brings to the program.

We encourage students to try to complete the program in two consecutive semesters in order to maintain a consistent working relationship with their mentor. If you choose to take a semester off, we cannot guarantee that you would be paired with the same mentor again when you return to the program. Requests for a reduced course load due to medical reasons are allowed; students must contact Humber’s Accessible Learning Services for information.

We often have alumni who agree to speak to prospective students. To inquire, please write to Program Coordinator Alissa York: [email protected] .

This is allowed and happens with some regularity; however, returning students cannot receive a second graduate certificate. Students can apply to the program a second time with a new project, or to effect a substantial revision of the project they worked on previously. Humber keeps transcripts on file for one year only, so some returning students may have to resubmit.

About Mentors

How are students paired with their mentor, what mentors are still available, what are my options if i am not paired up with my mentor of choice, how many students does each mentor supervise.

Students indicate their top four choices of mentors on their work-in-progress form. The selection committee takes this into account when matching students and mentors.

We are unable to post updates on individual mentor availability. Students will be informed who their mentor is after the application deadline passes.

There is no guarantee that a student will be paired with the mentor of their choice, but one’s odds are improved by applying earlier rather than later. Students who submit before the deadline are usually paired with their first- or second-choice mentor. However, the final decision rests with the selection committee and it may be that the committee believes that a particular mentor is better suited to a student’s work.

The number of students each mentor supervises varies depending on the mentor’s availability.

About the Workload

How much work will i need to submit, how often will i be sending in my work, i work full-time and would like to know approximately how many hours per week this program would require., are there any required texts for the program.

Students writing prose (novels, stories, creative nonfiction) must submit a minimum of 150 and a maximum of 300 double-spaced pages of prose in 12-point font over the two-term period. Students writing poetry must submit from 50 to 100 single-spaced pages of prose in 12-point font over the two-term period.

There is no absolute rule, but expect to have anywhere from 10-14 exchanges with your mentor over the course of the 28 weeks. This will provide you time to write and give your mentor the time to read, consider and respond to your submissions. Typically, a successful outcome of this program means you have a complete draft of a manuscript together with a complete set of editorial remarks from your mentor. However, many manuscripts require several drafts. This program is intended to take you through a complete draft of an average novel, memoir, or collection of poems or short stories.

Many of our students take the program while working part or full time. To estimate the amount of time the program will demand, expect to be writing, on average, ten double-spaced pages of prose per week.

Many mentors do not use texts and stick with editorial commentary. Some mentors recommend texts that are appropriate to your work. One text that is required of all prose writers to read is Janet Burroway’s  Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft . Poets should consider  The Making of a Poem: A Norton Anthology of Poetic Forms  edited by Eavan Boland and Mark Strand. You should own a good grammar book.

Fees and Financial Aid

I am on odsp, will i be able to apply to this program for financial assistance with the government, is the program osap eligible, is financial assistance available, is the fee paid in a single installment or in multiple installments.

For information on financial assistance, please visit Humber’s Financial Aid Office .

Some scholarships are available to students who can demonstrate financial need. Please see the scholarships page, or contact Humber’s Financial Aid Office for information about additional financial assistance.

Fees for both domestic and international students can be found here . For information on when fees are due, and how they can be paid, please click here .

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Lakeshore Campus 3199 Lake Shore Blvd. West Toronto, Ontario Canada M8V 1K8

Orangeville Campus 275 Alder Street Orangeville, ON L9W 5H6

Refund Information - Continuous Professional Learning

Generally $25 of the fee is non-refundable unless Humber cancels the course. However, some courses have unique refund policies (such as those offered by the Transportation Training Centre) . Please be sure you understand the refund policy before you register.

If Humber cancels the course, a full refund will be granted. If you decide to Drop, Transfer or Withdraw from your course, you must do this by logging into the CPL Learner Portal before the date listed under Important Dates on this webpage. Drop/Transfer/Withdraw deadlines are also posted in the Learner Portal and are noted in your Registration Receipt email. Note: Leaving an email or phone message to request a Drop, Transfer or Withdrawal is not acceptable and will not be processed. There are exceptions to this policy for some courses/programs (such as those offered by the Transportation Training Centre where Drop/Transfer/Withdrawal is permitted up to 21 days prior to the course start date only by written email request submitted to [email protected] ).

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Writing for Professionals

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The online Writing for Professionals certificate program will provide you with exposure to different aspects of professional writing from report writing, writing for the web, to technical writing and preparing for publication. The more creative, engaging, and knowledgeable the writer is, the more successful the work being produced will be.

Professional writers also need to have excellent grammar, spelling and the ability to write in a variety of contexts. Upon completion of this online certificate, you will have a foundation in professional writing to apply to your present job, a new career or furthering your education in the field of writing.

The courses in this certificate are entirely online and delivered by Humber College and OntarioLearn.

Additional Information

The following courses in the Writing for Professionals Certificate transfer to these other Continuous Professional Learning Certificates:

TWRT 201 - Technical Writing: Introduction can be transferred to our  Technical Writing Certificate .

COM 123 - Report and Proposal Writing and COM 129 - Grammar and Style for Professional and Workplace Writing can be transferred to our  Business Communication Certificate .

Humber College also offers a full-time Ontario Graduate Certificate in  Professional Writing and Communications  for those students interested in furthering their studies in this field and who meet the admission requirements.

Registration and Graduation

When you have completed the required courses in the certificate program, please contact  [email protected]  with your name, student number and the name of the program in order to receive your certificate.

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PEN Canada celebrates literature, defends freedom of expression and aids writers in peril.

2023 Call for Applications from PEN Canada Writers-in-Exile Members

The Humber School for Writers  is seeking applications from  PEN Canada’s Writers-in-Exile community  for its 28-week graduate certificate online mentorship program commencing September 2023. 

The PEN Canada-Humber College Writers-in-Exile Scholarship (a full scholarship)  is available to writers who:

• are working on a book-length project  – creative non-fiction, memoir, novel, book of short stories or volume of poetry
• have a  post-secondary degree
• can write with sufficient  English proficiency
• have a current PEN Canada Writers in Exile membership

Humber’s Creative Writing – Fiction, Creative Non-Fiction, Poetry graduate certificate program helps you improve your writing from the comfort of your own home. You’ll work one-on-one with a professional writer-mentor to improve your short stories, poems, memoir, or novel-in-progress, learning how to develop plot, story, character, dialogue, pace and style through feedback on your own manuscript. The program is intended for writers working on book-length projects, and graduates have the satisfaction of completing a large body of work which may include all or parts of a novel, a volume of short stories, or a book of poetry. For more experienced writers, the dialogue is one of peer-to-peer. The term runs for  28 weeks  from  September 2023 to April 2024 . The scholarship recipient must apply to the program through Ontario Colleges.

Humber is noted for its exceptional creative writing mentors including authors of world stature. Past mentors include Martin Amis, Peter Carey, Miriam Toews, David Mitchell, Esi Edugyan, Nino Ricci, Margaret Atwood, Lawrence Hill, Anne Michaels, Edward Albee, Ha Jin and Alistair MacLeod. Recent international authors have included Jenny Offill, Nell Freudenberger, and Ben Fountain.

A virtual café exists through Blackboard, Humber’s online learning system, to encourage writing students to interact and build a sense of community.

To apply, please forward the following documents to PEN Canada at [email protected]:

• A 15-page writing sample, preferably an excerpt from the writing project you wish to pursue
• Proof of having acquired a post-secondary degree. For example: a copy of your university or college degree, or a transcript

The application deadline is Monday, July 17, 2023.

If you have questions or difficulties providing the documentation, please indicate this in your application.

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Lighthouse's Young Writers Workshops are designed to foster creativity, self-expression, and excitement about writing. There are no grades here, just the stories. We offer workshops at Lighthouse including afterschool and weekend workshops, the Young Authors Collective, and summer camps, as well as youth outreach in schools, at juvenile residential treatment centers, and in collaboration with other arts organizations.

For the latest on workshops and events,  sign up for our Young Writers Program e-newsletter . 

Lighthouse connects kids and teens to words, new friends, and a writing community. We offer workshops in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, playwriting, screenwriting, and many other genres and topics. Our classes are taught by published authors and are designed to foster creativity, self-expression, and excitement about writing.

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Lighthouse's Young Writers Camps are led by published and award-winning writers, and each workshop is designed to foster creativity, self-expression, and excitement about writing in young writers aged 8 to 18. Registration for half-day camp and applications for full-day camp will open on January 1, 2019.

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The Young Writers Program offers creative writing workshops in public and private schools as well as juvenile residential treatment centers throughout the Denver metro area. Led by working, published writers with a passion for sharing their craft, our outreach workshops provide access to our innovative creative writing programming for young people who cannot come to Lighthouse.

The Young Authors Collective, or YAC, is a group of talented, word-obsessed high school writers dedicated to experimenting with new creative forms, collaborating with other arts organizations, and writing a ton. We meet once a week at Lighthouse to generate new pieces, give friendly feedback, and work towards publication.

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Our Future Scribes Depend on Your Support. Nearly all of the workshops and projects that will engage 2,300 students this year are free to attend, and for the sessions that do have tuition, such as summer writing camp, financial aid is available for any student who needs it. We want all young people who want to write to be able to do so and for them to be nurtured by the best instructors and mentors available. This only happens with the support of generous donors like you.

Low-residency MFA in creative writing

Our low-residency MFA community inspires and sustains a lifetime of creative work.

Concentrations in the MFA in creative writing

Children and young adults.

Work with Pablo Cartaya, Traci Chee, Joe McGee, Isabel Quintero, Jessica Rinker and Kathryn Reiss.

Creative nonfiction

Work with Lidia Yuknavitch, Gayle Brandeis, Brian Turner, Suzanne Roberts, Gina Frangello and Leta McCollough Seletzky.

Work with Rebecca Makkai, Lidia Yuknavitch, Alan Heathcock, Brendan Basham, Gayle Brandeis and Peter Mountford.

Work with Brian Turner, Faylita Hicks, Brynn Saito, Lee Herrick, Rick Campbell and Gailmarie Pahmeier.

By writers, for writers

Come lean toward our fire and tell us your stories, poems, essays. We’re listening.

Our program was built entirely by writers, to guide authors organically through the exploration of their craft and thorough preparation for a sustainable life of creation and publication. No other program nurtures a writer from line and sentence to essay, story, poetry collection or novel like ours does.

Our editing semester is a uniquely practical experience in crafting work which is both thrilling and publishable. Our gifted faculty are here because they want to launch unique, individual voices within a global dialogue; to see risks taken, new moves in language braved, and students grow into professional and artistic peers.

How does a low-residency MFA program work?

We’ve made this program so that people who are unable to walk away from jobs and families and service can still become masters of their craft . . . NOW.

Over four distance-learning semesters, and five total 10-day residencies,  students will focus on their chosen genre (fiction, poetry, writing for children and young adults, or creative nonfiction) while exploring new territories of artistic expression.

Faculty meet with their students one-on-one during each residency to set plans, then work with them intensively throughout the semester providing written critiques. With a student-to-mentor ratio never greater than 5:1, students receive creative, focused, individualized feedback.

Each residency is a 10-day intensive period of workshops, seminars, readings and more, in which we explore the wide landscape of the writing life from practical tricks-of-the-trade to subtleties of conceptual nuance. Residencies are in early January and early August.  

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Features of the low-residency MFA in creative writing

The editing semester.

Work a full semester one-on-one with an editor to make your manuscript polished – and publishable.

Approach your manuscript with greater objectivity, master the tools to shape its potential into a great reading experience on the page, and learn about the practical aspects of publishing from start to finish.

Writers in the Woods

Writers in the Woods presents intimate readings and workshops, open to all, with acclaimed authors in all genres.

The program has hosted scores of poets and writers from all over the country, including Carmen Maria Machado, Kaveh Akbar, Kim Addonizio, Rebecca Makkai, Nick Flynn, Tim O’Brien, Patricia Smith and many others.

Sierra Nevada Review

The Sierra Nevada Review is a biannual online literary magazine managed and edited by the MFA-CW students.

The magazine publishes poetry, short fiction, and literary nonfiction “that leans toward the unconventional, surprising, and risky. We appreciate experiments in form and content, and prefer works whose meanings deepen on repeated readings.”

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Creative Writing

The creative writing international program: offering the m.f.a. and ph.d..

The Creative Writing International program at UNLV attracts, inspires and develops globally-engaged writers who are grounded in the local. Led by this vision, our program nurtures diverse writers and develops a socially-engaged and active writing practice. All M.F.A. and Ph.D. students are ;fully funded for the three years of studies toward their degrees, $21,000 (with opportunities for additional funding from the Black Mountain Institute) and $30,000, respectively.

Our mission, innovative programs and people foster an educational environment in which writers can perfect their art. To carry the work into the world of challenges we all face, the program also supports serious writers in cultivating the cultural, social and global awareness that any truly engaged public intellectual will need to navigate times of epic crisis. We also encourage applications from and admit several international writers with high competency in writing in English each year who contribute to our literary community.

To support our mission, the curriculum features an intensive combination of workshops, literature seminars, study abroad, literary translation, and community events along with explorations of genres other than their chosen concentration. The program also offers teacher training plus opportunities to gain practical experience in literary publishing. Our faculty is committed to excellence in teaching, and to close, one-on-one mentoring.

A high percentage of our graduates have published widely, publishing fiction, literary nonfiction, journalism and poetry with mainstream and indie presses, as well as in nationally esteemed venues such as W. W. Norton & Company, Grove Press, Viking, Sarabande, Ecco, Soho, The Best American Poetry, McSweeney’s, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and elsewhere. Many have also gone on to secure tenure track teaching jobs or have entered the workforce as writers, editors, arts administrators, film producers, teachers and activists for nonprofits and community organizations not only in the United States but around the world. The Department of English also routinely supports recent graduates with part-time teaching opportunities.

UNLV is the nation’s first truly multicultural university and has one of the most diverse student bodies in the United States. Set in the dynamic global city of Las Vegas, at the crossroads of the American Southwest, our program recognizes and places partnership at the center of our literary engagement.

Central to those partnerships is our longstanding relationship with the Beverly Rogers, Carol C. Harter Black Mountain Institute (BMI). This partnership provides opportunities for students to engage in creative and literary activities with visiting Black Mountain Institute Fellows in socially meaningful literary events for the city of Las Vegas and its greater community. The Department of English and BMI also publish the acclaimed journals Interim and Witness, giving students hands-on experience with literary publishing.

Degree Information

MFA in Creative Writing

All students admitted for the M.F.A. receive a Graduate Assistantship of $21,000 per year,& covered in-state tuition, and health insurance. Students admitted for the M.F.A. in Fiction, Poetry or Literary Nonfiction follow a three-year course of studies that includes writing workshops, genre forms courses, literature classes, a residency abroad, completion of a literary translation and completion of a book length manuscript.

For more information about the M.F.A. application and how to apply, see UNLV’s Graduate Catalog . For an institutional description and learning outcomes, visit the MFA Creative Writing's website .

Ph.D. With A Creative Dissertation

The Department of English in partnership with the Beverly Rogers, Carol C. Harter Black Mountain Institute, offers the Doctorate of Philosophy in English with a Creative Dissertation, supported by a Graduate Assistantship combined with the Black Mountain Institute Fellowship. All Ph.D. BMI fellows are supported by the Ph.D. stipend of $21,000 plus an additional $9,000 fellowship from the Black Mountain Institute, for a direct financial support package of $30,000 plus covered in-state tuition and health insurance.

Students must declare a genre concentration in Poetry, Fiction, or Literary Nonfiction. The three-year course of studies toward the Ph.D.concentrates on English and American Literature, and can include directed reading in Comparative Literature. As well, the curriculum includes mentored work in creative writing, a qualifying examination, and a creative dissertation. Ph.D. candidates also gain valuable experience in literary publishing as editors of Witness .

Two new Ph.D. BMI Fellows are admitted each year, in alternating genres. Our current admissions schedule is to admit students for entering classes as follows: Literary Nonfiction – 2024, 2025; Fiction – 2025, 2026; Poetry – 2024, 2026. Applications for a genre not in the admissions rotation will be returned.

Requirements for admission include an earned M.A. or M.F.A. in English, Creative Writing, or related field. Past Ph.D.s with Creative Dissertation Fellows include Joe Milan, Jr., Olivia Claire, Wendy Wimmer, Maegan Poland, Leia Penina Wilson, David Armstrong, Alissa Nutting, Oscar Oswald, Matt Shears, Vu Tran, Heather Winterer, and many others. For more information about the BMI-Ph.D. and how to apply, see UNLV’s Graduate Catalog . For more description and learning outcomes, visit the Ph.D. English with Creative Dissertation's website.

Founded by M.F.A. alumna Kat Kruse in 2010, Neon Lit is a completely student-run reading series featuring writing of students currently in the Creative Writing programs at UNLV. Events are held on the last Friday of each month usually at the Writer’s Block, an independent bookstore and community center in downtown Las Vegas. See  Neon Lit’s website  and  YouTube Channel  for more information.

Our Creative Writing International program is proud to announce that poet and translator Wendy Chen and journalist, Literary Nonfiction writer and cultural strategist Roberto Lovato have joined our faculty to teach alongside poet Claudia Keelan, fiction writers Maile Chapman, Douglas Unger, and nonfiction and fiction writer David J. Morris.

Our program’s partnership with the Black Mountain Institute also offers opportunities for forums and close-up experiences with prestigious visiting writers, fellows and teachers. Recent BMI Fellows and national and international award-winning visitors include: Hamif Abdurraquib, Tayari Jones, Melissa Febos, Bonnie Chau, Lisa Ko, Kristen Arnett, Derek Palacio, and Cities of Asylum Writers Maryam Ala Amjadi, Ahmed Najii Saleh, José Olivera Castillo and Hussein Abkenar. See the Black Mountain Institute's website for more information.

World Class Creative Writing Faculty in Fiction, Literary Nonfiction, & Poetry

Maile chapman, ph.d..

Wendy Chen, Ph.D.

Claudia Keelan

Roberto Lovato

David Morris, MFA

Douglas A. Unger

Breakout Writers Series

The “Breakout Writers Series” or  Emerging Writers Series  features writers just emerging on the literary scene. Writers who visit and read for this series are chosen entirely by the students in the M.F.A. and Ph.D. programs. Recent visitors include: Tyriek White, Leila Chatti, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio2, Cherie  HiJones, Wayétu Moore, Jamal May, Dustin M. Hoffman, Lucas de Lima, Bridget Lowe, and Manuel González and many others.

Alumni Reading Series

The Alumni Reading Series yearly celebrates the literary successes of graduates of the program. Recent alumni readers include Marianne Chan, Jean Chen Ho, Clancy McGilligan, Alissa Nutting, Juan Martínez, Sasha Steensen, and Mani Rao. Alumni author Joe Milan, Jr., will visit in 2024.