Welcome to KPU's Creative Writing Department!
KPU Creative Writing is a home for those who love community, creativity, and imagination. Our program offers award-winning faculty, small class sizes, and a rigorous approach to the discipline of writing. The department is known for a strong sense of community which supports emerging writers to discover their voice, develop their craft, and express their vision.
Our in-person courses are offered at the Surrey campus and introduction courses are also available online. In the first year, learners are given a foundation in the crafts of fiction, poetry, and writing for new media. As writers advance through the program they begin to work on selected projects in these genres as well as scriptwriting. By the third and fourth year, writers begin to work toward publication/production by way of advanced, genre-specific and special topics courses such as Speculative Fiction, Hybrid Writing, Nature Writing, Writing Horror, Web Series, Young Adult Fiction, and The Writer’s Studio.
Learning in the KPU Creative Writing Department is based on the principle of mentorship. We embrace an environment that is collaborative, creative, and respectful. Our teaching methods support an innovative, interdisciplinary classroom experience that facilitates critical awareness, cultural sensitivity, social responsibility, civic engagement, and global citizenship. Our learning environment encourages lifelong learning.
In the KPU Creative Writing Department, learner engagement extends beyond the classroom to encompass relationships with community and industry partners and peers. Learners are encouraged to engage in the broader literary community through building relationships with our visiting authors, with publishing and festival partners, and by producing and attending writing and performance events. Our alumni have gone on to publish books, start performance collectives and literary festivals, and take on roles in publishing, education, and other fields.
Student Success
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Shirin Moradi Galvez
Shirin Moradi Galvez’s passion for writing began once they learned to lift a pencil. Growing up, Shirin wrote stories, lyrics, and screenplays as a past-time to fulfill their interest, a key influence that led them to study creative writing and English at KPU.