Overview

Join Renée Jackson-Harper and Leesa Dean, the program’s core faculty, as well as guest speakers and visiting writers who will take you on an exciting journey designed to immerse you in creative processes and help you find your voice.

What defines our creative writing program is a community of writers composed of small class sizes and intimate workshops.

Gain confidence in communicating your ideas in a truly magical setting. Imagine sitting by the confluence of the Kootenay and Columbia Rivers to draft a poem, or walking along the Castlegar campus trails - a significant gathering place for Indigenous peoples - to conjure the final scene in your short story. In Nelson, classes are held at the Tenth Street campus, also home to Selkirk's renowned Music and Digital Art programs.

Creative Writing students from Selkirk College will develop the following essential skills, transferable to any career:

Critical reading

Concise writing

Research

Diagnosis

Creative solutions

Synthesizing ideas

Revision

Analysis

Career Pathways

University or College Professor

Magazine or Literary Quarterly Editor

Publisher

Journalist

Poet

Novelist

Freelance Writer

Screenwriter

Political Activist

Programme Structure

Courses included:

Studies in Writing

English Requirement

General UAS Elective

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-02 00:00:00

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More details

Applications are accepted approximately 12 months before the start date and are first qualified, first admitted

Language

English

Credits

60 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Castlegar, Canada

Disciplines

Creative Writing View 48 other Bachelors in Creative Writing in Canada

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

Have graduated from a BC Senior Secondary School or equivalent, or

Be 19 years of age or over at the time of application, or

Be under 19 years of age but have a written recommendation from your Secondary School Principal

Creative Writing Academic Admission Requirements

Minimum grade of 60% in English 12 or English 12 First Peoples or equivalent. Students who do not meet this requirement must write the Language Proficiency Index (LPI) test and achieve a minimum of level 4 to attain equivalency.

Students whose first language is not English must fulfill the College’s English language proficiency requirement. See Policy 8611: Admissions.

Mature students must meet the English 12 requirement.

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

13950 CAD / year

≈ 13950 CAD / year
Domestic Applies to you

Applies to you

Citizens or residents

2630 CAD / year

≈ 2630 CAD / year

Funding

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Scholarships Information

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