Diploma in Arts (Creative Writing)

Summary

Specialise in Creative Writing for your Diploma in Arts at Massey

Inspiration, communication and vocation are at the heart of Massey’s exciting Diploma in Arts (Creative Writing).

It offers you the chance to develop your writing so that it’s pitch-perfect for a variety of audiences. You’ll enhance your critical thinking. You’ll also master a wide range of transferrable communication skills, all while pursuing your own creative vision.

Choose your canvas

Creative writing offers you flexibility in writing original work in a variety of genres. You’ll learn to write fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, travel writing and scripts for the stage and screen.

Learn from published authors

Our award-winning teachers are also internationally acclaimed writers who teach from their own first-hand experience in moving from idea to page, polishing their work and sending it off to be published or performed.

Get published

Students who have taken our creative writing courses have gone on to publish poems, stories, essays and books as well as winning some of New Zealand’s top writing prizes. Why not join them?

A Diploma in Arts in Creative Writing is a good fit if you:

are seeking opportunities to get creative, get writing and get published

want practical writing experience in a range of genres

enjoy critical and creative thinking.