Bachelor of Creative Writing

Each semester you will be immersed in a new creative writing studio. Across the three years of the degree, these studios will take you from the foundations of creative writing practice to the production of a major work in your chosen form. Studios enable students to learn and apply the forms of four key genres: poetry, fiction, nonfiction and screen/scriptwriting, in the context of their histories and the work of leading contemporary practitioners.

This degree has close ties with all aspects of the writing and publishing industries, including publishers such as Hardie Grant Books and Hachette Publishing; screen industry leaders like Film Victoria and Channel Seven; writers' festivals including Melbourne Writers Festival and the Emerging Writers' Festival; and cutting-edge leaders of the industry including digital publishers and literary journals. Recent partners include Jakarta Post, the Emerging Writers' Festival, and SingLitStation Singapore. Internships and work placements are offered as part of the degree.

Assessment in the Bachelor of Arts (Creative Writing) combines research assignments, portfolio production, essays, presentations, and peer or industry review and feedback. Research projects and presentations reflect industry specific needs. In your third year of study you will write a major project and reflect on it with companion work, giving you the opportunity to demonstrate your abilities and creative talent.

Yes. The Bachelor of Arts (Creative Writing) has links with many leading creative writing programs in North America and Asia, which students can take advantage of through courses of exchange studies developed with student advisors. In addition to ongoing collaborations with literary organisations and universities in Singapore and China, students have the chance to participate in new projects and programs such as The Jakarta Post through its b/ndL Studios and Writers Immersion Cultural Exchange (WrICE). RMIT also offers overseas work, exchange and study experiences with over 165 partner universities worldwide.

All applicants must submit an applicant statement of a maximum of 500 words outlining their interests and background in creative writing, reading, or literary studies, as well as a folio of 3 to 4 different pieces of creative writing (maximum 2000 words in total), which can be a combination of fiction or non-fiction, prose, poetry, script, or essay. All responses must be collated into a single PDF. Applicants must not use any Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT to generate any materials, content, or ideas related to the selection task.