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Creative Writing

St. George Campus, Faculty of Arts & Science

Program Information

Degree(s): Honours Bachelor of Arts

Program(s): Creative Writing (Minor)

OUAC Admission Code: TAH

Academic Requirements

Ontario Secondary School Diploma Six 4U/M courses, including:

• English (ENG4U)

Find equivalent requirements for Canadian high school systems , US high school system , International Baccalaureate , British-Patterned Education , French-Patterned Education , CAPE , and other international high school systems .

Mississauga Campus

OUAC Admission Code: TMH (Humanities)

Scarborough Campus

Program(s): Creative Writing (Major, Minor)

OUAC Admission Code: TUD (Social Sciences & Humanities)

Faculty Postings

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Sessional Instructor Postings

CUPE3902 Unit 3 Summer 2024 Job posting Closed May 9, 2024

• ENG203H5S British Literature in the World II: Romantic to Contemporary (Online) | Thomas Laughlin (SLIII)

CUPE3902 Unit 3 Summer 2024 Job posting Closed April 19, 2024

• ENG218H5F Interactive Storytelling & Worldmaking | Bruno Véras (SLII)

CUPE3902 Unit 3 Summer 2024 Job posting Closed April 12, 2024

• ENG100H5F LEC9101 Effective Writing (Online) | Thomas Laughlin (SLIII)
• ENG205H5S Rhetoric | Michael Raby (SLII)
• ENG238H5F LEC0101 Fantasy Literature | Michael Raby (SLII)
• ENG289H5S Creative Writing (Online) | Blair Hurley (SLI)
• ENG316H5S Special Topic in Modern and Contemporary Literature | Chris Koenig-Woodyard (SLIII-LT)

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CUPE3902 Unit 1 Summer 2024 Job posting Closed April 12, 2024

• ENG202H5F British Literature in the World I: Medieval to Eighteenth-Century (Online) | Dustin Meyer
• ENG365H5F Contemporary American Fiction (Online) | Rachael Windsor 

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Creative Writing at the University of Toronto Scarborough

Discover your unique literary voice at U of T Scarborough, the only U of T campus where you can earn a major in creative writing. You’ll produce work in genres spanning poetry, fiction, non-fiction, screenwriting and comics, and get extensive feedback from renowned faculty and visiting writers. You’ll graduate not only with the skills to continue developing as a writer, but with the knowledge to turn your passion into your profession, be it through editing, communications, marketing and many more fields.  

Our dedicated faculty are active and award-winning writers who take a workshop-based, experiential approach to their courses, and emphasize diversity in texts and methods. That means you’ll get hands-on experience exploring classic and contemporary authors while taking the exciting first steps towards building your own writing practice.  

• Creative Writing: Writing for Comics
• Creative Writing: The Art of the Personal Essay
• Introduction to Creative Writing

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The MA in English at the University of Toronto is a one-year course based program.

U of T English MAs follow a variety of exciting career paths! Some go on to complete a PhD in English and pursue an academic career, while others enter the fields of education, publishing, journalism, communication, business, social work, and public policy, among many others.

Program Description

The MA program typically takes 12 months.

Students must successfully complete a total of 4.0 full-course equivalents (FCEs) as follows:

• ENG6999Y Critical Topographies: Theory and Practice of Contemporary Literary Studies in English (1.0 FCE) [please note that students in the MA in Creative Writing program are not required to take this course]
• 3.0 graduate FCEs in English (6 one-term courses)

Students must attain a B standing in each graduate course.

With the approval of the Associate Director, MA, students may take up to 1.0 FCE of relevant coursework (1 full-year course or 2 one-term courses) outside of the Graduate Program in English.

Cross-listed courses (that is, courses taught by English graduate faculty in other units) and courses required for a collaborative specialization are equivalent to English courses and may be taken without special permission from the Department.

Entry Requirements

Please see the Application Information page (under “Programs”) for further information.

Admission to the MA program is based upon the applicant's undergraduate record, references, writing sample, and statement.

Minimum qualifications for entry into the MA program include:

• A minimum of 7 full-year undergraduate courses in English or the equivalent in half-year courses (i.e., 14), or any combination of full-and half-year courses that add up to the equivalent of 7 full-year courses
• An appropriate bachelor's degree (i.e., a four-year undergraduate degree), or its equivalent (preferably in English), with a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 3.3 / B+ or better and evidence of first-class work in English. The department favours a broad training in the major genres and all periods of English literary history
• Recommendations from two referees
• A statement of purpose
• A writing sample consisting of 12 to 15 pages

Admission to the program is highly selective: These are minimum requirements only.

In considering applications, the Department favours a broad training in the major genres and periods of English literature. While historical coverage is especially important, a strong grounding in the major literary genres is also an asset, as is study of the range of literary writing in English across national cultures and ethnic/racialized, gendered, and sexually diverse communities. 

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Although we do not offer teaching assistantships to students in the MA program, we regularly make significant financial awards to our top MA applicants. In addition, many of our incoming MA students are supported by prestigious external awards, including Ontario Graduate Scholarships and Canada Graduate Scholarships. The department also offers unrivalled help to MA students applying for fellowships for further graduate study.

Deadlines for applications for external awards often precede the program application deadline, so your first step should be to consider applying for financial support. For more information, see  Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council: Canada Graduate Scholarships - Masters (SSHRC CGS-M) and Ontario Graduate Scholarships (OGS).

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Information for Writing Instructors

This page shows a range of ways for people who specialize in teaching writing at the University of Toronto to explore and engage in the relatively new field of Writing Studies. It includes notes on finding employment and participating in professional development events. It also describes relevant professional associations that hold conferences, host mailing lists, and sometimes publish journals and books. See also the file Readings for Writing Instructors .

Job announcements for writing instruction at U of T are posted in various places, depending on the category of employment. To receive notices of job postings, current and potential writing instructors may join the email list WRITING-JOBS-L by sending an e-mail message to [email protected] . In the BODY of the message type a command of the form: subscribe writing-jobs-l firstname lastname. However, not all postings are sent to this list, so you would be wise also to look on the websites of writing centres and other writing programs, as listed elsewhere on this site.

Faculty Members: Postings for full-time U of T faculty positions (including those in writing centres and writing programs) are listed in the University of Toronto Faculty Positions webpage. All faculty members with appointments of twelve months or more, whether full-time or part-time, are represented by the University of Toronto Faculty Association ( UTFA ). You are advised to seek advice from UTFA before signing a faculty contract.

Sessional Lecturers and Writing Instructors: Each writing centre or program hires separately through the teaching unit (the college or faculty) to which it belongs. Find and visit unit websites to find notices about their positions. Positions for Sessional Lecturer and sessional Writing Instructor in most U of T writing centres and writing programs are governed by collective agreements with CUPE 3902 (Units 2, 3 and 4). Visit the CUPE 3902 website for information about the current contract agreements and about advancement procedures, and for the forms that must be used for job applications.

Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows: A few instructional units post specific positions for graduate students or postdoctoral fellows, who are also represented by CUPE 3902 under their own contractual arrangements. Check the CUPE 3902 website for information about contract agreements, and search websites of writing centres and writing programs for designated postings.

Professional Development Events

U of T Writing instructors from all three campuses meet several times a year for discussion and workshops, usually led by colleagues and sometimes by outside experts. Watch for notices from your teaching unit. You can also ask your supervisor to subscribe you to the announcement listserv WRITING-PD-L.

Professional Associations

The academic organizations listed here provide stimulus, support, and opportunities for discussion in the field of writing studies. Most hold yearly conferences, and some publish books, journals, or newsletters. Search by their acronyms to find their websites and to sign up for email lists.

Canadian associations are helping create a distinctive perspective on writing studies, not necessarily dominated by first-year composition courses and more open to collaborative teaching with faculty across the disciplines.

• CASDW (Canadian Association for the Study of Discourse and Writing): This bilingual Canadian organization focusses on research as well as practice. Its annual conference is held as part of the Congress of Humanities and Social Sciences each spring. Its listserv posts job information and other useful information.
• CASLL (Canadian Association for the Study of Language and Learning): Better known as Inkshed, this early and influential group has now wound up as an association. However, an archive of all its newsletters (1982-2015) is available in space provided by CASDW.  (Search for Inkshed Archives.) Inkshed Publishing remains in operation.
• CSSR (Canadian Society for the Study of Rhetoric): This organization focusses on scholarship about classical and traditional rhetoric. It often combines conference sessions with CASDW.
• CWCA (Canadian Writing Centres Association): This growing and lively organization also meets each spring. Its active listserv is a good source of practical advice and information about writing-centre management.
• STLHE (Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education): This large Canadian association holds yearly conferences that include attention to writing and faculty support. Its listserv posts jobs in teaching-support offices.

American and European Associations hold stimulating conferences and publish important studies. Their gatherings often provide opportunities for Canadians to caucus at their gatherings.

• ABC (Association for Business Communication): This group of academics and professionals sponsors several conferences each year and publishes two peer-reviewed journals. The members’ section of the website offers teaching resources and job postings.
• CCCC (Conference on College Composition and Communication): If you want to attend a huge and stimulating yearly US conference, consider this organization, Calls for proposals are due almost a year before the March conferences, which provide the chance to caucus with Canadian colleagues; the book fair is another attraction.
• NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) is the parent body of CCCC. It publishes books and journals (such as College English and College Composition and Communication ) and issues well-considered position statements (with bibliographies) on topics such as assessment of writing, ethical research practices, class size, workload, and digital literacy.
• EATAW (European Association for Teachers of Academic Writing)
• EWCA (European Writing Centres Association)
• WDHE (Writing Development in Higher Education—UK): search to find this year’s conference website.
• IWCA (International Writing Centers Association): The website offers information and resources from US and some Canadian university writing centres; it includes notes on conferences and links to hundreds of online handouts. The organization sponsors WLN: A Journal of Writing Center Scholarship (formerly the Writing Lab Newsletter ) and the Writing Center Journal .
• WPA (Council of Writing Program Administrators): A group of program leaders that sponsors stimulating listserv discussions of policy issues and issues thoughtful public statements (e.g., Framework for Success in Postsecondary Writing ). It publishes a high-quality peer-reviewed journal ( WPA Journal , publicly available online), meets as a caucus at CCCC conferences, and holds a yearly summer symposium.

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