Graduate Diploma of Creative Writing

Program Overview

Deakin's Graduate Diploma of Creative Writing is a one-year program that provides mentorship from published authors and explores key writing techniques. Students can specialize in short stories, creative nonfiction, life writing, writing for children, or editing. Graduates develop advanced writing skills and have gone on to win prestigious literary awards.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

Discover how to connect with audiences of all ages in Deakin’s Graduate Diploma of Creative Writing. In this one-year specialist course, you will be mentored by published authors as you learn how to create a body of work for publication. Explore and master a range of key writing techniques, such as the ability to edit, analyze a range of genres, blueprint a draft, and take a concept through the various stages of revision.

Outline:

You’ll tailor your studies to your preferred creative path by choosing from five writing specializations: • Short Stories • Creative Nonfiction • Life Writing • Writing for Children • Editing

Careers:

Graduates develop their writing skills through exposure to a range of different forms and genres. They consider how their own writing sits alongside other similar forms and can articulate the similarities and differences. They develop high-level creative and critical writing skills and the capacity to undertake independent and collaborative research. Writing and literature graduates have gone on to win awards like the Queensland Premier’s Literary Award Melbourne Prize for Literature for their published works.