The Waiariki Diploma in Creative Writing

Waiariki’s  Diploma in Creative Writing offers a variety of creative and practical writing papers. Courses available are:

• Creative Writing Skills
• Penning the Past, Poetry and Personal Writing
• Focus on Fiction
• Writing the Screenplay
• Travel Writing
• Skills in Written and Spoken English
• Technical text, Handbooks and Leaflets
• Focus on Non-fiction
• Skills in Business Writing
• Indian Writing in English (Contemporary Ethnic Writers and Writing)
• Contemporary Māori Writers and Writing
• Writing for children (under development)
• Writing poetry (under development)

Each course runs for 7 weeks and is taught online via Waiairki’s eCampus. Content includes comprehensive tutorials and opportunities to receive useful feedback from peers and tutors.  Tutors include published authors James George, Sue Emms, Jenny Argante, Owen Bullock and Sharon Whillis.

Kingi McKinnon Scholarship for Emerging Writers
In 2006 inaugural tutor Kingi Mckinnon passed away and, in his honour, Waiariki has established ‘The Kingi Mckinnon Scholarship for Emerging Writers’ in his honour.

For further details on both the Diploma in Creative Writing and the scholarship, please call 0800 WAIARIKI (0800 924 274) or email Jaarna.Hoskins@waiariki.ac.nz