uq creative writing fellowship

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are respectfully cautioned that this website contains images of people who have passed away.

• become a UQP member

2024 UQ Creative Writing Fellowship now open

Update: deadline extended to friday 24 november 2023..

UQ’s Centre for Critical and Creative Writing (CCCW) in the School of Communication and Arts joins forces with the Fryer Library to offer the 2024 UQ Creative Writing Fellowship.

This Fellowship is an exceptional opportunity for an early career Australian author to develop and write a new creative work in your nominated field of expertise. You will draw on the special collections of UQ’s Fryer Library utilising rich primary sources as inspiration for your novel, play, collection of short stories or non-fiction essays, book of poems, or novella.

The Creative Writing Fellowship has been revamped to meet a pressing industry need, and in 2024 it is being offered to a writer who already has one or two significant debut publications under their belts (a professional play, a poetry or short story collection, or a book or novella with a recognised literary publisher) and is finding it difficult to make that leap to an ongoing writing career. We recognise that this step toward a sustainable professional career as a writer is often the most challenging and we are excited to be able to provide this opportunity for a research-based project to early career writers.

• $20,000 to be awarded to one recipient.
• Feedback and guidance on your project from your chosen mentor, a leading established Australian writer or dramaturg.
• A feedback session with the editorial team of The University of Queensland Press (UQP). They will consider the final manuscript for possible publication.
• To be immersed in a higher education setting and receive support from Library staff, the School of Communication and Arts, and UQP.

Applications due by Friday 24 November 2023.

For more information, and to apply, click here .

Related articles

2024 Queensland Literary Awards now open

Cathy Vallance appointed as UQP's new Children's and Young Adult Publisher

• Our writer profiles

Some of Australia’s most awarded and respected writers are alumni of UQ’s School of English: Thea Astley (four time winner of the Miles Franklin Awards ); Rodney Hall ( two time winner of the Miles Franklin Award, winner of the Victorian Premier’s Award for Fiction ); David Malouf ( winner of the Miles Franklin Award and the International IMPAC Dublin Prize and also shortlisted for the Booker Prize ).

UQ's Postgraduate Research Creative Writing Program is the largest and best in the country. Graduates of its prestigious Master and PhD programs have won nearly all the major national awards including the Miles Franklin Award, the Australian / Vogel National Literary Award, the Queensland, NSW and Victorian Premiers’ Literary Awards, and many others.

Graham Akhurst

Joanne Anderton

Venero Armanno  

Melissa Ashley

Thea Astley

Taryn Bashford

John Birmingham

Bille Brown

Stephen Carleton

B. R. Dionysius

B. R. Dionysius is a Generation X contemporary Australian poet, editor, and educator, and his poems have appeared in numerous national and international anthologies, journals, magazines, newspapers and other periodicals. 

B.R. completed an M.Phil (Creative Writing) at the University of Queensland, and was founding Director of the  Queensland Poetry Festival  and Director of Fringe Arts Collective Inc. a not-for-profit literary collective that organised the  Brisbane Writers Fringe Festival  (1993-1996) the Queensland Poetry Festival (1997-2001),  The Arts Queensland Award for Unpublished Poetry  (now the  Val Vallis  Award for Unpublished Poetry ) published the poetry broadsheet,  Seriously Fishy  and coordinated literary events in Brisbane including  Chalice Poets ,  With Baited Breath  and  The Word Made Flesh. 

Liam Ferney

Liam's most recent collection is  Hot Take  (Hunter Publishing). It follows on from  Content  (Hunter Publishing) which was shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Literary Awards and the Judith Wright Calanthe Award and  Boom  (Grande Parade Poets) which was shortlisted for Judith Wright Calanthe Aware and the Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry.

Candice Fox

In 2015 Candice began collaborating with James Patterson. Their first novel together, Never Never , set in the vast Australian outback, was a huge bestseller in Australia and went straight to number 1 on the New York Times bestseller list in the US and also to the top of the charts in the UK. Its sequel, Fifty Fifty , was released in 2017 and their third collaboration, Liar Liar, in 2018.

Steven Herrick

Steven's books have won the NSW Premier's Literary Awards in 2000 and 2005 and have been on the  Children's Book Council of Australia "Children's Book of the Year Awards" shortlist multiple times, including Love, Ghosts and Nose Hair , A Place like This , The Simple Gift , Tom Jones Saves the World ;  " Pookie Aleera is not my boyfriend "; " Bleakboy and Hunter Stand out in the Rain" and have been recognised as an Honour Book in 2004 ( Do-wrong Ron ) and 2005 ( By the River ). His books for children and young adults have been translated into numerous languages and are regularly set on school text lists in Australia.     

   Sarah Holland-Batt

Sarah was educated at the University of Queensland, where she received First Class Honours in Literary Studies and an MPhil in English, and at New York University, where she was a Fulbright Scholar and attained an M.F.A.

Sarah Holland-Batt is the author of The Hazards (UQP, 2015), which won the poetry prize at the 2016 Prime Minister's Literary Awards, and Aria (UQP, 2008), which won the Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize, the Arts ACT Judith Wright Award, and the FAW Anne Elder Award and was shortlisted in both the New South Wales and Queensland Premiers’ Literary Awards. She is presently a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the Queensland University of Technology. 

Kathleen Jennings

Anthony Lawrence

Bronwyn Lea

Julienne van Loon

David Malouf

Helen Marshall

Kate Morton

Kali Napier

Determined to be a writer since early childhood, Kali enrolled in a creative writing degree at Curtin University at age 16, but dropped out for a lack of ‘life experience’. For 22 years, life experience got in the way of writing her own stories.

In 2016, two of her manuscripts were longlisted in the Bath Novel Award in 2016. The second manuscript was contracted by Hachette Australia, and released as The Secrets at Ocean’s Edge in January 2018. She is currently an MPhil candidate in Creative Writing at The University of Queensland, exploring the poetics of dress in historical fiction.

Richard Newsome

Amanda Niehaus

Amanda Niehaus is a scientist, writer and co-founder of the online literary journal  Science Write Now—Creative Writing About Science  [www.sciencewritenow.com]. Her highly-praised first novel, The Breeding Season (Allen & Unwin, 2019) uses the life history of northern quolls as the basis to explore love, loss, and resilience. For her PhD in Creative Writing, Amanda is studying the integration of science into fiction, from writers’ and readers’ perspectives, and writing her third novel, called  Plasticities . Amanda is supervised by Dr Helen Marshall, Dr Natalie Collie, and Prof Kelly Fielding. Website: www.amandacniehaus.com

Kristina Olsson

Kristina Olsson is an Australian writer, journalist and teacher who studied journalism and has a Masters degree in Creative Writing from the University of Queensland and went on to write for The Australian, The Courier-Mail and Sunday Mail, the Sydney Sunday Telegraph and Griffith Review.

Her first novel  In One Skin  was published by theUniversity of Queensland Press in 2001. This was followed by the biography  Kilroy Was Here , which told the story of Debbie Kilroy. In 2010 her novel  The China Garden  won the  Barbara Jefferis Award , which is offered annually for Australian novels which depict women and girls positively, or empower the position of women in society. Kristina is also a recipient of the Queensland Literary Award, and Nita Kibble Literary Award.

Jaya Savige

Jay's first collection of poetry, Latecomers (2005), was awarded the NSW Premier's Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry and the Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize. From 2006 to 2011, he was poetry editor of the Australian Literary Review, the literary supplement to The Australian newspaper. Since 2010, he has been Poetry Editor for The Australian. Savige is currently a Gates Scholar at the University of Cambridge, Christ's College. His second collection of poems, Surface to Air , was published in late 2011.

Kim Wilkins

The craft of writing develops from a desire to connect with a readership, and that's what this major will help you to achieve.

You will work with world-renowned creative practitioners to hone your technique and develop the skills you need to build a portfolio career in the changing publishing landscape. You will master a range of commercial and literary genres including poetry, screen-writing and fiction while building your networks and knowledge of the industry. This major will train you to research effectively and edit judiciously to create compelling, marketable stories that connect with global audiences. 

Study Options

Undergraduate

Bachelor of Arts – Writing  

Diploma in Arts – Writing

Postgraduate

• Graduate Certificate of Writing, Editing and Publishing
• Master of Writing, Editing and Publishing
• Master of Philosophy in Creative Writing
• Doctor of Philosophy in Creative Writing

Learning Pathways

Below is a list of courses you may study in Writing. To view more details visit the program information page for the  Bachelor of Arts  or  Diploma in Arts.  

Creative Writing: Narrative Fiction (WRIT1110)        

Introduces students to creative writing and narrative throughout the art and techniques of short-form narrative prose fiction. You will study many examples of short narrative-based fiction, leading into the creation of your own work. This course will assist you in finding ways to develop and improve your creative writing .

Contemporary Literature: Reading and Writing (ENGL1500) 

Introduces students to some of the best cotemporary writing in English, from a range of cultures. You will study a range of genres including the novel, graphic novel, short fiction, and poetry. In addition to providing a grounding in contemporary literature this course focuses on what it means to read and write in the twenty-first century.

Fundamentals of Academic Writing (WRIT1005) 

Covers the fundamentals of reading, writing, and critiquing as an academic. You will be introduced to the skills you’ll need to succeed in your university writing, focusing hands-on, practical strategies to enhance the substance,  structure and style of your academic writing.

Writing: Grammar, Syntax, and Style (WRIT2250) 

Introduces contemporary models and applications of English grammar and presents contemporary grammatical and stylistic concepts and strategies that will enhance your ability to revise and edit their writing. Building on your intuitive understanding of how words work, equipping you with a command of sentence structure and style, and provide you with strategies to write, analyse, and edit at an advanced level.

Writing and Editing for the Professions (WRIT2000) 

Covers key theoretical principles and practical applications of writing in a corporate environment. This course will cover a broad range of workplace writing genres, including report writing, speechwriting, presentations, and correspondence. Topics include creating credibility at word, sentence, paragraph, and document levels: and revising, editing, and proofreading professional documents.

Writing the Genre Novel: Heroes, Lovers, and Monsters (WRIT2050)

Considers the kinds of fiction that are usually described as “genre” or “popular” works. It provides a practice-led exploration and analysis of a range of significant genre texts and techniques. The emphasis is on the genre novel, and you will be asked to workshop a synopsis and write an opening chapter in a genre of their choosing. You will also consider the theory of genre fiction, and how genres operate in the literary marketplace.

Creative Writing: Poetics (WRIT2100) 

Studies techniques of poetic expression and develops writing skills and an appreciation of language aesthetics. This course extends the language skills of writers of all genres by focusing on language and how words can be used in innovative, precise, and musical ways. You will get the opportunity to develop your poetry writing skills through inspiring workshop exercises, readings, and discusssions led by expert poets, editors, and scholars.

Creative Writing: Screen Writing (WRIT2120) 

Introduces beginning scriptwriters to the basic skills of writing for the screen using the industrial Hollywood feature film as the model. You will learn the industry-accepted standard format of film scripts and how to work with the shorthand of film narrative. You will also be introduced to the basics of creating interesting and viable screen-based characters; the theory and use of narrative film structure; sustaining the suspension of disbelief: and more.  

Level Three

Writing: Advanced Project (WRIT3000) 

A capstone course in which you will consolidate and deploy writing skills first encountered in other courses in the major in order to complete a significant short work in a genre of your choice. You will also learn how to write a useful, realistic project plan as well as specific documents like a synopsis to help you ‘pitch’ your project.

Playwriting & Dramaturgy: Creative Practice (DRAM3102)  

Studies how to be both playwright and dramaturg during this seminar-based learning program. The first half of the semester you will build your playwriting skills and d10evelop a thorough understanding of the various roles dramaturgs can have in the development of new work. In the second half, you will write your own original short work for the stage; you will also be assigned to a fellow student’s play as dramaturg.

Journals, Repositories & Conferences Internship (ENGL3020) 

Provides a range of opportunities for students to work with UQ-based, or affiliated, organisations and researchers, assisting with project based work, event organisation, and editorial and publishing activities. You will gain practical experience by working within professional organisations involved in literary and historical research, library resource management, writing and publishing, communications, and cultural heritage management.

Creative Writing: Non-fiction (WRIT3050) 

Introduces the skills for writing creative non-fiction in a range of styles including memoir, literary journalism, the personal essay, and experimental non-fiction. You will learn how to turn your own experiences and research into compelling non-fiction writing. This course shows creative non-fiction uses familiar tools from fiction and poetry including narration, scene-setting, dialogue, imagery, and figurative language to tell vivid, real-life stories.

Publishing, Editing, and Authorship (WRIT3700) 

Examines a range of issues in contemporary publishing in both an Australian and an international context. The approach is forward-looking, emphasising the changing nature of publishing, editing, and authorship in the post-digital era. You will be prepared for careers as authors, editors, and publishers: by introducing you to current professional practices and conditions of authorship; by developing fundamental skills at all levels of editing; and by exploring contemporary print and digital publishing practices and processes.

Testimonials

Nuala Beahan, Writing Major

Helen Gearing, Writing Major Graduate

The Student Experience

Practical Experience and Professional Networking 

Our students have opportunities to volunteer or gain experience with a range of projects, including AustLit , a resource for Australian literary, print, and narrative cultures, and Corella Press , a UQ run not-for-profit small press committed to making beautiful, collectable editions of recovered nineteenth-century Australian Gothic, mystery, and crime stories. Graduates of the Writing major have found work as professional journalists, teachers, editors, ghost-writers, publishers, science communicators, copywriters, playwrights, corporate communicators, public relations managers, travel writers, arts reviewers, bloggers, columnists, critics, feature writers, fiction writers, poets, publishing coordinators, screen writers, speech writers, and digital content developers.

You will also become part of a network of UQ writing alumni that includes prize-winning writers such as Shastra Deo, Nick Earls, Melissa Ashley, and Jack Dann.

Potential career outcomes include:

• Content writer
• Corporate communications officer
• Digital content writer
• Media and communications officer
• Proposal writer

• Virginia Beach
• History & facts
• Famous people
• Famous landmarks
• AI interviews
• Science & Nature
• Tech & Business

Discover something new everyday

Famous places

• Food & Drinks
• Tech & Business

Top 20 Facts about the City of Moscow

Moscow Metro- by A.Savin - Wikimedia Commons

Read Next →

18 things you probably didn’t know about Sacre-Coeur basilica in Paris

Best Theme Parks and Attractions in and Around Paris

The Best Way to Visit the Paris Catacombs

20 facts about the city of moscow, 1. moscow’s oldest surviving building is more than 550 years old.

Assumption Cathedral – Wikimedia Commons

2. The world’s largest medieval fortress is found in Moscow

Moscow Kremlin on foreground- by Pavel Kazachkov- Wikimedia Commons

3. Moscow hosts Russia’s largest zoo

Moscow Zoo entrance- by A.Savin – Wikimedia Commons

4. Trains with the most frequency in the world are found in Moscow

Moscow Metro- by A.Savin – Wikimedia Commons

 5. The City of Moscow hosts the World’s second-largest library

Russian State Library main building interior- by A.Savin – Wikimedia Commons

6. The City of Moscow is home of the Babushka doll

Babushka dolls variety- by Ph. Saget – Wikimedia Commons

7. The City of Moscow hosts the world’s largest university building

Moscow State University- by Dmitry A. Mottl- Wikimedia Commons

8. The City of Moscow hosts one of the largest urban parks in the world

Visitor at Izmailovo Park- by Kristy2906 -Wikimedia Commons

9. Europe’s largest botanical garden is found in Moscow

Moscow’s Botanical Garden- by AlixSaz- Wikimedia Commons

10. The City of Moscow boasts 7 identical skyscrapers

Seven Sisters side by side pictures- by okruz- Wikimedia Commons

11. The City of Moscow FBI buildings were once torture chambers

Peasants tortured by Saltykova- by P. V. Kurdyumov – Wikimedia Commons

12. The first man in space was buried in Moscow

Yuri Gagrin- by P. V. Kurdyumov- Wikimedia Commons

13. Victory Obelisk is Moscow’s highest Monument

Victory Obelisk- by GAlexandrova- Wikimedia Commons

14. Moscow has an underground river

15. moscow’s stray dogs can navigate the metro, 16. lenin’s corpse is preserved in a mausoleum in moscow’s red square.

Lenin Mausoleum at the Red Square- by NVO- Wikimedia Commons

17. The largest bell in the world is found in the City of Moscow

Tsar Bell- by W. Bulach- Wikimedia Commons

18. The City of Moscow has billionaire residents

19. old moscow was segregated, 20. the city of moscow and england share an insignia.

St. George on Horseback slaying the dragon- by W. Bulach- Wikimedia Commons

Planning a trip to Paris ? Get ready !

These are  Amazon’s best-selling  travel products that you may need for coming to Paris.

• The best travel book : Rick Steves – Paris 2023 –  Learn more here
• Fodor’s Paris 2024 –  Learn more here

Travel Gear

• Venture Pal Lightweight Backpack –  Learn more here
• Samsonite Winfield 2 28″ Luggage –  Learn more here
• Swig Savvy’s Stainless Steel Insulated Water Bottle –  Learn more here

Check Amazon’s best-seller list for the most popular travel accessories. We sometimes read this list just to find out what new travel products people are buying.

Christine M

Discover Walks contributors speak from all corners of the world - from Prague to Bangkok, Barcelona to Nairobi. We may all come from different walks of life but we have one common passion - learning through travel.

Whether you want to learn the history of a city, or you simply need a recommendation for your next meal, Discover Walks Team offers an ever-growing travel encyclopaedia.

For local insights and insider’s travel tips that you won’t find anywhere else, search any keywords in the top right-hand toolbar on this page. Happy travels!

Hello & Welcome

Popular Articles

Top 20 Streets to See in Paris

Paris in two days

Top 15 Things to do Around the Eiffel Tower

The Best Way to Visit Paris Museums

Top 15 Fashion Stores in Le Marais

Visit europe with discover walks.

• Paris walking tours
• Montmartre walking tour
• Lisbon walking tours
• Prague walking tours
• Barcelona walking tours
• Private tours in Europe
• Privacy policy

© 2024 Charing Cross Corporation

City Council Candidate Profiles: Bryce Blankenship

Leave a Reply - Cancel Reply

Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed .

A Literary Tour of Moscow

It’s hard to count the exact number of great Russian writers who showed their love for Moscow. The city has attracted and prompted stories for a long time now, inspiring many to express their writing talent. Thus, Moscow’s literary sights are fully deserving of our attention, and this guide gladly presents you six of them, from museums to apartments.

1. nikolay gogol museum.

Library, Museum

2. The State Museum of Mayakovsky

3. Turgenev's Family House

Become a Culture Tripper!

Sign up to our newsletter to save up to 500$ on our unique trips..

See privacy policy .

5. The Apartment of Dostoevsky

Building, Memorial, Museum

6. The Mikhail Bulgakov Museum

KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?

Connect with like-minded people on our premium trips curated by local insiders and with care for the world

Since you are here, we would like to share our vision for the future of travel - and the direction Culture Trip is moving in.

Culture Trip launched in 2011 with a simple yet passionate mission: to inspire people to go beyond their boundaries and experience what makes a place, its people and its culture special and meaningful — and this is still in our DNA today. We are proud that, for more than a decade, millions like you have trusted our award-winning recommendations by people who deeply understand what makes certain places and communities so special.

Increasingly we believe the world needs more meaningful, real-life connections between curious travellers keen to explore the world in a more responsible way. That is why we have intensively curated a collection of premium small-group trips as an invitation to meet and connect with new, like-minded people for once-in-a-lifetime experiences in three categories: Culture Trips, Rail Trips and Private Trips. Our Trips are suitable for both solo travelers, couples and friends who want to explore the world together.

Culture Trips are deeply immersive 5 to 16 days itineraries, that combine authentic local experiences, exciting activities and 4-5* accommodation to look forward to at the end of each day. Our Rail Trips are our most planet-friendly itineraries that invite you to take the scenic route, relax whilst getting under the skin of a destination. Our Private Trips are fully tailored itineraries, curated by our Travel Experts specifically for you, your friends or your family.

We know that many of you worry about the environmental impact of travel and are looking for ways of expanding horizons in ways that do minimal harm - and may even bring benefits. We are committed to go as far as possible in curating our trips with care for the planet. That is why all of our trips are flightless in destination, fully carbon offset - and we have ambitious plans to be net zero in the very near future.

A Guide to Cautionary Russian Proverbs and What They Mean

The Soviet Union’s Best Heart-Throbs and Pinups

Guides & Tips

A 48 hour guide to astrakhan, russia.

Zhenotdel: The Soviet Union's Feminist Movement

Unusual Facts About the Soviet Union

A Soviet Pilot Went Missing in Afghanistan and Was Found 30 Years Later

Food & Drink

The best halal restaurants in kazan.

Russian Last Names and Their Meanings

The Mystery Behind Russia's Buddhist "Miracle"

Incredible Photos From the Longest Bike Race in the World

See & Do

Russia's most remote holiday destinations.

Restaurants

The best halal restaurants in kaliningrad, winter sale offers on our trips, incredible savings.

• Post ID: 411829
• Sponsored? No
• View Payload