Humber’s Creative Writing graduate certificate program helps you improve your writing from the comfort of home. You’ll work one-on-one with a professional writer-mentor to improve your draft book-length project, learning how to develop plot, character, dialogue, imagery, style and more through direct feedback on your own manuscript.

Humber is noted for its exceptional creative writing mentors, including authors of world stature. Past mentors include Edward Albee, Martin Amis, Margaret Atwood, Peter Carey, Esi Edugyan, Samantha Harvey, Lawrence Hill, Ha Jin, Alistair MacLeod, Anne Michaels, David Mitchell, Jenny Offil, Nino Ricci and Miriam Toews.

To be eligible for admission, you must possess the following:

• A bachelor’s degree, diploma, advanced diploma, or equivalent

• Canadian Academic English Language Assessment or Test of English as a Foreign Language (Internet Based)

Cover Letter

Please submit a cover letter describing the single book-length project you intend to work on in the program, your writing experience, and any relevant life experience. The letter should be no more than two pages, double-spaced in 12-point font. Please include your name and email address, and submit as MS Word or PDF.

Writing Sample

Please submit a sample of your writing that is no more than 15 pages in length. Ideally, the writing sample should be taken from the project you intend to work on in the program. If this is not possible, please submit a sample in the same form/genre (e.g., fiction if you intend to work on a novel). The manuscript must be prepared according to professional standards: double-spaced, 12-point font, with name, title and page number on each page. Please submit as MS Word or PDF.

Submission Instructions

Submit your additional requirement(s) here.