Unlock your imagination, expand your creative thinking and polish your writing.

Inspiration, communication, and vocation are at the heart of Massey’s exciting Bachelor of Arts (Creative Writing).

It offers you the chance to develop your writing so that it’s pitch-perfect for a variety of audiences. 

You’ll enhance your critical thinking and master a wide range of transferable communication skills while pursuing your creative vision.

Choose your canvas

Creative writing offers you flexibility in writing original work in a variety of genres. 

Learn to write fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, travel writing, and scripts for the stage and screen.

Learn from published authors

The university's award-winning teachers are internationally acclaimed writers in their own right. 

They teach from their own first-hand experience in moving from idea to page, polishing their work, and sending it off to be published or performed.

Get real

Your third year has a vocational focus. You’ll develop your writing in a genre of your choice and learn how to submit it for publishing. 

You’ll also have the opportunity to gain hands-on editing and publishing experience or facilitate a creative writing art project in your local community.

Get published

Students who have taken the university creative writing courses have gone on to publish poems, stories, essays, and books as well as winning some of New Zealand’s top writing prizes. Why not join them?

• Officially verified copies of Birth certificate/ Current passport, including any residency visa/ Citizenship certificate
• Proof of the name change
• High School graduation certificate
• Academic transcripts
• English Language proficiency
• A statement of any disability or health condition (If Applicable)
• Evidence of any scholarships (If Applicable)

To be admitted to an undergraduate qualification, applicants will need a minimum level of academic achievement from school, or another university or tertiary institution. 

The specific level depends on which country or region of the world they are from.

China:

• Senior High School graduation plus successful completion of one year of bachelor's-level study from a recognized institution; or
• Successful completion of a two-year diploma, or a minimum of two years out of a three-year diploma from a recognized institution; or
• Completed Gaokao with a tier-one score from the related province

India: 

• All India Senior School Certificate (AISSC) Year 12 or Indian School Certificate (ISC) Year 12, with an overall average of 75% and a minimum of 60% in English; or
• Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) – State Board Examination in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Gujurat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal, with:
  • an overall average of 85% or higher (with no less than four academic subjects), with
  • a minimum of 70% or above in English.

Foundation qualifications to meet entry requirements

If you don't have the skills or qualifications you need to be accepted into your chosen study, you can do foundation qualifications.

• Foundation Certificate (International)
• Foundation Certificate (International Accelerated)