22 Full-time Master's in Creative Writing in Australia

Explore your voice as a writer in the digital age with Creative Writing programme from Curtin University.

The Professional Writing and Publishing Major programme from Curtin University will equip students with the skills, understanding and discipline to work in corporate communications and media in state, federal and local government, business and industry, the not-for-profit sector, arts organisations, and the magazine and book industries. 

Improve your writing skills for corporate communications and editing roles in government, business and the not-for-profit sector with the Professional Writing and Publishing Major (MArts) programme from Curtin University. 

The Creative Writing programme at Macquarie University you’ll undertake intensive practical workshops across a range of genres, including young adult fiction, creative non-fiction, short story, novella, novel and poetry. And you’ll create, workshop and develop your writing with peers and our expert teachers. 

Improve your writing skills for corporate communications and editing roles in government, business and the not-for-profit sector with the Professional Writing and Publishing Stream (GCertArts) programme from Curtin University. 

Strengthen your relationship with the written word across fiction, poetry, drama, and emerging and experimental genres with the Creative Writing Major (MArts) programme from Curtin University. 

Taught by industry professionals, the Screenwriting program at University of Melbourne trains you in the craft of professional screenwriting aligned with your personal vision, leading to compelling and exciting stories that are ready for a feature film or television markets.

Unearth and connect the shared skills between writer, editor and publisher. With the Creative Writing, Publishing and Editing program at University of Melbourne, you can gain a globally recognised, vocationally viable qualification designed with the changing nature of the publishing industry in mind.

The Graduate Certificate in Academic Foundations from University of Canberra offers international students a pathway to further learning in coursework master's degrees initially in the Faculty of Business, Government and Law and the Faculty of Science and Technology (other Faculties may decide to use this pathway later).  

The Creative Industries at University of Canberra will develop a strong understanding of the creative sector and learn to engage with audiences and markets in digital environments while building networks that will help shape your career.

The Theatre - Writing program at University of Melbourne will develop your skills and aesthetic as an individual or collaborative writer for diverse forms of contemporary live performance.

Broaden your skills and portfolio to pursue a career as a versatile writer who can move across genres, platforms and audiences with ease with a postgraduate Graduate Diploma of Professional Writing course from Deakin University.   

The Writing, Editing and Publishing program from University of Queensland will help you gain the writing, editing, publishing, design and research skills to build a rewarding career in print or online. 

Hone your creative writing skills and gain practical tools in critical analysis, editing and research by producing a published piece of work with this  Master of Arts in Writing and Literature at Deakin University.   

Prioritise your development as a creative writer, reader, and thinker with this Creative Writing course at The University of Sydney is for you.  

Gain a qualification that recognises you as a leader in creative practice with this Creative Practice programme from Ara Institute of Canterbury.

Within this Writing and Publishing degree from from RMIT University you'll explore the publishing process from manuscript to marketplace.

Realise your leadership potential and let your career thrive in the creative or cultural sector with the Master of Creative Industries at University of Canberra.

The Literature and Creative Writing program at Western Sydney University offers you the opportunity to think across creative, critical and disciplinary categories, and to produce either works of scholarship or creative writing (or related creative work that crosses into other areas including music, art, performance and film).

Learn how to inspire, engage and persuade your audiences. Develop advanced writing skills and unlock exciting roles in publishing and marketing with  the Graduate Diploma of Writing and Literature at Deakin University.