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- Michelle Duff (Writing for the Page, 2023)
- Louise Proudfoot (Scriptwriting, 2023)
- Joseph Trinidad (Writing for the Page, 2023)
- Teherenui Koteka (Scriptwriting, 2022)
- Nafanua Purcell Kersel (Writing for the Page, 2022)
- Emma Robinson (Writing for the Page, 2022)
- Flora Feltham (Writing for the Page, 2021)
- Tamara Tulitua (Writing for the Page, 2021)
- Georgie Wright (Scriptwriting 2021)
- Thom Benny (Scriptwriting, 2020)
- Joanna Cho (Writing for the Page, 2020)
- Kristene Cristobal (Writing for the Page, 2020)
- Cris Cucerzan (Writing for the Page, 2019)
- Monica Pausina (Scriptwriting, 2019)
- Rebecca K Reilly (Writing for the Page, 2019)
- Rose Lu (Writing for the Page, 2018)
- Laura Southgate (Writing for the Page, 2018)
- Maria Samuela (Writing for the Page, 2017)
- Tayi Tibble (Writing for the Page, 2017)
- Jonathan Watt (Scriptwriting, 2017)
- Chessie Henry (Writing for the Page, 2016)
- Annaleese Jochems (Writing for the Page, 2016)
- Maraea Rakuraku (Scriptwriting, 2016)
- Nick Bollinger (Writing for the Page, 2015)
- David Brechin-Smith (Scriptwriting, 2015)
- Nina Mingya Powles (Writing for the Page, 2015)
- Catherine Robertson (Writing for the Page, 2015)
- Judith Cowley (Scriptwriting, 2014)
- Redmer Yska (Writing for the Page, 2015)
- Doug Dillaman (Writing for the Page 2014)
- Ben Egerton (Writing for the Page, 2014)
- Craig Gamble (Writing for the Page, 2014)
- Faith Wilson (Writing for the Page, 2014)
- Morgan Bach (Writing for the Page, 2013)
- Helena Wiśniewska Brow (Writing for the Page, 2013)
- Uther Dean (Scriptwriting, 2012)
- Gemma Bowker-Wright (Writing for the Page, 2011)
- Hera Lindsay Bird (Writing for the Page, 2011)
- David Coventry (Writing for the Page, 2010)
- Amy Head (Writing for the Page, 2010)
- Breton Dukes (Writing for the Page, 2009)
- Helen Heath (Writing for the Page, 2009)
- Emma Martin (Writing for the Page, 2009)
- Pat White (Writing for the Page, 2009)
- Ashleigh Young (Writing for the Page, 2009)
- Sam Kelly (Scriptwriting, 2008)
- Tina Makereti (Writing for the Page, 2008)
- Louise Wallace (Writing for the Page, 2008)
- Eleanor Catton (Writing for the Page, 2007)
- Tusi Tamasese (Scriptwriting, 2007)
- Tim Worrall (Scriptwriting, 2007)
- Amy Brown (Writing for the Page, 2006)
- Therese Lloyd (Writing for the Page, 2006)
- Branwen Millar (Scriptwriting, 2006)
- Anna Taylor (Writing for the Page, 2006)
- Michele Amas (Writing for the Page, 2005)
- Lynda Chanwai-Earle (Scriptwriting, 2005)
- Desiree Gezentsvey (Scriptwriting, 2005)
- Alice Miller (Writing for the Page, 2005)
- Marian Evans (Scriptwriting, 2004 )
- Kirsten McDougall (Writing for the Page, 2004)
- Marty Smith (Writing for the Page, 2004)
- Kelly Kilgour (Scriptwriting, 2003)
- Hinemoana Baker (Writing for the Page, 2002)
- Cliff Fell (Writing for the Page, 2002)
- Whiti Hereaka (Scriptwriting 2002)
- Rachael King (2001)
- Paula Morris (2001)
- Carl Shuker (2001)
- Anna Smaill (2001)
- Tim Corballis (2000)
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- MA scriptwriting profiles 2007
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The International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) hosts Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington's Creative Writing programme, offering both undergraduate and postgraduate courses. We are part of the Wellington Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University.
Application deadlines
We have specific application deadlines for undergraduate workshops in each trimester, and for our MA and PhD programmes.
Hear from our MA graduates
First-hand accounts of the MA Creative Writing year from former page and scriptwriting students.

Undergraduate courses
Discover your individual voice and develop your imaginative capacity within a lively community of writers.

Master of Arts in Creative Writing
Join the Creative Writing programme with a national and international reputation for developing many of New Zealand's best writers.

PhD in Creative Writing
Our PhD programme is designed for those who wish to write creatively and think in focussed and original ways about the critical contexts of their writing.

Craig Gamble—Convenor, Long-form Fiction workshop
'A long story allows a bit more space to delight or frighten, to build a world, to move the furniture about. This workshop will help you use every inch.'

Sue Orr—Teaching Fellow
Award-winning short-story writer and novelist Sue Orr will convene one of our MA Writing for the Page workshops in 2025.

Louise Proudfoot—MA graduate
'My advice to anyone doing the course is to commit 100%...You'll definitely be a better writer for it!’
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