174 Short courses in Creative Writing

San Diego alone is home to thousands of nonprofit organizations ranging from large educational institutions and hospitals to small, start-up agencies. These organizations must compete for funding in an increasingly challenging funding environment. The Grant Writing program is a key component of securing funding for many of San Diego State University most dynamic organizations.

Try your hand as a creative non-fiction writer with this Creative Writing in English summer course at Tallinn University, which aims to give you the best possible introduction to an exciting, fast-developing literary field.

At Writing With Confidence - Writing Beginner To Writing Pro from Udemy Pro copywriter/Cambridge University writing teacher reveals the secrets for writing blogs and business docs that enthral

The Poetry course at Warnborough College will allow you to study and practice poetry from home and in your own time. This includes expert input from professional tutors.

This Creative Writing - The Craft of Setting and Description course offered by Coursera in partnership with Wesleyan University is part of the Creative Writing Specialization.

Unleash your inner writer and let your creative juices flow with the Creative Writing course from Warnborough College. Learn about the different genres and styles of writing, before putting pen to paper and write your own masterpiece!

Craft Your Story Like the Great Writers. Craft an original story that will absorb a reader’s interest from the beginning to end. This Creative Writing Specialization offered by Coursera in partnership with Wesleyan University covers elements of three major creative writing genres: short story, narrative essay, and memoir. 

How do we transform experience and imagination into compelling prose? This Creative Writing - Fact or Fiction - Beginners course at the University of the Arts London (UAL) is designed to develop your creative skills and confidence to write.

With the Writing in the Sciences certificate offered by Coursera in partnership with Stanford learn at your own pace.

Life Writing and Writing Life at the University of the Arts London (UAL) is a course designed for people who want to start on or continue their path towards writing narrative non-fiction.

This Confident Copywriting online short course at the University of the Arts London (UAL) will develop your copywriting skillsand strengthen your unique writing style. You will gain practical insight into persuasive writing by working on print, web, social media and other forms of marketing media.

This Writing for Children course offered by City St George's, University of London is an ideal introduction to the world of children’s story writing; students gain confidence and learn to turn their ideas into exciting and creative children’s fiction.

Ever wanted to tap into that wellspring of creativity that bubbles beneath the surface? It's a refreshing, satisfying, enriching process, one that you can begin right here in this Intro to Creative Writing course offered by Concordia University Montréal.

Through the Creative Writing - Advanced Fiction and Writing for Performance course from the University of Cambridge you'll explore the history of the novel and analyse a variety of published work including scripts and screenplays.

Memoirs aren't just for people in the final chapters of their lives. If you're old enough to be in this Writing Your Memoir course offered by Concordia University Montréal, you've lived through a lot.

The Screenwriting - First Steps course offered by City St George's, University of London will guide you through the complex world of scriptwriting, giving ‘top tips’ and developing skills to produce industry-standard scripts and thrive within the professional filmmaking industry.

Writing. Editing. Persuasion. Learn the mechanics and strategy of effective communication with this Good with Words - Writing and Editing offered by Coursera in partnership with University of Michigan.

This Editing and Proofreading course offered by University of Sydney aims to give you a thorough grounding in the three-part editing process. It will equip you with the skills you need to turn rough copy into powerful and effective writing.

This Creative writing - an introduction to short story writing course from the University of Cambridge encourages students to identify how these stories ‘work’ by considering classic examples which, in each class, illustrate a particular aspect of short story composition.

This Effective Business Writing workshop offered by Concordia University Montréal is based on an optimized practical approach that mixes active learning with instructor-led and individual exercises.