52 Full-time Short courses in Creative Writing

Parsons Paris and the Creative Writing Program at The New School's Paris Writing Intensive Engagement have joined forces to present a non-credit certificate: the Paris Writing Intensive. 

Develop creative writing skills in multiple genres of interest including fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and more. This customizable program culminates in a capstone project in which students make significant progress on a polished collection of work. UCLA Extension's Creative Writing certificate can be completed online or in the classroom.

Malmö University's Character Design course aims to give fundamental theoretical and practical knowledge of figure/character development for various visual narrative media, including games.

The Writing Monologues and Duologues programme from Guildhall School of Music & Drama  will guide you step-by-step through the process of creating a compelling two-character play.

The Scientific Writing in Context course from UCL Summer School aims to guide you through writing a scientific research paper, as applied to the physical sciences, for an audience of peers.

The Creative Writing for Publication program from Maynooth University will give participants a practical grounding in the writing of fiction and creative non-fiction for publication. 

Are you serious about writing, but finding it difficult to finish a screenplay? Maybe you've finished a first draft but are struggling with the inevitable re-write- or you have several ideas and can't decide which are worth pursuing. If that's the case, then this Screenwriting - Intermediate course at the University of the Arts London (UAL) is for you.

This How to Write Comic Books course offered by Australian City Design College will introduce students to writing a great story for the comic book industry.

This How to Write Movies course offered by Australian City Design College will introduce you to write a great story for the movie industry.

Boston University offers the Introduction to Creative Writing programme.

This Creative Writing - Fact or Fiction - Intensive course at the University of the Arts London (UAL) is not suitable for beginners. You've already taken an introductory course. Now you've developed an addiction.

This Writers Workshop course offered by City St George's, University of London is an advanced fiction-writing short course designed to help experienced writers move ongoing work towards a publishable standard.