Creative Writing

Waiariki Diploma in Creative Writing

Kylie Meehan is an artist, hairdresser, businesswoman and scriptwriter, who has recently completed Writing the Screenplay and is working through other courses in the Diploma of Creative Writing. Her short film script The Winter Boy has been selected by the New Zealand film commission for production. Another short film was short-listed in the 2009 Pikihuia Awards.

Ex student Helga Sonier says “Writing has been my bread and butter and my soul food for as long as I can remember.” Since graduating with the Waiariki Diploma in Creative Writing, Sonier has carved a niche for herself in the world of nonfiction writing, and operates under the name of InnovativeCreative, offering her services as writer and editor.

With a particular penchant for haiku poetry, Creative Writing student Kirsten Cliff lives in a home dedicated to writing, aptly named Wordsmith House. She enjoys writing other people's stories and her own for magazines, newspapers, and websites. In 2009 she was placed Commended, and in 2008 she was placed Highly Commended in the NZPS International Haiku Competition and 3rd in the Katikati Haiku Pathway Contest. She has also won the ANZMES Writing Competition for the last four years running with her poetry and prose. Kirsten is part of the Bravado Editorial Team and is their 'roving arts reporter'.

For further information on all courses, contact Jaarna Hoskins 0800 –Waiariki or Jaarna.Hoskins@waiariki.ac.nz