Celebrating Advanced Creative Writing

Artwork by Annette Kong

Reflecting on some of the achievements of the Imperial Horizons Advanced Creative Writing class of 2022-23.

The academic year 2022-23 was an outstanding year for Horizons module Advanced Creative Writing (ACW). Students in the class, taught by Dr Aifric Campbell, achieved the highest ever grades for the module since 2011. In the words of the external examiner "the creative results are testament to the power of interdisciplinary work". Especially notable was the broad range of topics, from investigations on ChatGPT to the challenges of longevity and the case for creative writing in STEMM curricula. 

Students from the group were also awarded for their creative work outside the classroom. Annette Kong (BEng Mechanical Engineering) held the Blyth Art Fellowship 2022-23. The fellowship's exhibition, featuring the work of Annette Kong and fellow Blyth Fellow Alex Conway, ran from 21st June – 15th September 2023.

View Annette's Blyth Fellowship page.

Another member of Advanced Creative Writing 2022-23, Matvey Boguslavskiy (MEng Design Engineering), was winner of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Prize for outstanding achievement in an Engineering Course at Imperial College London.

Matvey, who is a "huge space enthusiast" has recently been a contributor to a research publication in the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society. His short story "Identity as Distance" is available to read online.

Read Identity as Distance: A short story

We look forward to hearing about future projects of these ACW alumni and of those starting on the module this year!