Larnaca to host 7th International Creative Writing Conference

The 7th International Creative Writing Conference is scheduled to take place from October 8 to October 10, 2026, at UCLan Cyprus in Larnaca. The event will bring together professors, researchers, doctoral and postgraduate students, authors, and writing enthusiasts from various countries and continents to discuss writing, reading, criticism, research, and text studies.

The conference is organized by the Postgraduate Program in Creative Writing in collaboration with the Interdepartmental Postgraduate Program in Rhetoric, Communication, and Creative Writing in Education, Lund University (Centre for Languages and Literature/Modern Greek Studies), and the Pedagogical Institute of Cyprus under the Ministry of Education, Sport, and Youth, with support from the Municipality of Larnaca.

Triantafyllos H. Kotopoulos, Chairman of the Scientific Committee and Professor at the University of Western Macedonia, noted that the field of creative writing encompasses poetry, prose, theater, screenwriting, songwriting, digital media, and journalism. He also highlighted the evolving role of Artificial Intelligence as a useful tool in the discipline.