This programme is offered either full and part time basis.
Our course will lift you as a writer. You will learn how to write, how to read and how to edit.
You will study the craft of prose fiction with an internationally excellent cohort of other writers, and you’ll be taught by outstanding and committed faculty, alongside internationally recognised visiting writers – recent examples include Margaret Atwood, Ali Smith, Caryl Phillips and Ian Rankin.
We will challenge you to explore your notions about writing and being a writer, as well as provoking you into play, experimentation and risk.
After this intensive year, you will leave the course confident of technique and craft, as well as your own voice. It’s no wonder that our student’s success is unparalleled with many of our graduates going on to publish their own work – with others moving into publishing, journalism or teaching.
Degree Subject UK BA (Hons) 2:1 or equivalent preferred but not essential. Special Entry Requirements Sample of work - see below
Students for whom English is a Foreign language
We welcome applications from students whose first language is not English. To ensure such students benefit from postgraduate study, we require evidence of proficiency in English. Our usual entry requirements are as follows:
IELTS: 7.0 (minimum 6.0 in each section and 7.0 in writing)
PTE (Pearson): 68 (minimum 55 in each section and 68 in writing)
Test dates should be within two years of the course start date.
Compulsory Study (140 credits)
Students must study the following modules for 140 credits:
CREATIVE WRITING (PROSE) DISSERTATION
CREATIVE WRITING RESEARCH METHODOLOGY CONFERENCE
CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP: PROSE 1
CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP: PROSE 2
Option A Study (20 credits)
Students will select 20 credits from the following modules:
CRITICISM/CRITIQUE
FICTION ´AFTER´ MODERNISM: RE-READING THE 20TH CENTURY
LIVING MODERNISM
THE ART OF SHORT FICTION
THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE BOOK: 1500-1700
THE WRITING OF CRIME/THRILLER FICTION
Option B Study (20 credits)
Students will select 20 credits from the following modules:
ADAPTATION AND INTERPRETATION
CREATIVE-CRITICAL WRITING
EAST ANGLIAN LITERATURE
LUDIC LITERATURE
PUBLISHING - A PRACTICAL APPROACH
THE NON FICTION NOVEL
THE NORTHERN RENAISSANCE, 1500-1620
THE POETICS OF PLACE
THEORY AND PRACTICE OF FICTION
Writing
Publishing
Journalism
Teaching