Creative Writing - MA

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Postgraduate

In Birmingham

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Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Birmingham

  • Duration

    1 Year

  • Start date

    September

Admission to the course is based on talent, commitment and potential. Applicants submit a portfolio of writing, published or unpublished, and are then interviewed by members of the MA teaching team. Applications are considered throughout the year for entry in September of any academic year.

You’ll have the opportunity to develop your writing in the forms of your choice – be it fiction, creative non-fiction, screenwriting, writing for theatre, or poetry – and extend your range in genres that may be new to you.

You’ll attend our programme of guest speakers and public events devoted to cultivating the creative imagination, the life of ideas and the literary arts, all organised by the Institute of Creative and Critical Writing based within the School of English.

As well as receiving specialist tuition from established writers, you’ll have exclusive access to six Masterclasses each year run by a Fellow of the Institute, a member of the MA team or a guest author. These Masterclasses are based on the Conservatoire model of music tuition and involve an expert public close-reading of a volunteered student text.

You’ll study at both the home of the School of English in Millennium Point, and at our £63 million development the Curzon Building, which boasts a richly stocked University Library, a wealth of digital learning resources, a Students’ Union and a dedicated student support hub.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Birmingham (West Midlands)
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City North Campus, B42 2SU

Start date

SeptemberEnrolment now open

About this course

Our MA is aimed at emerging writers, providing you with the skills and disciplines you need to advance. It’s founded upon the philosophy that writers can benefit from the same kind of training enjoyed by actors, musicians, and visual artists.

Essential Requirements
You submit a portfolio of writing, published or unpublished, of recent creative work.
This must be no more than ten pages long typed at 11pt. in any literary genre, of prose (2000 words fiction or non-fiction), and/or six - 10 poems, and/or 10 pages of playscript or screenplay. We also require two satisfactory references.
We also require two satisfactory references.
You will then be interviewed by members of the MA Creative Writing team.

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4.5
25/05/2019
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2020

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More than 50 reviews in the last 12 months

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Subjects

  • Creative Writing
  • Film Making
  • Screenwriting
  • Public
  • Writing
  • Team Training
  • Poetry
  • Scriptwriting
  • Short Story
  • Contemporary Poet
  • Creative Imagination
  • Screenplays
  • Contemporary Market

Course programme

Modules

In order to complete this course a student must successfully complete all the following CORE modules (totalling 100 credits)

Reading into Writing40 creditsMajor Project60 creditsIn order to complete this course a student must successfully complete at least 80 credits from the following indicative list of OPTIONAL modules.
  • Fiction
  • Poetry
  • Screenwriting
  • Creative Non-Fiction

Additional information

Full Time - 1 year
£7,700 per year

Part Time - 2 years
£3,900 per year

International Students
Full Time 1 year

£14,500 per year

Study mode: Full Time, Part Time

Creative Writing - MA

Price on request