MA Creative Writing and Publishing - Full-time

Master's Level

• Dissertation - Creative Writing and Publishing (Core)
• English Now: Fiction, Form, and Genre for Publication (Core)
• Non Fiction and Professional Writing (Core)
• Production and Creativity for Publishing (Core)
• Production and the Business of Publishing (Core)

How You Study

Students have the opportunity to work across different genres and formats including poetry, fiction, life writing, and script writing, to work with editors and publishers, and to write an extended piece of creative literature.

Staff involved in the teaching of this specialist programme may include published novelists, poets, and scriptwriters. The programme takes advantage of links to professional environments within journalism and London-based publishing to enhance student opportunities. There is the opportunity to engage with editors and journalists working at The Guardian who provide additional masterclasses in aspects of professional writing.

Modules aim to develop the skills required to become a successful writer and to provide the creative freedom to become proficient through practice in a favoured genre. Please refer to the Modules tab for more detailed information.

Teaching is divided between sessions at The Guardian offices in London and the University’s Brayford Pool Campus in the historic city of Lincoln. Students are expected to attend ten one-day sessions in London and ten one-day sessions in Lincoln alternately, as well as optional workshop sessions in Lincoln.

Students are expected to cover the cost of their travel to all teaching sessions, plus any associated accommodation and general living costs.