Postgraduate Creative Writing courses
Work alongside award-winning authors, poets, novelists and writers.
Our staff include novelist Dan Vyleta; expert in the short story Elsa Braekkan Payne; poet and novelist Luke Kennard; fiction and screenwriter Richard House; short story writer Anna Metcalfe; award-winning poet Isabel Galleymore; and best-selling novelist Ruth Gilligan. We encourage new and diverse forms of writing and support you to develop your craft. As well as an intensive focus on developing your own work, voice and ideas, you will be given insights into the world of publishing by industry professionals.
Creative Writing PhD
Course information for prospective postgraduate students on our PhD Creative Writing doctoral research degree programme at the University of Birmingham
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Course information for prospective postgraduate students on our MA Creative Writing taught masters degree programme at the University of Birmingham.
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Creative Writing
Entry requirements.
We ask for a 2:1 Honours degree, or equivalent, preferably in English and/or Creative Writing, but other disciplines will be considered. Applicants should also have considerable experience of writing creatively.
All prospective students must also submit a sample of written work as part of the online application process.
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Course content.
Short fiction, the novel, poetry, plays and screenplays: define and refine your chosen genre at the University of Birmingham, and explore genres that are new to your writing experience.
If you are a graduate with considerable experience in writing creatively and wish to proceed to a career or further study in this area, then our innovative MA in Creative Writing is for you.
The programme will allow you to develop your own work, your own voice and your own ideas with dedicated workshop time and opportunities to give and receive feedback to and from your peers. You will also benefit from professional skills training to prepare you for your encounters with the writing industry, with insights from industry professional such as editors and publishers.
The programme brings together students who work across different genres so that you can engage collaboratively across genres before specialising in screenwriting, playwriting, prose fiction or poetry for your dissertation.
Qualification, course duration and attendance options
- Campus-based learning is available for this qualification
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