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MA - Master of Arts
Exton Park
Full Time
OCT-26
1 Year
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MA - Master of Arts
Exton Park
Full Time
OCT-26
1 Year
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Our MA in Creative Writing: Writing and Publishing Fiction is a stimulating and rewarding course designed to help you develop the craft of excellent writing, enable you to produce original fiction, and equip you with the knowledge to get it published.
Distinctive and popular, the MA comprises four modules:
These are taught by a team of highly respected authors, editors, and academics. Their publications include: flash fictions novellas and novels short-story anthologies and collections articles and essays interviews student textbooks and writers’ guides.
A minimum of a 2:2 honours degree, or the equivalent, in an appropriate discipline is required (for example, Creative Writing; English Literature; English Language; Drama; Theatre Studies; Communication Studies; Cultural Studies; Film Studies; Journalism; Professional Writing). Applicants with lower qualifications, a degree in another discipline or appropriate relevant experience should contact the programme leader for advice.
Admission to the course is subject to an acceptable entry qualification profile and in some instances, a sample of creative writing (fiction) and an interview.
In your personal statement on the application form, please give details of the fiction you have written (including any publications), what (if any) fiction-related events you have attended (e.g. workshops, readings), which fiction writers you particularly admire and why, and why you would like to do our MA.
A sample of your fiction may be requested (c. 15 pages of flashes, a short story, or an extract of a longer fictional prose piece).
Students living in
Domestic
£9,090 per year
Students from Domestic
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£15,500 per year
Students from EU
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from somewhere in the EU.
£15,500 per year
Students from International
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from a country outside the EU.
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