Creative Writing: Writing and Publishing Fiction MA
University of Chester

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MA - Master of Arts

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Exton Park (Parkgate Road) Campus

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Full Time

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OCT-25

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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.This distinctive course comprises four modules – Writing Short Fiction for Publication, Writing Novels for Publication, Getting Published, and The Writing Project – which are taught by a team of published authors, editors, and scholars. Their ...Read more

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.This distinctive course comprises four modules – Writing Short Fiction for Publication, Writing Novels for Publication, Getting Published, and The Writing Project – which are taught by a team of published authors, editors, and scholars. Their publications include: flash fiction novels short-story anthologies and collections articles and essays interviews student textbooks and writers guides. Two of the teaching team edit Flash: The International Short-Short Story Magazine, which has published stories by students on the MA.The Exton Park library is well stocked with creative writing textbooks and houses the Flash Fiction Special Collection, the worlds largest archive of flash-related books and magazines.

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Entry requirements

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.

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£8,775 per year

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£15,000 per year

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£15,000 per year

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