MLitt Creative Writing
University of Strathclyde
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Study with us work closely with experienced, published writers who know the industry to develop your writing practicebenefit from workshops with peers and tutors while developing your ideaswork on an extended creative project developed on a one-on-one basis with your tutorprepare for the practical side of literary developmentexperiment with new and hybrid formswork in a dynamic, artistic city full of history and possibilityThe Convener of the MLitt in Creative Writing is the award-winning ...Read more

Study with us work closely with experienced, published writers who know the industry to develop your writing practicebenefit from workshops with peers and tutors while developing your ideaswork on an extended creative project developed on a one-on-one basis with your tutorprepare for the practical side of literary developmentexperiment with new and hybrid formswork in a dynamic, artistic city full of history and possibilityThe Convener of the MLitt in Creative Writing is the award-winning novelist, short story writer, editor and biographer Rodge Glass, author of Bring Me the Head of Ryan Giggs, Stories for the EasyJet Generation and Alasdair Gray: A Secretary’s Biography. Why this course? This course is designed across three semesters, with each class intended to develop not just the skills aspiring writers need, but the right skills at the right stage in their development. The structure of the MLitt gives writers the freedom to pursue their chosen forms and genres in terms of their creative work, while providing guidance and support in an academic context too. The staff team aim for a collegiate, supportive atmosphere – we aren’t just a writing course, we’re a writing community. Strathclyde staff can offer specialist tuition in a wide range of genres including: contemporary fiction & non-fiction historical fiction & fiction for young adults screenwriting poetry

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Entry requirements

An upper second-class Honours degree, or overseas equivalent, in any subject, plus a portfolio of creative writing. The submission of a satisfactory entry portfolio of creative writing. This should consist of one of the following: 2,000 words of prose (fiction or creative non-fiction) up to 10 poems (no more than 40 lines in length) the page equivalent of a short, fifteen-minute play an outline of creative work you might develop in the course of the degree, possibly in the context of the dissertation (no more than two A4 pages)

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£9,550 per year

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£9,550 per year

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£9,550 per year

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Students from Scotland

£9,550 per year

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£9,550 per year

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Students from Northern Ireland

£21,550 per year

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£21,550 per year

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