MA Creative Writing at Durham University

Develop your skills in writing poetry and fiction and enhance your knowledge of twentieth and twenty-first century literature on this exciting and rewarding course, taught by award-winning writers. Our MA in Creative Writing is an exciting and rewarding course, taught by award-winning writers. It will help sharpen your practical knowledge of writing poetry and/or prose fiction and develop your knowledge and understanding of twentieth and twenty-first century literature.

Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Humanities  |  Department: English Studies  |  Duration: 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time  |  Study mode: full-time (part-time option)  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: Durham, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

The course offers you the freedom to study broadly or to specialise, while providing you with a support structure where you will be able to develop your own creative writing. As a student on this course, you will also have access to an extensive events programme, which includes the sharing of work and expertise by leading researchers and writers. Compulsory modules include Creative Writing Dissertation, EITHER: Creative Writing Poetry, AND / OR Creative Writing Prose Fiction, The Word in the World.

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