MA Creative Writing at Keele University

Study creative writing at Keele and you’ll join a thriving, close-knit and passionate community of academics, published writers, students and researchers. We share the same goals: to develop our creative and professional skills as a writer, build connections, support and inspire each other. Many of our graduates – ‘Keelites’ – have gone on to become successful novelists, authors, biographers and poets, including Stoke’s first poet laureate and winner of the Roy Fisher Prize.

Faculty: Faculty of Business, Law, Humanities and Social Sciences  |  Department: Humanities  |  Duration: Full time - 1 year, Part time - 2 years  |  Study mode: full-time; part-time  |  Intake: September  |  Location: Keele, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

The underlying aim of this course is to provide a nurturing, supportive creative space to hone your craft, where you can collaborate with like-minded individuals, explore new ideas, experiment with language and learn to arrange words in new and exciting ways. Teaching and extra-curricular activities are focused on improving your writing to bring it up to a publishable standard – from the 1:1 feedback from your portfolio supervisor to seminars, workshops, writing competitions and open mic nights.

Career pathways

Many of our graduates have gone on to become successful poets and novelists; some are dedicated to spreading the positive vibes that creative writing can bring. Take Gabriella Gay, for example, who chose to set up a writers residency at Hanley car boot sale while studying, or the ‘Emergency Poet’ Deborah Alma.

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