Taught course
Creative Writing
Entry requirements
A good honours degree in a related subject. Equivalent qualifications and/or notable experience as a creative writer will also be considered. An online portfolio submission may be required as part of the selection process.
English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.5 with no component score below 6.0.
Months of entry
September
Course content
Overview
Where better to take your writing to the next level than the home city of literary greats like Charles Dickens and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?
On this MA Creative Writing degree course, you'll study the genres that inspire you the most – from poetry and historical fiction, to screenwriting and crime – and spend plenty of time writing and critiquing new work of your own.
If you're imaginative, ambitious and ready to devote yourself to improving your writing, it's time to take your studies to the next level with us. We'll give you the tools you need for a successful career as a writer, or in fields such as publishing, media, and education.
Course highlights
- Build confidence as a writer and consolidate your creative writing skills
- Get to grips with different writing techniques and study contemporary skills to inspire and entertain your audience through the power of the written word
- Complete a major project in the form of your own novel, screenplay or poem
- Participate in writers' workshops, where you'll develop your own skills and constructively contribute to the work of others
- Learn from our expert lecturers and creative writing academics, all of whom are published authors with a vast wealth of experience in the industry within their specialisms
- Learn about the market and current debates within differing genres
- Hear from accomplished guest speakers from the worlds of publishing and writing
Careers and opportunities
As a successful graduate of this course, you'll have experienced an exciting immersion into writing, with the freedom and discipline of writing across multiple forms to express your unique narrative voice.
Through workshops, independent writing and critical analysis, this creative writing Master's course will help you to develop your own skills and constructively contribute to the work of other writers.
When you graduate, you'll have completed a major project in the form of your own novel, screenplay or poem, and have developed the necessary confidence and critical skills to continue a career in writing, or in fields such as publishing, media, and education.
Graduates of this course have gone onto roles in:
- Publishing
- Editing
- Teaching
- Media
- Writing
- Journalism
- Public Relations (PR)
- Education
Recent graduates of this course have found jobs such as:
- Account Executive
- Article portfolio writing
- Freelance sports journalist
- Freelance writer
- Lecturer
- Social Media Manager
Fees and funding
UK students
TBC
International students
TBC
Qualification, course duration and attendance options
- MA
- part time24 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
- full time12 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
Course contact details
- Name
- Admissions Team
- admissions@port.ac.uk
- Phone
- 023 9284 5566