MA Creative Writing in Nottingham Trent University, UK

MA Creative Writing in Nottingham Trent University

You will be joining a lively community of other writers and teachers where you will have the opportunity to work in a variety of genres, including fiction, poetry, children’s and young adult fiction, and writing for radio, stage and screen.

• Taught by professional authors, poets and researchers.
• Develop your writing in a variety of genres including fiction, poetry, children's and young adult fiction, writing for radio, stage and screen, and creative non-fiction.
• Our close links to the publishing and editing industries provide you with networking opportunities and the chance to meet publishers, editors and agents.
• Learn from internationally published and award winning visiting writers such as William Ivory, David Almond, Alan Hollinghurst and Kathleen Jamie.
• Study Creative Writing in a UNESCO City of Literature.
• Full-time and part-time study available.

Careers and employability

Career development

The unique flexibility of the course enables students to work in a variety of genres including fiction, poetry, children's and young adult fiction, writing for radio, stage and screen, and creative non-fiction. Advice on getting published and lectures on the writing industry are incorporated into the structure of the course, and there are opportunities to meet publishers, editors and agents. Students are encouraged to build strong links with Nottingham's thriving literature community and are invited to participate in local events, readings and festivals.

Every year our students produce and publish their own high-quality anthology of original creative writing. This gives students invaluable insight into the editorial and publishing industry, as well as introducing their work to a wider public.

Graduates from this course have included many highly successful published authors across a wide range of genres, such as Kim Slater, Hilary Spiers, Stephan Collishaw, Maria Allen, Di Slaney, and Nicola Monaghan.

Although this course does not offer a formal placement, it is vocationally focused and many recent graduates have acquired agents and publishing deals.

The course also has strong professional links to the Times Literary Supplement, Nottingham Playhouse, and other institutions. This course will help you to develop a broad spectrum of skills transferable to many job roles. Our recent graduates have pursued a range of careers within and beyond the writing industries, or progressed on to doctoral or postdoctoral research.

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