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MA Contemporary Creative Writing

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Full time | Devon House | 1 year | JAN

Study mode

Full time

Duration

1 year

Start date

JAN

Key information
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Qualification type

MA - Master of Arts

Subject areas

Creative Writing

Course type

Taught

Course Summary

The Master of Arts in Contemporary Creative Writing at Northeastern University London equips students with the knowledge, craft skills and discipline needed to be a creative writer now. Introduction The Master of Arts in Contemporary Creative Writing at Northeastern University London equips students with the knowledge, craft skills and discipline needed to be a creative writer now. There are more routes to publication available than ever before. However, navigating the twenty-first century literary marketplace requires specialist skills and knowledge alongside artistic prowess. From the moment they join our MA programme, our students are considered writers and supported in achieving their personal and professional creative goals. Diverse contemporary authors and publication platforms are foregrounded, contextualised by the study of significant shifts in the literary landscape over the last 25 years. This enables students to situate their creative practice in today’s marketplace, develop awareness of avenues for artistic expression and gain professional skills suitable for the creative industries. All courses are led by published authors who are also experienced academics at the forefront of Creative Writing as a discipline. This fully online MA aims to be flexible and inclusive, with full- and part-time study options. Writers evolve their creative practice in a supportive and structured online learning environment, suitable for a writing community including recent graduates, lifelong learners, returners to education, and writers with wellbeing or access needs. Students will take courses which explore fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, scripts and screenplays alongside each other, and others which enable them to specialise in favoured forms. A combination of synchronous and asynchronous learning tasks means writers can work in a way which accommodates their individual lifestyles. These include lively online forums, interactive learning activities, creative writing workshops, face-to-face webinars and regular bespoke feedback from tutors on works-in-progress. Community is central: although working at distance, students work closely with peers and tutors on developing craft, critical and editing skills, preparing them to work professionally with editors, producers, agents, publishers and publicists. Structure The MA Contemporary Creative Writing programme is a remote 180-credit programme.

Students will complete two compulsory courses (a total of 60 credits), two ‘Masterclass’ courses (a total of 60 credits) and a dissertation (60 credits). The MA Contemporary Creative Writing programme also offers the option of an in-person Summer Writing Series enrichment course of 2-5 days (non-credit bearing) at an additional cost. Teaching & Learning The MA Contemporary Creative Writing programme will be delivered remotely online via live webinars, workshops, peer-editing and dedicated discussion forums.

Modules

The Publication Portfolio is a dissertation project which gives students the opportunity to design, research and produce a substantial, self-directed creative work in a literary genre (or genres) of their choosing. Students will situate this work in the publication market, demonstrating awareness of contemporary creative contexts. Students must also demonstrate meaningful engagement with a variety of scholarly sources relevant to aspects of process, form, genre and craft in the production of their creative work. This includes both published creative and critical works (e.g. theoretical texts, peer-reviewed research from academic journals).

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£9,315

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£9,315

Entry requirements

Offers are typically made to applicants holding an undergraduate degree with at least upper second-class honours (or equivalent). Each applicant will be assessed on an individual basis through their application, a reference and personal statement. Northeastern University London welcomes applications from mature students who may have been out of education for a while who have equivalent professional experience.