Creative Writing with English Literary Studies MA 12 months Postgraduate Program By Lancaster University |Top Universities
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# 38QS Subject Rankings

Program Duration

12 monthsProgram duration

Tuitionfee

24,830 GBPTuition Fee/year

Scholarship

YesScholarships

Program overview

Main Subject

English Language and Literature

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Why Lancaster?
  • Develop your own creative voice as well as your critical, or even creative-critical writing with support from widely published authors, scholars and critics
  • Be inspired by our rich programme of literary events on campus, online, and in the city’s historic Castle Quarter
  • Study on campus in the University Library’s bespoke Postgraduate Study Space, or in the Castle Quarter within the University’s Postgraduate Study Hub at The Storey, the city’s Victorian-build arts venue
  • Present your work at our annual MA Showcase
  • Get involved with our four student-run literary journals: Cake, Lux, Flash, and Errant and our partners, the city-based LitFest
  • Enjoy the benefits of our partnership with the archive-rich Wordsworth Grasmere, including internship opportunities


Lancaster was one of the very first universities to teach Creative Writing. Today we continue to lead in this field as well as the new field of creative-critical writing through not only our celebrated tutors but our students who, most years, publish an anthology, and compete for a place within our LitFest student showcase.
Writing and reading

This degree provides a rare opportunity to develop both your creative and critical writing at Master's level, and indeed to explore, if you wish, radical fusions of these two modes. You will take the in-common module ‘Research Training and Professional Practice,’ exploring the many ways that your writing can flourish both within the academy and beyond. In addition, you will select two Creative Writing modules and two modules in Literary Studies. You will also complete a Creative Writing Portfolio, which comprises of a creative piece and a critical essay.

Focused on your growth

We’ve been helping creative writers reach their potential since 1970. From day one, our focus has always been on helping our students hone their work, and sharpen the myriad skills involved in writing at the very highest levels. With our many author-tutors, you can practice in traditional forms such as the short story, the novel, poetry, theatre, as well as digital media, life-writing, place-writing, graphic novels, writing for games, the lyric essay, and writing for young adults.

Other worlds

Creative Writing and Literary Studies at Lancaster means not only a deep and close engagement with writing itself but the opportunity, if you wish, to explore how literature opens onto many other worlds – politics, ecology, philosophy, psychology, theology, film, and fashion, etc. To support this, you can if you wish take one a module from outside of the Department -- in, say, History, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Politics, Sociology or Film Studies (subject to availability).

Supportive community

You will be taught in regular small-group workshops and seminars, and have frequent one-to-one tutorials with a genre-specific supervisor when working on your final portfolio. This is intended to be suitable for submission to literary journals or agents, setting you on the road to publication. We also encourage you to meet in person with all your tutors to discuss your work. And you will have an academic advisor who you meet to review your progress.

Literary Community

Many of our special literary events (readings, conversations etc) take place in the Castle Quarter, with the Department’s flagship events, the October Lecture and May Gathering, being usually held at Lancaster’s ancient Priory. In addition, we have a unique partnership with the archive-rich Wordsworth Museum at Grasmere, which includes internships, an annual study retreat day, and free entry at any time of the year.

Program overview

Main Subject

English Language and Literature

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Why Lancaster?
  • Develop your own creative voice as well as your critical, or even creative-critical writing with support from widely published authors, scholars and critics
  • Be inspired by our rich programme of literary events on campus, online, and in the city’s historic Castle Quarter
  • Study on campus in the University Library’s bespoke Postgraduate Study Space, or in the Castle Quarter within the University’s Postgraduate Study Hub at The Storey, the city’s Victorian-build arts venue
  • Present your work at our annual MA Showcase
  • Get involved with our four student-run literary journals: Cake, Lux, Flash, and Errant and our partners, the city-based LitFest
  • Enjoy the benefits of our partnership with the archive-rich Wordsworth Grasmere, including internship opportunities


Lancaster was one of the very first universities to teach Creative Writing. Today we continue to lead in this field as well as the new field of creative-critical writing through not only our celebrated tutors but our students who, most years, publish an anthology, and compete for a place within our LitFest student showcase.
Writing and reading

This degree provides a rare opportunity to develop both your creative and critical writing at Master's level, and indeed to explore, if you wish, radical fusions of these two modes. You will take the in-common module ‘Research Training and Professional Practice,’ exploring the many ways that your writing can flourish both within the academy and beyond. In addition, you will select two Creative Writing modules and two modules in Literary Studies. You will also complete a Creative Writing Portfolio, which comprises of a creative piece and a critical essay.

Focused on your growth

We’ve been helping creative writers reach their potential since 1970. From day one, our focus has always been on helping our students hone their work, and sharpen the myriad skills involved in writing at the very highest levels. With our many author-tutors, you can practice in traditional forms such as the short story, the novel, poetry, theatre, as well as digital media, life-writing, place-writing, graphic novels, writing for games, the lyric essay, and writing for young adults.

Other worlds

Creative Writing and Literary Studies at Lancaster means not only a deep and close engagement with writing itself but the opportunity, if you wish, to explore how literature opens onto many other worlds – politics, ecology, philosophy, psychology, theology, film, and fashion, etc. To support this, you can if you wish take one a module from outside of the Department -- in, say, History, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Politics, Sociology or Film Studies (subject to availability).

Supportive community

You will be taught in regular small-group workshops and seminars, and have frequent one-to-one tutorials with a genre-specific supervisor when working on your final portfolio. This is intended to be suitable for submission to literary journals or agents, setting you on the road to publication. We also encourage you to meet in person with all your tutors to discuss your work. And you will have an academic advisor who you meet to review your progress.

Literary Community

Many of our special literary events (readings, conversations etc) take place in the Castle Quarter, with the Department’s flagship events, the October Lecture and May Gathering, being usually held at Lancaster’s ancient Priory. In addition, we have a unique partnership with the archive-rich Wordsworth Museum at Grasmere, which includes internships, an annual study retreat day, and free entry at any time of the year.

Admission Requirements

65+
7+
3.3+
94+
2:1 degree in a related subject is normally required. We will also consider applications on an individual basis where you have a degree in other subjects, have a 2:2 or equivalent result or extensive relevant experience. We ask that all applicants on this programme submit a sample of writing.

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Tuition Fee and Scholarships

Domestic Students

11,960 GBP
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International Students

24,830 GBP
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