Course summary
If you're a talented and ambitious writer looking to develop your craft and take your writing to the next level, Glasgow's renowned Creative Writing MLitt is ideal. Develop your writing practice wherever you are in the world by gaining creative and critical skills on this exciting and supportive online course. WHY THIS PROGRAMME
- Our MLitt in Creative Writing is delivered within a clear three-part structure, focused on creative, critical and editorial skills.
- Our Creative Writing programme has gained an excellent reputation with writers, agents and publishers. The University's writing courses are among the most challenging and popular in the UK.
- These courses have helped launch the careers of an impressive list of acclaimed authors including, but not limited to: Anne Donovan, Helen Sedgwick, Kirsty Logan, Jen Hadfield, JL Williams, Louise Welsh, Zoe Strachan, Elizabeth Reeder and many others.
- You'll be taught by successful and well-regarded writers who specialise across diverse genres. We are happy to supervise students working in established genres but just as keen to see students mix genres or create new forms. In addition, you'll be able to tap into the University's strong network of literary agents and publishers, as well as an impressive list of published alumni.
- This online programme is 1 year full time. If you are already working full time or have family commitments, the course can also be completed on a part-time flexible study basis over 2 years.
- Experiment with a range of voices, techniques and genres and consider major creative and editorial engagements
- Develop a critical understanding of a diverse creative, theoretic and critical texts
- Develop editorial skills
- Gain an understanding of literary techniques and ideas
- Access the work and thought of a wide range of literary artists
- Produce extended portfolios of creative and editorial work
- Understand the writing context (audience, publishing in all its forms, the legal framework, modes of transmission)
- Become disciplined in writing regularly in a stimulating workshop and tutorial environment in which writing skills can be acquired, discussed and honed
- Be part of a stimulating and critical peer group that reads, engages with, and appraises one others work
- Understand the means of literary transmission and how these means affect your own work
- Meet, hear and talk to professional writers and individuals from publishing and other transmission industries
- Display an understanding of the mechanisms (historical and contemporary) of literary textual transmission and other forms of transmission (including performance) in their various technological, commercial and artistic aspects
How to apply
International applicants
International applicant information can be found via gla.ac.uk by searching for 'international'.
Entry requirements
You will normally have a 2.1 Honours degree (or equivalent), though this is not a pre-requisite. The primary basis for admission is the appraisal of a portfolio of your creative work. Please include a portfolio of original work (poetry, fiction, life-writing or other prose, drama, and in some instances a portfolio of work in or of translation). A maximum of 20 pages (one side only, double spaced throughout) per submission will be considered, and the portfolio can contain prose, verse, script, or a combination of these. We also require a letter of reference. Your referee should be an academic or a creative referee where possible. Where this is not possible, you can provide a referee who can vouch that you are who you say you are and that your work and achievements are your own. It is particularly helpful if your referee is familiar with your writing and can provide references on that basis.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
All fees are published on the University of Glasgow website.
https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/feesandfunding/
Sponsorship information
Sponsorship and funding information can be found via gla.ac.uk by searching for 'scholarships'.
Provider information
University of Glasgow
Berkeley Square
Pavilion 3
99 Berkeley Street
Glasgow
G3 7HR