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Newcastle university: creative writing, doctor of philosophy - phd, full-time, 36 months starts sep 2024.

Our supervision expertise, partnerships and passion for creative writing offers you an energetic, creative and well-resourced research culture to immerse yourself in.

We offer MPhil and PhD in Creative Writing supervision from a diverse range of experienced writers who are recognised specialists in their field. Areas of expertise include:

poetry prose fiction, including fiction for children or young adults writing for stage, screen, or radio writing creative non-fiction, including: memoir biography narrative non-fiction essay writing the literature of travel, nature and place We have strong links with a variety of partners, who all provide a wealth of materials, knowledge and opportunities:

Seven Stories: The National Centre for the Children's Book Wordsworth Trust (Dove Cottage) Bloodaxe Books Northern Stage Live Theatre Tyneside Cinema

Part-Time, 72 months starts Sep 2024

Full-time, 36 months started sep 2023, part-time, 72 months started sep 2023, full-time, 12 months starts sep 2024.

Our PGCert and MA in Creative Writing provides a unique opportunity to explore and develop your creative writing skills through practise, revision and discussion.

Our Creative Writing master's develops your understanding and awareness of your own writing and your technical writing skills.

You'll further your awareness of: writing processes professional writing publishing

This PGCert and MA in Creative Writing provide a unique opportunity to explore and develop your creative writing skills. We teach creative writing in three areas: prose writing, with an emphasis on short fiction, creative non-fiction and the essay poetry with an emphasis on the practice and study of a variety of poetic traditions and contemporary techniques scriptwriting, which includes writing for the theatre and screenwriting

Through these areas, we'll introduce you to a wide range of subjects and opportunities with which writers are working professionally.

Members of our staff have received national and international recognition for their writing. You'll work with them to prepare your own writing for submission.

If you complete the Creative Writing PGCert, you can choose to transfer to the second year of our part-time MA.

What you'll learn Through this Creative Writing master's you'll be inducted into the habits and inventive strategies of writers in a module dedicated to process. You'll also begin to concentrate on skills specific to different fields of writing in craft.

You'll go on to test your own writing in one of three workshops dedicated to poetry, prose or script. You'll also take the opportunity to focus on areas of imaginative writing that are specialisms of our staff. Examples of our specialisms include: The Short Story Poetry and Translation Life Writing Screenwriting

Our Profession of Writing module explores the roles and importance of: agents editors reviewers professional opportunities for creative writers

Delivery and teaching methods You’ll be taught using a range of methods, typically including: taught sessions workshops guided reading individual consultations

The portfolio will see you finely develop your work through one-to-one supervision. Our small seminar groups and one-to-one supervision mean you'll work closely with your tutors, who are all writing practitioners.

All our classes take place in the early evening.

Facilities The School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics is a lively and diverse community with over 700 undergraduates and 200 postgraduates. We're based in the Percy Building. Our purpose-built postgraduate suite includes: several dedicated computer clusters meeting rooms a kitchen and lounge area

Our award-winning Phillip Robinson Library has an extensive audio-visual collection.

Part-Time, 24 months starts Sep 2024

Full-time, 12 months started sep 2023, part-time, 24 months started sep 2023, master of philosophy - mphil, postgraduate certificate - pgcert.

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Creative Writing

Entry requirements.

Usually a 2:1 honours degree, or international equivalent, in a related subject such as:

• creative writing
• English literature
• screenwriting

We will also consider applicants on an individual basis with lower or non-standard qualifications. Along with your application you will be asked to submit examples of your creative writing, either two short stories, six poems or a script.

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Our Creative Writing master's develops your understanding and awareness of your own writing and your technical writing skills.

You'll further your awareness of:

• writing processes
• professional writing

This PGCert and MA in Creative Writing provide a unique opportunity to explore and develop your creative writing skills. We teach creative writing in three areas:

• prose writing, with an emphasis on short fiction, creative non-fiction and the essay
• poetry with an emphasis on the practice and study of a variety of poetic traditions and contemporary techniques
• scriptwriting, which includes writing for the theatre and screenwriting

Through these areas, we'll introduce you to a wide range of subjects and opportunities with which writers are working professionally.

Members of our staff have received national and international recognition for their writing. You'll work with them to prepare your own writing for submission.

If you complete the Creative Writing PGCert, you can choose to transfer to the second year of our part-time MA.

Information for international students

To study this course you need to meet our Band 10 English Language requirements: Direct Entry: IELTS 7.0 overall (with 6.5 in writing and a minimum of 6.0 in all other sub-skills). Pre-sessional English Language courses are not accepted as an alternative entry to this course.

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No matter which degree you choose, you’ll have opportunities to try your hand at creative writing. You'll also be able to get involved with the Newcastle Centre for the Literary Arts .

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EPHUMA173 Creative Writing and Reading

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Through a close reading and discussion of texts, students are familiarised with the techniques and strategies used by creative writers and trained to apply these techniques to produce a range of creative written forms. The work of Australian and international writers, as well as the original writing of students, will be used to analyse and critique literary form.

Availability 2024 Course Timetables

• Semester 1 - 2024
• Semester 2 - 2024

On successful completion of the course students will be able to:

1. Identify a range of writing techniques in poetry, creative nonfiction and fiction.

2. Apply the conventions of editing and refining written language in terms of grammar and sentence construction.

3. Develop and practice skills in critiquing other people's work and through this, develop the ability to recognise issues within their own writing.

4. Create projects that reflect an understanding of the literary conventions and techniques of creative writing in its relevant form.

This course is an introduction to creative writing, offering a structured program that guides students through key exemplars in poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction. Through lectures and classroom discussion of these exemplars and guided conversation around creative works in progress, students will develop the foundational creative writing skills required to complete their chosen creative projects. 

Quiz: Quizzes

Written Assignment: Workshopping as Feedback

Written Assignment: Short Creative Work

Written Assignment: Major Creative Work

Written Assignment: Reflective Task

Semester 1 - 2024 - Callaghan

• Face to Face On Campus 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
• Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1

Semester 1 - 2024 - Online

Self-directed learning-1.

• Self-Directed 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
• Self-Directed learning is equivalent to face-to-face contact hours. It involves engagement with course materials that are delivered at a time that suits you via short videos, course notes, podcasts, readings and other activities.
• Online 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1

Semester 2 - 2024 - Callaghan

• EPHUMA173 - Semester 1, 2024 (Callaghan) (PDF, 310.8 KB)
• EPHUMA173 - Semester 1, 2024 (Online) (PDF, 311.6 KB)

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Ava Moreci ‘25 (CCS Writing & Literature) receives an inaugural 2023-2024 M. Garren Tinney Travel Award

Ucsb undergraduate writers are inspired to pursue writing-related travel opportunities thanks to m. garren tinney memorial fund.

The UCSB Writing Program in the Division of Humanities and Fine Arts at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) recently announced the inaugural 2023-2024 M. Garren Tinney Travel Award Recipients : Ava Moreci ‘25 (CCS Writing & Literature) and Jackie Jauregui ‘25 (L&S Spanish).  Elora Shaw ’25 (L&S Psychological and Brain Sciences, Biological Anthropology) received an Honorable Mention. Thanks to the M. Garren Tinney Memorial Fund established in June 2023 in loving memory of M. Garren Tinney ‘01 (L&S English), talented students each year receive an award to support travel related to their writing.  

Ava will use her award to attend the Puget Sound Bird Festival in Edmonds, Washington that attracts scholars, writers, and communities of birdwatchers for writing and research development in the areas of birds, nature writing, and climate change. Jackie will participate in ieiMedia's Berlin Project, a three-week journalism intensive program in Berlin, Germany led by professionals with storied careers.  

The College of Creative Studies (CCS) congratulates both recipients!  

For more information:

“2023-2024 M. Garren Tinney Travel Award Recipients Announced,” UCSB Writing Program, Division of Humanities and Fine Arts, April 17, 2024

“ Writing Program names inaugural M. Garren Tinney Fellows ,” UCSB The Current, January 24, 2024 

“Inaugural 2023-2024 M. Garren Tinney Writing Fellows,” UCSB Writing Program, Division of Humanities and Fine Arts, January 19, 2024

For inquiries and to make a gift in loving memory of Garren to the M. Garren Tinney Memorial Fund, contact Venilde Jeronimo ([email protected]). Gifts to this Fund can also be made online.