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  Creative Writing (Distance Learning) - MA


Online Lancaster University    Department of English Literature and Creative Writing

Part time See Course MA 24 months, part time
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Are you passionate about writing and dreaming of becoming a published author? Look no further than the Creative Writing (Distance Learning) MA programme at Lancaster University. With the flexibility of online tutorials and conferences, you can study from anywhere in the world, at your own pace. Benefit from individual feedback from published authors in your chosen genre, and join our vibrant community during the optional on-campus summer school. Whether you have a humanities degree or relevant professional experience, we welcome non-standard applications. Showcase your potential through a portfolio of original writing and an outline of your proposed project. Start your writing journey today!

About the course

Why Lancaster?

  • Study from anywhere in the world, whenever it suits you, with our online tutorials and conferences
  • Sharpen your writing with detailed individual feedback from a published author in your chosen genre
  • Join us for a summer school on campus to spend time with our friendly community, share your work and learn from brilliant writers
  • Learn from published writers who specialise in long prose fiction, memoir, short stories, poetry and work for stage and screen
  • Work towards your ambition of being a published writer – we’ll help you turn your passion into a career path

We believe distance learning should be like a book – you should be able to pick it up and put it down when it suits you. By studying with us, you can benefit from invaluable one-to-one support from one of our published writers and work on your writing project without changing your

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Entry Requirements

A 2:1 Honours degree (UK or equivalent) in a Humanities subject is normally required.

We may also consider non-standard applications where you either have a degree in other subjects, or relevant professional experience and/or publications.

You also need to provide:
A portfolio of original writing (no more than 12 poems or 20 pages of prose/scriptwriting) showing potential for publication.
An outline (approximately 300-400 words) of your proposed project, which is the single point of assessment and is submitted at the end of the course.


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