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Study Details: MSc 1 year full-time; 2 years part-time
Writing is a profession and a passion; it is also an act of community. Warwick’s MA in Writing introduces you to the real world of writing, surrounded and supported by writing staff and students who share your ambition. It will show you how to make your way in the world as a writer.
The Warwick Writing Programme, founded in 1996, is the largest and most comprehensive of its kind in Europe and has been ranked first by The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide for eight years in a row.
2:1 undergraduate degree (or equivalent) in a related subject.
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Our staff have excellent links not only with other writers but also with publishing houses, literary journals and agencies, with national and regional organizations such as PEN and the Society of Authors, and with other creative writing programmes both in Britain and in the USA. We are also the home of the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation.
Many of our alumni have forged highly successful writing careers and picked up major national and international prizes: recent examples include Cynthia Miller being shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Poetry Collection 2021, Sophie Mackintosh's novel The Water Cure, Katy Whitehead winning the 2017 Fitzcarraldo Essay Prize, Michael Askew winning a 2021 Eric Gregory Award for The Association Game, and Sohini Basak's debut collection We Live in the Newness of Small Differences winning the 2016 Beverly Series.
Core modules
There are no fixed core modules for this programme, but all students take an Optional Core module in writing, normally either Fiction Workshop 1 or Non-Fiction Workshop, though other modules (Fiction Workshop 2 and Writing Poetry) are possible.
Optional modules
Optional modules can vary from year to year. Example optional modules may include:
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