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Study Details: MA One year full time or two years part time
This specialist creative writing MA is designed for writers for children, teenagers and young adults who aim to complete a novel, series of picture books or shorter stories for young children. Taught by published writers for children and young people and by publishing professionals, this practical course will help you refine your craft while learning about the interaction of creative and business considerations in the modern publishing industry.
This course is available both on campus and online so you can work in the way that suits you best.
We relish how different all our students are. Our MA Writing for Young People students are passionate about children’s and Young Adult literature, committed to developing their craft, open to considering a wide range of views and willing to engage with all sorts of aspects of writing and publishing books for children and teens.
Our students are also able to be analytical and take a conscientious approach to helping their peers develop and learn through constructive feedback.
We’re looking for people who have the potential to be published, who have some understanding of the current children’s publishing landscape, and who have something special to contribute to their fellow students.
Most applicants will have an undergraduate degree however we’re willing to look at applications from those with non-traditional academic or work backgrounds who meet the criteria summarised above.
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Over 70 of our alumni have now been traditionally published. Our graduates also go into editing (freelance and at a publishing house), agenting, rights, marketing, publicity, sales, events management and teaching. They have careers in journalism, writing for magazines, teaching, various aspects of publishing, and television.
Our published graduates have secured contracts with, among others:
This course includes or offers the following modules
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