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Creative Writing
Maybe you’re a novelist.
You sit, for hours every day, pouring over your laptop screen, your keyboard struggling to keep up with the velocity of your fingers. It’s your second instalment of a seven-book series, and your fans are waiting eagerly. It’s three am. You’ve been writing for weeks.
Or perhaps you’re a poet.
After your lectures, you sit leisurely in a café, tea at the ready, articulating your weekly musings. The spine of the notebook groans, you’ve written so much, it can hold no more. The paper awaits your contemplations, your handwriting speeds up.
You could be a scriptwriter. A short-story enthusiast. You might be a writer of haikus, on bits of napkin, or letters to your granny in the highlands – or perhaps you’ve only ever written inside birthday cards. Even if you’ve only ever considered putting pen to paper, we’re asking you: do you want to write?
UEA’s Creative Writing Society is proud to exist in one of the UK’s most vibrant scenes for writing and literature. The city of Norwich is brimming with writers’ events: poetry open mics, famous authors, independent publishing houses, and we’re right in the heart of it!
Of course, we don’t just sit silently and scribble. Most of our writing workshops round off with a drink in the union bar or café, and we also collaborate with other societies, like Litsoc, Eggbox Publishing and Headucate.
But most we’re famous at UEA for our open mics, when three or four times a semester, we head out to a venue in town. Members bring friends and flatmates, grab a drink, and then get behind a mic to read, shout, sing, whisper, perform, pour water over their heads (yes, we had that once) by way of sharing their work! It’s always an amazing variation of talent, and an inspiration to see what you come up with.
If any of this has roused your interest, please get in touch with us! We're always more than happy to meet new members...
CWS Committee 2023/2024
President: Michael Baker
Vice President: Helena Keys
Social Secretary & Treasurer: Lily Glenn
Welfare: Nathan Rodney-Jones
Equality & Diversity: Klara Sher
Health & Safety Officer: Eli Wilkinson
Union Representative: Ann Johansen
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Is the UEA creative writing course still the best?
A mid all the hoo-ha over one of the writers shortlisted for this year's Costa book awards being a nurse lies a more interesting nugget. Christie Watson , is a graduate of the creative writing course at the University of East Anglia. Watson, whose book Tiny Sunbirds Far Away is nominated in the first-novel category, chose her course wisely. The MA was founded in 1971 by Angus Wilson and Malcolm Bradbury for writers "of originality and potential". Among its alumni are Ian McEwan, Kazuo Ishiguro, Anne Enright and Trezza Azzopardi.
So how come the UEA course packs such a punch? Novelist Giles Foden, who teaches on the course, thinks: "It works because we admit very good students; because of the long culture of helping writers to find the right form for their ideas; and because of the emphasis placed on reading other writers' work."
Don't other courses do that? Yes, says Juliet Brooke, an editor at Chatto & Windus, who agrees that UEA has a high status in publishing – but says similar courses at Bath and London's City University do too. "Ultimately, it doesn't really matter whether the writer has done a course or not – if a book's brilliant, it will stand alone."
Recent UEA graduates
Susan Fletcher : graduated in (2002): won Whitbread First Novel Award 2005
Naomi Alderman : graduated in (2003): Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year 2007
Diana Evans : graduated in (2003): won Orange Award for New Writers 2005 with her novel with 26a.
Emma Crowe : graduated in (2005): plays include Charged and Kin
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Postgraduate Research in Creative Writing
Key Details
Welcome to Norwich
According to the Sunday Times the city is one of the best places to live in the UK.
Project Overview
We are a top tier, research-led university and are committed to making a substantial impact on the global challenges facing society. Our postgraduate researchers have opportunities to work at the heart of active research teams, challenging boundaries and making real advances.
Staff research interests in Creative Writing include:
Creative writing
Life writing and creative non-fiction
Working closely with an academic supervisor gives you the support to carry out your own independent research and make your own mark. We have a wealth of remarkable academics, but how do you know which team will be right for you?
We suggest you look at the School's website, check out some academics and read up on some of their publications. We recommend that you identify at least one member of staff at UEA who might be your supervisor and that you contact them, to express your interest and discuss your research proposal. You will need to submit a research proposal of no more than 1500 words with your application.
Applicants to the School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing must also submit 3,000-5,000 word sample of recent critical writing and a 3,000-5,000 word sample of recent creative work (or 20-30 poems), if applicable, for the Creative-critical programme or translation if the latter includes an actual translation.
Find out more on the Creative Writing web pages.
There are three research degrees available:
- Master's by Research
Full- and part-time options are available.
Read more about each of these on our information pages .
The minimum academic requirement for entry to a doctoral degree is a UK upper second class undergraduate honours degree and a Master's degree, or equivalent.
The minimum academic requirement for Master's by Research is a UK upper second class undergraduate honours degree, or equivalent. Details of the PhD by Publication, including entry requirements, can be found on our information pages .
If English is not your first language or you are from a country that is not on the UKVI list of English speaking countries , you may be required to provide evidence of your proficiency in the English language. Further information on English language requirements can be found on our website.
The School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing accepts research students to start on 1 October, 1 February and 1 June.
Deadlines for application are listed on our information pages , where you will also find details of fees and funding .
Postgraduate Research in Creative Writing starting October 2024 for 4 years
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4. [deleted] • 6 yr. ago. This is a pretty boiler plate rejection letter, I'm afraid. They want, of course, to be encouraging. It isn't in their interest to send you a rejection with, "LOL. No thanks, man, this was terrible." The same goes for agents, too. Unless the letter references something SPECIFIC about your story, 99% of the time it is ...
Hello all! I was just wondering if anybody here has attended (or knows somebody who has) the UEA's MA/MFA program for Creative Writing? I've been extended an offer to join the prose course and have heard nothing but good things about it, but it would be lovely to speak with somebody who's experienced the program firsthand—particularly if that person is or was an international student (I'm ...
View community ranking In the Top 1% of largest communities on Reddit. Is it still worth doing MA Creative Writing at UEA? Asking on behalf of a friend who had finished first semester of MA in creative writing remotely during Covid and she had to take a study break. She needs to come back to campus in person in 2024.
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I then created on big PDF document and placed them one after the other, with a cover sheet that had my name, UEA applicant number (should be 10xxxxxx or something), and a name for the collection. I then included this information on every page as though it were an actual submission. I actually don't remember writing an explanation for my ...
In late 2019 I applied to around 15 of the best Creative Writing MFA's in the United States. All of these programs have less than a 3% acceptance rate--the most competitive among them less than 1% (yes, they received over 1000 applicants and accepted less than 10).
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UEA's School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing is famous for innovation in teaching and for cutting-edge research - that's why in the most recent Times Higher Education Analysis (REF2021), UEA was ranked 19th in the UK for the quality of its research in English Language and Literature. When you're not in the classroom, you'll ...
Our Research. We pioneered the teaching of Creative Writing in the United Kingdom and in 2020 we celebrated 50 years of teaching it. We established the first Masters in Creative Writing in 1970 and the first PhD in Creative and Critical Writing in 1987. Situated in Norwich, England's first UNESCO City of Literature, each of our courses offers ...
The scriptwriting strand of our world-renowned MA Creative Writing has three core modules. Firstly, Dramaturgy, in which you'll study the core conventions of drama as explored from Aristotle to McKee and as embodied in a range of plays, films, and TV programmes, from Antigone to I May Destroy You. You'll also take part in the Scriptwriting ...
The University of East Anglia's Creative Writing Course was founded by Sir Malcolm Bradbury and Sir Angus Wilson in 1970. The M.A. has been regarded among the most prestigious in the United Kingdom. The course is split into four strands: Prose, Creative Non-Fiction, Poetry and Scriptwriting (which is Skillset accredited). All four result in an ...
The MA in Prose Fiction at UEA is the oldest and most prestigious Creative Writing programme in the UK. Solely focused on the writing of fiction, we take a rigorous and creative approach to enable you to develop your ideas, voice, technique and craft. You'll experience an intensive immersion in the study of writing prose fiction.
UEA's School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing is famous for innovation in teaching and for cutting-edge research - that's why in the most recent Times Higher Education Analysis (REF2021), UEA was ranked 19th in the UK for the quality of its research in English Language and Literature. When you're not in the classroom, you'll ...
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UEA's School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing is famous for innovation in teaching and for cutting-edge research - that's why in the most recent Times Higher Education Analysis (REF2021), UEA was ranked 19th in the UK for the quality of its research in English Language and Literature. When you're not in the classroom, you'll ...
Christie Watson , is a graduate of the creative writing course at the University of East Anglia. Watson, whose book Tiny Sunbirds Far Away is nominated in the first-novel category, chose her ...
The School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing accepts research students to start on 1 October, 1 February and 1 June. Deadlines for application are listed on our information pages, where you will also find details of fees and funding. Postgraduate Research in Creative Writing 2023/24 | UEA.
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