University of Chester - Exton Park (Parkgate Road) Campus, Chester
University of Chester - Exton Park (Parkgate Road) Campus, Chester

Parkgate Road, Chester, North West, United Kingdom

Master of Arts - Creative Writing: Writing and Publishing Fiction

Master's Degree

Program Summary

Program Description

This MA in Creative Writing: Writing and Publishing Fiction is a stimulating and rewarding course designed to help students develop the craft of excellent writing, enable them to produce original fiction, and equip them with the knowledge to get it published.

This distinctive course comprises four modules – Writing Short Fiction for Publication, Writing Novels for Publication, Getting Published, and The Writing Project – which are taught by a team of published writers, scholars, and editors. Their publications include: flash fiction; novels; prose-poetry and short-story anthologies and collections; articles and essays; interviews; student textbooks; and writers’ guides. Two of the teaching team edit Flash: The International Short-Short Story Magazine, which has published stories by students on the MA.

The Parkgate Road Campus library is well stocked with creative writing textbooks and houses the Flash Fiction Special Collection, the world’s largest archive of flash-related books and magazines.

Academic Background

Minimum Level of Education Completed

4-Year Bachelor's Degree

Minimum GPA

60%

Minimum Language Test Scores

Reading

5.5

Writing

5.5

Listening

5.5

Speaking

5.5

Reading

59

Writing

59

Listening

59

Speaking

59

Program Intakes

Open date

October 22, 2024

Submission deadline

July 1, 2025

Open date

November 26, 2024

Submission deadline

August 1, 2025

Cost and Duration

Master's Degree

Program Level

1 year master's degree

Program Length

£12276 GBP

Cost of Living

£0 GBP

Application fee

£14250 GBP / First Year

Gross Tuition