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The MA Creative Writing and Publishing program at Bournemouth University is a unique opportunity for students to develop their creative writing skills while also learning about the publishing industry. Students will have the chance to work with experienced writers and publishers, gaining valuable insights into the craft of writing and the business of publishing. The course covers a wide range of genres, including fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and scriptwriting, and offers students the chance to produce a portfolio of published work at the end of the program. With its strong industry connections, Bournemouth University provides an ideal environment for students to launch their writing careers.
The program is designed for aspiring writers who want to develop their skills and knowledge in creative writing and publishing. Students will have access to a range of resources, including workshops, masterclasses, and one-on-one tutorials with experienced writers and publishers. The course also provides opportunities for students to network with industry professionals and gain practical experience through internships and other work-based learning opportunities.
Bournemouth University offers a unique combination of academic rigor and industry connections that make it an ideal choice for aspiring writers. With its strong reputation in the creative industries, Bournemouth University provides students with the opportunity to learn from experienced professionals and gain practical experience in a supportive and dynamic environment. Additionally, the university's location on the south coast of England provides students with easy access to the vibrant cultural scene of London and other major cities.
Analyze the cultural and critical influences on the writer and publishing industry, as well as your practice
Learn the skills to be able to write creatively and effectively, to a publishable standard, for a variety of different audiences and media
Work on real-life publishing projects with BU's publishing press, Fresher Publishing
Learn from experienced writers and practitioners who have also acquired master's degrees and doctorates in Creative Writing or English themselves
Benefit from prestigious guest tutors from the world of writing and publishing
Engage with BU's international writing competitions: The Bournemouth Writing Prize for emerging voices and the New Media Writing Prize for stories integrating a variety of formats.
The entry requirements for this course are:
A bachelor's Honours degree with 2:2 in any subject or equivalent.
20 hours per week
Writing Fiction: The creative writer must learn to examine their own work and the work of others critically. Here, in a workshop environment, you will develop your skills as a writer of prose fiction by creating your writing and responding to critical feedback from your peers.
Narrating Identities: Self, Text & the World: This unit aims to provide you with sophisticated knowledge and understanding of cultural and critical influences on a range of texts and literary media, exploring how literary, philosophical, and aesthetic movements have been used to define, construct and represent the self across the 20th and 21st centuries.
Interactive Storytelling: Using a narratological and creative approach, you will study the development and nature of the art of storytelling in the context of digital-interactive media.
Publishing Cultures and Materialities: From the eras of Cuneiform to Kindle, you'll study public writing as material objects with an economy, history, and culture. Publishing, as we've known it stems from a specific iteration of those conditions and is now shifting into online news. To take advantage of this development's opportunities and challenges, you'll look at fiction from this material sociological perspective.
Marketing & PR for Writers: This unit will equip you with the knowledge and marketing skills writers and publishers need, regardless of the format. You will develop your own 'brands' online and have the opportunity to work on real-life projects for Fresher Publishing, devising marketing and PR strategies to raise awareness/sales of the Fresher Writing Prize and the Fresher Writing anthology.
Design, Editing & Publishing: This unit aims to enable you to evaluate and practice the essential processes of professional publishing. It seeks to equip you with the knowledge and skills needed by writers, editors, and other professionals in the publishing industry by engaging in real publishing projects for Fresher Publishing, the university's own publishing press.
Dissertation/Major Project: You may choose between a purely theoretical academic thesis or a major creative writing project supported by either a reflective or 'route to publication' rationale. By bringing together the skills, craft, theories, knowledge, and critical insight you have developed during the program, you will hone your strengths and establish lines of inquiry that may take you onto further doctoral study or into future careers.
IELTS (Academic) 6.5 with a minimum of 6.0 in writing, speaking, listening, and reading or equivalent.
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