Creative Writing

At the University of Surrey you will share ideas within a diverse, creative community and be able to attend a calendar of events that will broaden your thinking and develop your writing skills – this includes the annual Surrey New Writers Festival and the Morag Morris Poetry Lecture.You'll have the chance to collaborate with and be inspired by published authors and poets, to unlock your own career.

Career opportunities

• Whether you are an aspiring writer of prose or poetry or both, Surrey's MA in Creative Writing encourages lateral thought and will sharpen your research and writing abilities.You may join us as a relatively new writer, wanting to experiment with a range of forms and discover your voice and genre. Alternatively, you may arrive with a more advanced project you want to develop further.Either way, the extensive experience of our published writers and academics will help you hone your technical ability, and deepen your understanding of the cultural, literary and theoretical history of text production.As a creative writing student, you’ll build a network of industry contacts by working alongside published writers and editors. Our courses are a launch pad for a career in writing, communications, publishing, marketing, advertising, journalism and teaching.Some of Surrey graduates have gone on to start their careers in the following roles:
• Content writer

• Editor

• Professional writer

• Publisher

• Journalist

• Technical writer.

Courses include:

• Creative Writing Workshop I

• Research And Writing Skills

• Open Writing I

• 21st-century Literary Studies: Theories, Methodologies And Approaches

• Travel Writing Past And Present: Themes, Forms, And Critical Perspectives

• Beyond Tolkien - Rewriting Fantasy

• Queer Ecologies And Environmental Literature

• The Age Of Chivalry: Medieval And Early Modern Romance