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Creative Writing: Writing and Publishing Fiction (Taught)
MA · 1 Years · Full-time · 10/2026 · PostgraduateExton Park
Course summary
Our MA in Creative Writing: Writing and Publishing Fiction is a stimulating and rewarding course designed to help you develop the craft of excellent writing, enable you to produce original fiction, and equip you with the knowledge to get it published.
Distinctive and popular, the MA comprises four modules:
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Writing Short Fiction for Publication
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Writing Novels for Publication
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Getting Your Fiction Published
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The Major Fiction Writing Project
These are taught by a team of highly respected authors, editors, and academics. Their publications include: flash fictions; novellas and novels; short-story anthologies and collections; articles and essays; interviews; student textbooks; and writers’ guides.
Modules
Please see our website for the most up to date module information
Assessment method
Modules are assessed by coursework, including essays, a journal, creative pieces, and a 16,000-word writing project. There are no formal exams.
The total workload, including reading, preparation, seminars, workshops, tutorials, research, and writing, is approximately 37.5 hours per week.
How to apply
International applicants
https://www.chester.ac.uk/international/
Entry requirements
A minimum of a 2:2 honours degree, or the equivalent, in an appropriate discipline is required. Admission to the course is subject to an acceptable entry qualification profile, a sample of creative writing (fiction), and in some instances an interview.
In your application, please give details of the fiction you have written, what fiction-related events you have attended (e.g. workshops, readings), which fiction writers you particularly admire and why, and why you would like to do our MA.
Please upload a sample of your fiction (c. 15 pages of flashes, a short story, or an extract).
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
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Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.
Additional fee information
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