This unique, flexible learning scheme offers the chance to develop your book-length manuscript under the expert guidance of University tutors and prize-winning writers. The Masters in Writing at Glamorgan is tutored by significant writers and our graduates have produced more than forty books
Essential Info
Notable achievements of our graduates are winners of poetry and short story competitions – the Cardiff International Prize, the Bridport Prize, bursaries in England and Wales, plus novels and poetry published internationally by Oxford, Headline, Canongate, Flamingo etc. Guest writers at Masters residencies have included Helen Dunmore, Dannie Abse, Andrew Davies, Les Murray and Michael Morpurgo.
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What You Will Study
The course involves two elements – a critical writing study and a writing project, supported by a journal of learning and self-assessment. Your writing project will be a book-length manuscript and may be a novel, short stories or poetry. The critical study, of around 10,000 words, may be on any writer, movement, genre or theme relevant to your creative project, as agreed with the Director of Studies. You will get academic guidance during the University residencies.
How You Will Study
There will be a cohort of eight students in each year. You will need to spend about 18 hours studying and writing per week and will be assigned a personal tutor who will guide and direct your progress by distance learning means, using e-mail, phone or post as appropriate. Each year, you need to attend four, two day writing residencies at the University (Friday and Saturday). These sessions include workshops, tutorials for your critical study, personal tutorials with writing and academic staff, and visits by publishers and editors. Previous students have been based in the UK, the USA and continental Europe. You will also have the chance to take part in a five-day writers’ week at Ty Newydd in North Wales, the last home of Lloyd George, situated on the Llyn Peninsula on the edge of Snowdonia National Park. You can submit both elements of your work up to four years from your enrolment date.
