Creative Writing course
Ranked as a top ten course at Winchester in the NSS survey 2010
The undergraduate Creative Writing programme course attracts students interested in:
- Fiction
- Poetry
- Playscript
- Film script
- TV script
- Creative non-fiction
- Writing for radio
- Song
who wish to explore these forms and genres in a supportive educational environment in the company of committed students and perceptive and well-published staff.
We are also developing a range of links with external groups and practitioners, with student placements and wider community creative projects, and encourage our students to study abroad for at least some of their time with us – there are study opportunities in the US, Japan, and a number of countries in Europe. The University also hosts the prestigious Winchester Writers Festival each year, and is also a regular host for the Conference for Children’s Writers and Illustrators. There is also a healthy programme of external speakers, including agents, publishers, writers, and creative practitioners of a variety of kinds.
By the end of the programme our students have been well equipped in all the key areas of writing, and have also had the opportunity to specialise in particular genres. They have also had to think about the practical application of their work and skills, and to imagine their lives beyond the university as jobbing writers, as well as worker-writers, in a range of potential employments. In their final year they construct an individual portfolio of work and skills that they can take out into the wider world with them and use as they seek employment and publishing opportunities.
This exciting degree is well-regard across the UK, and Winchester has a thriving community of writers at undergraduate and postgraduate levels of study.
Contact us
For further information contact the programme leader: