The Open University’s two-year MA in Creative Writing has been designed by a team of practised writers

The MA is taught online, meaning that wherever you are you will have access to teaching materials and forums.

One of the most exciting aspects of the MA is its flexibility, offering four distinct strands – fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction and scriptwriting. 

The structure of the course places an emphasis on the cross-fertilisation of genres, enabling students to work intensively within their chosen medium while experimenting in one other during their first year. The MA is suited not only for writers who already know what genre they want to pursue, but also for those looking to discover their true specialism.

Students will be placed in supportive tutor-groups of fellow writers, and surrounded with the framework needed to develop their writing in ambitious and rewarding ways. This will include extensive peer review discussion of fellow students’ work.

Our MA in Creative Writing is the ideal next step for writers with experience of Creative Writing at undergraduate level, or for those with a first degree in another subject and appropriate prior writing experience.

As well as publishing their work, Creative Writing students go on to employment in a range of professions, including teaching, editing, communications, and the media and creative industries. Our MA in Creative Writing will equip you with an adaptable set of skills which are greatly valued in the workplace - whether you’re already working, volunteering, planning to work freelance or changing careers.

See our prospectus for more information on the MA programme. This includes full details about MA Creative Writing part 1 (A802) and MA Creative Writing part 2 (A803).