MA in Creative Writing

University College Dublin

UCD offers two graduate courses in creative writing, an MA and MFA. The MA programme includes workshops, seminars and supervision meetings, providing committed students with the support they need to produce a major piece of writing by the end of the course. The MA in Creative Writing builds on the well established commitment of the UCD School of English, Drama and Film to fostering and supporting new writing. The university has long been associated with some of Irelands greatest writers, including James Joyce, Flann OBrien, Mary Lavin, Anthony Cronin, John McGahern, Neil Jordan, Conor McPherson, Marina Carr, Colm Tóibn, Emma Donoghue, Maeve Binchy and many others. The Booker Prize winning novelist Anne Enright is Professor of Creative Writing, and among the teaching staff are novelist Sarah Moss, poet Ian Davidson, poet and novelist Paul Perry, novelist and playwright Declan Hughes, life writer and critic Catherine Morris and novelist Paula McGrath.The MA programme:Provides opportunities to explore and develop your own creative writing skills supervised by experienced published staff of international reputation.Actively fosters the development of students' capacity to edit their own work.Ensures that the art of writing is informed by contemporary theory and practice.Offers courses incorporating the manuscripts of works of leading writers held in Special Collections and courses which explore material in the National Folklore Collection in UCD, one of the richest archives of oral tradition in the world.DURATION:1 YearsATTENDANCE:Full TimeMODE OF DELIVERY:Face-to-FaceNEXT INTAKE:20242025 September

UCD College of Arts and Humanities