Message from the English department at Sheffield University
The University of Sheffield
Creative Writing Pathway
The New Creative Writing Pathway through the MA in English Literature
Following on from the success of creative writing initiatives the School of English has developed at undergraduate level – with courses offered through the Institute for Lifelong Learning, a thriving student writing magazine, Route 57, CILASS initiatives, and significant courses across the School which involve writing – the School is proud to announce the launch of a creative writing pathway to the MA in English Literature, with a view to helping young and emergent writers towards successful publication. These new writers are following in the footsteps of graduates such as Ann Sansom, Chris Jones, Cliff Ashcroft, Eleanor Rees (all of whom have published two or more collections), Claire Lockwood (published in Poetry Review), Andrew Bailey (winner of the Geoffrey Dearmer Prize) and Ben Wilkinson.
General description
The course is made up of one theory course and one practical workshop module – students taking the pathway will take these two 30-credit courses as core, and choose a further 60-credits from the modules available on the general English Literature Masters programme. The pathway ends with a 60-credit dissertation (80% creative; 20% critical-reflective) written over the summer. The practical workshop is an autumn semester module, students submitting the portfolio and essay at the end of the semester. The workshop continues, however, through the Spring term as a combination of dissertation-preparation workshops and student-led, peer-feedback editorial sessions. The theory module is a Spring semester module, run weekly, and team- taught, dealing with the more abstract issues related to writing. The staff teaching on the course will be: creative writing professional, Vahni Capildeo; course leader, Prof Adam Piette; members of staff with creative writing experience, including Neil Roberts, Matthew Campbell, Sue Vice, Richard Canning, Rachel Falconer, Brendan Stone.
Teaching staff
Vahni Capildeo, a Trinidadian poet, will be the leading force behind the creative writing pathway in its launch year. She is the author of four collections of poems, a book-length poem sequence No Traveller Returns (Salt, 2003), Person Animal Figure, a three-character series of dramatic monologues (Landfill Press, 2005), a three-section book that actively engages with William Carlos Williams's Paterson, The Undraining Sea (Eggbox Press, 2009), Dark and Unaccustomed Words (completed 2008, forthcoming). She is currently working on her fifth collection, Utter, on the theme of 'Monolithicity'. She is a Contributing Editor at the Caribbean Review of Books (edited by Nicholas Laughlin) and a freelance researcher for the Oxford English Dictionary. We have experience of creative writing provision within the School – not only with published creative writers on the staff, but also Adam Piette, who helped set up the highly successful Edwin Morgan Creative Writing Centre when at the University of Glasgow, and taught creative writing there for eight years. Members of staff with creative writing experience will also be involved in the course provision, including Neil Roberts, Matthew Campbell, Sue Vice, Richard Canning, Rachel Falconer, Brendan Stone.
Entry requirements
Portfolio submission of 2000 words of prose/drama or 8 poems (or equivalent, roughly 150 lines), to be sent along with the application form. This is a pathway through the MA in English Literature so applicants must also abide by the entry requirements of that programme. Students apply for the MA in English Literature – Creative Writing pathway. The application form is available at: http:// www.shef.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/apply/
The general requirements for the MA in English Literature are as follows:
Students wishing to take this degree should have a good first degree (2.i or above) in English literature, language, linguistics, or a related discipline (e.g. history, philosophy, modern Languages).
International students whose first language is not English are required to provide proof of English language proficiency. For example, students may have an IELTS certificate (7.5 minimum) or a ToEFL certificate (paper test: 630 minimum score, with a Written English Score of 5; computer test: 267 with a Written English Score of 5).
There is no specific deadline for places on the course – we will be processing applications into the summer. But early applications are encouraged as we have a maximum number of places. Do please contact Cathy Shrank for information about the courses offered on the general MA in English Literature; Jane Lowe, MA secretary, for administrative questions or Adam Piette for enquiries specific to the creative writing pathway.
email : c.shrank@sheffield.ac.uk
email : j.lowe@sheffield.ac.uk
email : a.piette@sheffield.ac.uk
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