Creative Writing

Ready to take your writing to the next level? Sharpen your skills as part of our renowned community of writers. Our highly regarded courses are taught by acclaimed authors.

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Creative Writing courses

BA (Hons) Creative Writing

A top UK writing course, taught by award-winning practitioners, BA (Hons) Creative Writing at Bath Spa offers more specialist strands than any other course in the UK.

We also offer a wide range of Creative Writing combined courses.

MA Creative Writing

Bring a novel, book of poems, book of short stories or work of non-fiction as near to publishable quality as possible with our MA Creative Writing. Working with tutors and other writers on the course, you’ll develop your writing and build up a substantial body of work.

MA Scriptwriting

Take your writing to the highest level, and develop clear strategies for professional success. MA Scriptwriting is an intensive, practical course designed to produce professional writers and compelling scripts.

MA Nature and Travel Writing

Based on actual experiences in the field, including encounters with places, people and wildlife, MA Nature and Travel Writing is a low-residency course taught mainly online, and based around three residential weeks.

MA Writing for Young People

Writing for Young People is a specialist Creative Writing degree for writers for children and young adults, taught by published authors. The course benefits from excellent links with agents and publishers, a close-knit community of current students and alumni, and a programme of visiting speakers.

See also: this year's MA Writing for Young People anthology.

Research

Bath Spa University Research Centre in Creative Writing is a prospering centre of excellence, representing perhaps the strongest academic teams of creative writers in the country.

We believe that writing is a powerful instrument for discovering new ideas; that the development of writing skills is a vocational commitment, and that all writers benefit from sharing work in progress.

Research Centre in Creative Writing

Courses on offer

We’ve got a wide range of undergraduate courses. Unsure of the right course for you? We give you plenty of options and our combined courses mean you don’t have to limit yourself to one programme if two tempt you.

Creative writing combinations

Your next challenge

What does your life have coming up next? Fancy jetting off to the other side of the world, founding a business, mastering a new hobby or landing your dream job? You could achieve all this and more studying with us.

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