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News just in! Bath Spa University are looking for three writers to join their department of Creative Writing and Publishing:

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing (Creative Enterprise)

About the role:  The appointment will have up-to-date professional knowledge of industries associated with creative writing, such as publishing, literary agencies and the relevant areas of broadcasting or digital media. You may be a nationally recognised writer, with a strong interest in the creative economies and professional environments that shape your industry. Or you will have a passion for writing, with a proven track record of service to the literary world as a publisher, literary agent, creative executive, or producer. You will, ideally, have experience of working within an academic environment, and be comfortable with the administrative duties involved in running courses or modules.

The successful candidate will be required to teach across a number of creative industry focused modules, including UG Creative Enterprise Modules, and our MA Modules in Professional Skills. You may also be asked to design and deliver a suite of innovative low-residency courses in creative writing at MA level, or co-ordinate all or part of a postgraduate programme, or play a lead role in the production of MIX Digital, our flagship creative writing conference and festival.

Deadline: 12 midnight GMT, 17 August 2015

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Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing (Environmental Writing)

About the role:  The 0.5 FTE in Environmental Writing should have an international or national reputation as a nature writer, environmental writer or natural history broadcaster. Their interests might include international nature writing, literature and climate change, literature and wildlife, and literature and landscape. Experience of teaching at university level will be an advantage. The role includes the leadership of an innovative distance-learning masters programme, with a focus on creative nonfiction, nature writing and other kinds of environmental writing.

Deadline: 12 midnight GMT,   12 August 2015

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing (Transnational Writing)

About the role:  The 0.5 FTE in Transnational Writing should have an international reputation as a writer, educator or a producer of new writing. You will have developed and delivered new writing projects and programmes within the international arena, and you will have extensive international connections, especially in Asia, Australia or America. We are looking for someone with a proven ability to deliver Creative Writing Courses and innovative creative programmes within transnational environments. The ability to communicate across cultures is essential, and you will ideally speak multiple languages.

The successful candidate will be required to develop and deliver our MA programmes in Transnational Writing and Creative Practice. You may also be asked to design and deliver a suite of innovative low-residency courses in Creative writing and practice, or play a lead role in the production of MIX Digital, our flagship creative writing conference and festival.

Deadline: 12 midnight GMT, 11 August 2015

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About Bath Spa University:  Bath Spa University’s vision is to be a leading educational institution in creativity, culture, enterprise and education. With innovative teaching and learning, research excellence and state-of-the-art facilities, we put our students at the very centre of all we do.

Based in the Department of Creative Writing, you will be part of a distinguished team of creative writers and creative practitioners, as well as 10 internationally recognised Professors including Fay Weldon, Maggie Gee, David Almond, Kate Pullinger, Philip Hensher and Naomi Alderman.

We have a reputation as one of the country’s leading teaching and research centres for creative writing. We are home to a diverse community of writers from all disciplines — playwrights, scriptwriters, poets, nonfiction and professional writers, novelists, and digital specialists. Our graduates regularly publish their work with companies such as Random House, HarperCollins, Oxford University Press and see their work produced by leading broadcasters such as the BBC.

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Creative Writing lecturer at Bath Spa University wins BAFTA Children’s Award

Dr Joanna Nadin, MA Creative Writing lecturer at Bath Spa University, is celebrating after the CBBC adaptation of her book, Joe All Alone, scooped a prestigious BAFTA Children’s Award for Best Drama.

Joe All Alone follows the life of Joe Holt, a 13-year-old boy who is left at home alone in Peckham after his mum suddenly decides to up and leave and fly to Spain with her boyfriend, Dean.

What begins as an adventure for Joe unfolds into a dark story of desperate measures as the money runs out and Dean’s thuggish mates close in.

Explaining what sparked her idea for the book, Joanna said: “It started with a small boy I’d glimpsed on a street, his sleeping bag on his back like a nylon snail. From that came pages of notes about a boy called Tom, who eventually turned into Joe.”

Talking about the award-winning moment, she continued: “Joe became the star of a book, and then a real boy again, who appeared in a TV series, which has now won its very own BAFTA. I’m still reeling from the ridiculousness and brilliance of it and would like to thank all those involved in making this happen.”

As well as lecturing on the MA Creative Writing course at Bath Spa, Joanna has written more than 70 award-winning books for children and adults, and currently works with Sir Chris Hoy on the Flying Fergus series.

She can often be found conducting literary events and will soon be chairing the Weston Literary Festival event titled ‘Murder, Mayhem and Mystery – What does it take to design a murder?’ on Friday 22nd February 2019, also featuring Bath Spa Creative Writing lecturer CJ Skuse.

Earlier this year, Bath Spa University Creative Writing lecturers and authors, Professor David Almond and Professor Julia Green, and MA Writing for Young People alumni Emma Carroll, Maria Farrer, Gill Lewis and Rowena House were all nominated for the prestigious Carnegie Medal 2019, a British literary award that annually recognises one outstanding new book for children or young adults.

Rowena’s debut novel, The Goose Road, was also named as one of the Telegraph’s best books of 2018.

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Our MA Creative Writing course is designed to help you write a novel, collection of poems, collection of stories or work of non-fiction.

• Excellent record of helping students achieve publication.
• Widely regarded as one of the best courses of its kind.
• Taught by an extremely strong team of published writers.

Our MA in Creative Writing, available full-time and part-time, will help you to bring a novel, book of poems, book of short stories or work of non-fiction as near to publishable quality as possible. Full-time students take the course in one year; part-time students in two.

Working with tutors and other writers on the course, you’ll develop your writing and build up a substantial body of work. Weekly workshops are taught by a strong team of published writers, and there are regular visits by literary agents, publishers, magazine editors and broadcasters, as well as other writers.

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Our MA Creative Writing course is designed to help you write a novel, collection of poems, collection of stories or work of non-fiction.

• Excellent record of helping students achieve publication.
• Widely regarded as one of the best courses of its kind.
• Taught by an extremely strong team of published writers.

Workshops The first workshop module, Professional Skills, provides intensive group discussion and some plenary lectures. You’ll bring short pieces of writing to small workshop classes led by a tutor. There are separate groups for prose and poetry. You’ll submit a manuscript proposal halfway through the module. All students take this module in their first trimester. The second workshop module, either in prose or poetry, taken later in the course, continues the work in the same way. By this time, students have chosen their manuscript project. Context modules Each context module explores connections between your creative writing and the wider world as represented by a theme or genre. Seminars are divided between considering set texts and workshopping your creative writing. The set texts are examined from the point of view of practical lessons that the writer can learn. Full-time students take a context module in trimester one and another in trimester two. Part-time students take one in trimester two and one in trimester four. Manuscript module This is the culmination of the course – the book, or substantial part of a book. It is taught by means of one-to-one tutorials. Full-time students take it in trimester three; part-time students in trimester six.

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You’ll be assessed entirely by coursework: mainly creative writing, plus two short essays, a manuscript proposal and a short commentary on the manuscript in progress.

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We offer places on the course on the basis of your portfolio of creative writing and an interview, which for overseas applicants may be virtual or by telephone. We are looking for writers of prose fiction (any genre), poetry or literary non-fiction whom we consider to have the potential to publish their work in the near future. The portfolio you provide should consist of no more than twenty pages of prose fiction, poetry or literary non-fiction, or a combination of these. It is most helpful if the portfolio includes the kind of writing you wish to develop on the course.

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10 Top Writing Groups in Florida

By Kevin Chan

Joining a writing group can be a wonderful way to develop your writing skills and get feedback on your work from your peers in a supportive way. In this post, we’ve featured 10 top writing groups in Florida.

1. Tampa Writers Alliance

Tampa Writers Alliance is a writing group led by group organizer Jim Genia, who has been a part of Tampa Writers Alliance since 2014. Today, over 2,000 professional and amateur writers local to Tampa, Florida, are actively involved at Tampa Writers Alliance and participate in regular meetings, parties and programs.

Tampa Writers Alliance offers a number of different services and advantages to writers. The group holds different member parties throughout the year, allowing writers to get together, build relationships and establish new friendships. Tampa Writers Alliance’s general meetings focus on teaching writing skills, while the group’s monthly critique group is a forum that provides writers with an opportunity to get constructive feedback from other members. Tampa Writers Alliance also hosts a Poetry Group that meets monthly and focuses on writing poetry.

Connect with Tampa Writers Alliance.

2. Sisters in Crime (Florida Gulf Coast Chapter)

Based in St. Petersburg, Florida, Sisters in Crime (Florida Gulf Coast Chapter) is the local chapter of the nationwide writing group Sisters in Crime. Sisters in Crime has over 70 chapters across the United States and Canada and welcomes women writers who are focused on crime fiction.

Members of Sisters in Crime (Florida Gulf Coast Chapter) can enjoy online monthly meetings on the first Saturday of the month. Sisters in Crime (Florida Gulf Coast Chapter) also offers participants the opportunity to participate in community events such as book festivals and workshops, build relationships with other members and establish critique partnerships and groups.

Take a look at what else Sisters in Crime (Florida Gulf Coast Chapter) is up to!

3. Daytona Area Fiction Writers

Daytona Area Fiction Writers is a writing group that supports writers in Daytona Beach, Florida. Co-organizers Elle Andrews Patt and Veronica Helen Hart have been part of Daytona Area Fiction Writers, a writing group in Florida that was been a part of the area for decades.

All fiction writers of all experience levels and backgrounds are welcome to Daytona Area Fiction Writers. Daytona Area Fiction Writers is a group that specifically aims to support writers who are working towards publication, but writers who are interested in joining solely to improve their craft are also welcome. Meetings take place weekly on Tuesday evenings, usually at Stonewoods on LPGA Boulevard.

Speak to Daytona Area Fiction Writers.

4. Tampa Ybor Free Group

Situated in Ybor City in Tampa, Florida, Tampa Ybor Free Group is a writing group that welcomes local writers looking for a supportive community to join. From college students with a passion for writing to adult professionals and writing enthusiasts, Tampa Ybor Free Group aims to be a place where writers can find support among others like them.

Writing meetings usually take place at Hot Wax Coffee Shop in Ybor, Tampa, every other Thursday evening. Participants are encouraged to bring whatever writing project they are working on to writing group meetings at Tampa Ybor Free Group alongside other writers.

Discover more about Tampa Ybor Free Group!

5. Writers 4 All Seasons Tampa Bay

Writers 4 All Seasons Tampa Bay is a writing group that welcomes local writers in Tampa, Florida. With over 150 active group members to date, Writers 4 All Seasons Tampa Bay continues to look for ways to be a supportive writing group for adult writers working on anything from poetry or fiction to non-fiction writing.

Writers 4 All Seasons Tampa Bay meetings happen every other week on Sunday afternoons. Meetings are held online and are free of cost to attend. Meetings consist of open readings by writers who are interested in sharing some of their work with the group, followed by constructive criticism by fellow members.

Contact Writers 4 All Seasons Tampa Bay!

6. We Write Here Black and Women of Color Writing Group

Located in Tampa, Florida, We Write Here Black and Women of Color Writing Group is a writing group that aims to be a support for Black people and women of color who are writers. Currently, We Write Here Black and Women of Color Writing Group consist of over 450+ members of passionate writers and teachers who look to use their writing to empower others and communicate truths about their life experience.

Writing group meetings take place every first Monday and third Thursday of every month. Each session allows writers to get in 2.5 hours of writing time. Interested participants are encouraged to check We Write Here Black and Women of Color Writing Group’s schedule and register themselves for a future writing session.

Learn more about We Write Here Black and Women of Color Writing Group.

7. Wordier Than Thou Meetup for Writers and Book Lovers

Wordier Than Thou Meetup for Writers and Book Lovers is a writing group for local writers in St. Petersburg, Florida. The writing group provides motivation and support for writers by introducing participating authors to different authors, hosting workshops and offering the opportunity for storytelling and fiction open mic events.

Writing meetings happen every two weeks. Past events have included open mic events with authors like Wendy Dalrymple or Joshua Ginsberg, and different writing events like Wordier’s 1K Walk and Write. Interested participants can look forward to connecting with Wordier Than Thou Meetup for Writers and Book Lovers’s 2,300+ active members for accountability and a support community.

Check out more about Wordier Than Thou Meetup for Writers and Book Lovers.

8. Writer’s Group Gainesville

Gainesville, Florida is home to Writer’s Group Gainesville, a writing group dedicated to the support of fiction writers, including novels and short stories. Writing meetings happen once a month and welcome all interested writers and writing enthusiasts in the local area.

Every writing meeting at Writer’s Group Gainesville includes sharing work-in-progress with other writers and getting constructive criticism and motivation to continue writing. No matter what stage of writing you might be at, writers in and around Gainesville have something to gain from participating in Writer’s Group Gainesville meetings.

For more information about Writer’s Group Gainesville, check out their Meetup.com webpage.

9. Writers of Central Florida or Thereabouts

Writers of Central Florida or Thereabouts is a writing group welcoming writers from all backgrounds and skill levels in Maitland, Florida. The writing group has welcomed writers working on fiction and non-fiction books, short stories, blogs, journals, or even poetry.

Writing meetings happen once a week on Wednesday evenings. Events include special presentations by writers like Jennifer Worley and Jo-Ann Yeoh and writing sessions introducing different writing techniques and giving time for participants to practice them together during writing group meetings.

Find out if Writers of Central Florida or Thereabouts is able to support you!

10. Sarasota Fiction Masters

Serving writers in Sarasota, Florida, Sarasota Fiction Masters is a writing group hosted by group organizer Karen Thomas. This writing group welcomes writers who focus on all genres of fiction writing. Writers of all backgrounds and experience levels are welcome but because of the adult nature of some of the members’ writing, Sarasota Fiction Masters recommends that all members be over the age of 21.

Writing group meetings happen in person once a week at different local locations, including Gulf Gate Public Library. Participants are encouraged to bring a copy of their writing (as well as copies for other members to read along) and will be given constructive criticism and feedback to help them continue their writing.

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Our Creative Writing PhD students come from a variety of academic backgrounds, nationalities, and writing experiences, but what successful applicants have in common is enormous writing talent and potential, and the commitment and ability to engage critically with the contexts in which they write, and the processes and techniques they employ.

This Creative Writing PhD has a reputation as one of the UK’s leading doctoral programmes.

• Taught by teams of published creative writers and literary scholars.
• Staff have expertise in fiction, poetry, writing for young people, narrative non-fiction and scriptwriting.
• Speakers at our annual series of Open Lectures and Readings include PhD students and contemporary writers.

The PhD in Creative Writing combines a proposed manuscript (e.g. novel, short story collection, poems, playscript, narrative non-fiction, digital writing) with an element of supporting or contextualising research. The proposed creative manuscript will be volume length (the natural length of a book, depending on genre). The supporting research will be 20,000 words.

A large number of our graduates have successful careers as writers and many have secured academic jobs. We encourage our students to publish and offer an exciting variety of research training opportunities through our campus-based and international low-residency streams.

We receive a large number of applications for the PhD in Creative Writing, and are extremely selective in our recruitment. Criteria for selection include the viability of the proposal, the strength of the creative writing sample, the applicant’s academic and creative writing experience and achievements, and the ability of the University to support the applicant with appropriate supervision and resources. Applicants for this programme will normally hold a first or upper second class honours degree (or equivalent), as well as an MA in Creative Writing with Distinction (or comparable achievement).

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The emphasis is not on creating two separate pieces of work, but on integration, on purposeful exploration through practice: an interdependent programme of contextual and practice-based creative work.

Both sections of the PhD must contain work of publishable quality. In the case of the contextualising research, this might mean some of the material could be turned into an article for an academic journal, but this element of the PhD must contain original, rigorous research. Together - taken as a whole - the contextual and creative elements must make a new contribution to knowledge.

This is an independent research programme; there are no timetabled modules but you’ll need to attend supervision sessions as negotiated with your supervisors as well as monthly specialist PhD in Creative Writing forums. The frequency of supervisory sessions may vary depending on the stage of research, and whether you are full or part time, but in general these meetings would take place every couple of weeks.

There are also research training events throughout the year that will aid in your research, as well as specialist PhD in Creative Writing forums that meet eight times a year.

Paid employment Full time students are expected to work full-time on their research and should not undertake more than six hours of formal duty or paid work in any given week.

Part time students are expected to be working on their research for half of the working week but there are no specific restrictions on paid employment.

Students will, however, need to find ways to negotiate the balance between their study and their employment as they are likely to run into difficulty if they do not give the research as much time as it requires.

Together, the student and the supervisory team negotiate a series of assignments and activities that help to advance the student’s own work while at the same time equipping them with the knowledge and techniques they need to complete their PhD research.

Examples of activities might include a student’s presentation of their creative writing at a PhD Master Class Writing Workshop, the submission of a treatment to a publisher, attendance of professional events hosted by the University (for example, talks by agents, publishers and writers) or leading some undergraduate creative writing seminars.

Research training might take the form of a series of one-to-one tutorials with a supervisor on the subject of their contextualising critical research, for example on narrative theory, or the presentation of a paper at a relevant academic conference, or the targeting of academic journals with material for publication.

Each student, upon enrolment, has an individual meeting with the University’s Tutor Librarian to discuss his or her research needs. The Library and Information Service offers training in the use of their resources and on research methods and management. The University has excellent electronic resources and search engines, and is constantly updating and increasing this provision.

The Graduate College provides a series of generic training workshops for students (e.g. The Research Plan, The Viva, IT skills) and staff development workshops (e.g. The Progression Assessment Process, Appointing Examination teams).

An examination team assesses the PhD thesis and conducts an oral examination (viva) of the student. The examination team consists of one internal examiner and one external examiner (two external examiners if the candidate has a relationship with the University beyond their PhD work, for instance through regular hourly paid teaching during the twelve months before examination paperwork is submitted).

Opportunities

Wherever possible, we try to offer our PhD students teaching, as it is an important part of professional development. However, we do not like to do so until the second year of PhD research, when the research and writing are established and Progression Assessment has taken place. The availability of part time teaching varies from year to year, and all candidates for teaching will be subject to an interview with the relevant Subject Leader. In addition, we have been developing Graduate Teaching Assistant opportunities in the School of Writing, Publishing & the Humanities.

When it comes to academic posts, a PhD will be a requirement for some and will always help. As Creative Writing is relatively new in British higher education, quite a few people have secured jobs without having doctorates, but this may change gradually as more and more people complete PhDs.

The indispensable requirement if you want a permanent university job (as opposed to hourly paid teaching), is that you must be a published creative writer of some substance and reputation. It may well be that this AND the PhD will become the norm, though a successful enough writer will always be very attractive to departments.

An understanding of how university departments work, and the other administrative responsibilities associated with a lectureship, will also help. A PhD in Creative Writing should offer you this kind of professional development training.

The School hosts an annual series of Open Lectures and Readings. Speakers include PhD students as well as contemporary writers. Previous guests have included Les Murray, Helen Dunmore, DBC Pierre, Toby Litt, Mimi Khalvati and Kathleen Jamie.

Our first cohort for the Low Residency PhD in Creative Writing began their studies in October 2012 and we have been welcoming new cohorts annually since then.

Application timescale

Each year, the application cycle for recruiting the next low residency cohort opens in January and closes at the end of May. Interviews of shortlisted applicants then take place via Skype during late June or early July. The final decision on all shortlisted applicants is made in late July or early August. Successful applicants begin on 1 October of the year in which they apply.

Programme arrangements

You’ll work with a team of two supervisors. These staff members will be announced closer to the time that the successful applicants begin their study.

There will be one residency period each year. It will last for ten days, and will coincide with the Bath Literature Festival that usually takes place in May. During your residency periods, you’ll work intensively at Bath Spa with your supervisors and other students, attending workshops and training events.

The programme is intensive. You’ll have video tutorials every two to three weeks over the academic year, in which your work will be regularly discussed. Six times a year you’ll have major submission points.

You’ll engage with other students and staff. The cohort model aims to encourage a sense of community, and to give support and feedback on a regular basis. You’ll also participate in our monthly PhD forums via video link. As far as possible, the aim is to integrate our campus based and low residency streams of the PhD programme.

You’ll be subject to the same processes and quality check-points of enrolment, the research plan, annual monitoring, progression assessment, and viva as all of the University’s PhD students.

PhD timescale for submission: minimum of two years

The Low Residency PhD in Creative Writing programme is for full time International students only . It’s a structured programme for students who are strongly motivated to complete within a carefully circumscribed timescale, and have a clear idea of exactly what their PhD research and manuscript will entail.

You may work with extra intensity and submit your PhD after a minimum of two years. Indeed, the programme is designed to enable you to do this, though it also allows for students who may need more time. The time scale of your doctoral programme will be negotiated between you and your supervisors, and will depend upon your progress.

Please refer to our Postgraduate Fees page for further information.

We offer a PhD by Publication route for writers with a substantial publishing record (this could be fiction, non-fiction, poetry or screenplays). 

The PhD by Publication is no less rigorous than the traditional route. No prior connection with the University is required, but the candidate must be an active researcher who has developed their skills to doctoral level.

They must demonstrate, through a critical commentary and either an extensive portfolio of creative work or publications, an independent and original contribution to knowledge. Research outputs may have been produced inside or outside academia, but must be available in the public domain.

Please note that there may be specific deadlines for application , and it is your responsibility to be aware of and adhere to these.

Visit the SWW DTP website  for more information. Bath Spa University is a member of this AHRC funded Consortium.

Creative Writing  is one of the subjects covered by the partnership.

These studentships are open applicants from the UK and EU. Further information about eligibility can be found on the SWW DTP website.

Some additional advice for DTP applicants/remarks about the DTP follows here.

You'll need to identify two supervisors from two different DTP institutions, who, together, will provide the expertise you need to support your research. It will be helpful for you to go through the members of staff in the appropriate disciplines to identify potential supervisors, and to write to them with to see if they would be willing to be involved, should your application to the DTP succeed.

The process of application is different depending on whether you apply to the DTP or make an application directly to Bath Spa. For a Bath Spa only application, we assess the materials and then consider how best we can support the students with supervisors.

For the DTP, because the different institutions can combine to offer so much, we like applicants to consider as imaginatively as possible how they might benefit from this. We want DTP applicants to feel free to envisage how this can work. So look at our profiles in the Creative Writing and English department, and at those of the other members of the Consortium, and think about who your dream team might be.

If you're not successful with the DTP, and wish to apply to Bath Spa for a self-funded place, then write to our Graduate School letting us know. You're required to apply to Bath Spa at the same time as the DTP. After the DTP process, we will then assess your application for a Bath Spa place if you would like us to do so.

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Research environment

Our Creative Writing PhD students constitute a writing and research community. The School’s Research Centre for Creative Writing sponsors a range of events and activities, some specially arranged for PhD students, and most of which are open to them to attend. These activities include a series of visits in which literary agents, published writers of all genres, and editors present talks and answer questions.

The Programme Leader for the PhD in Creative Writing organises training events exclusively for Creative Writing PhD students and their supervisors.

Specialised research training is given through a programme of Writing Workshop Forums and Master Classes in which students take it in turns to have their writing workshopped by other Creative Writing PhD students, supervisors, and a published writer from outside the institution. Writers who have led Master Classes include the literary agent and novelist Anna Davis; the novelist Maggie Gee; the novelist Mo Hayder; the poet and scriptwriter Michelene Wandor; the poet, memoirist and novelist John Burnside; the literary agent Will Francis; the literary agent Euan Thorneycroft; and the novelist Christopher Nicholson and the novelist Tim Weaver.

All enrolled and registered Creative Writing PhD students are invited to participate in these Master Classes and Forums.

Our monthly PhD in Creative Writing Forums are an important strand in our continuous provision of specialist research training for Creative Writing PhD students, and an opportunity to develop further our postgraduate community. Here, the focus is on an extract from the contextualising research or the creative manuscript of the student’s PhD work; in either case, many of the same workshop principles and methods we use in the creative writing workshop operate.

These forums are convened by the PhD in Creative Writing programme leader or other experienced member of the team. Guest supervisors and other colleagues, as well as PhD students, participate. The forums benefit students who may be at quite different points in their work: from a student working on their first chapter, to a student who needs feedback on the final draft of their introduction or abstract before submission.

Unless you have applied and been accepted onto the low residency, full time programme, it is important that you live within reasonable travel distance of the University. Although it is not a ‘taught’ degree in the sense of regularly occurring modules or classes, the PhD in Creative Writing is not a distance-learning programme; it is a residency-based PhD.

Staff and supervisors

Professor Tracy Brain, Programme Leader, PhD in Creative Writing [email protected] +44 (0)1225 875653

Professor John Strachan, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research and Enterprise), Head of the Graduate College [email protected] +44 (0)1225 876292

Our students work closely with a team of two supervisors - a mixture of accomplished creative writers and literary scholars. The different strengths of your supervisors will come into play with the different aspects of your research. One may have a stronger role in supporting your work on your creative manuscripts, for instance, while the other possesses expertise in your area of critical research.

Among your supervisors will be a Director of Studies, upon whom the administrative load of your PhD work will fall. He or she completes, assembles and submits the paperwork that accompanies your research plan; completes the annual monitoring report on your progress that is submitted to the School each May; and organises your progression assessment, PhD submission, examination panel and viva.

Please note that the Director of Studies does not have more or less input into your research and writing than your other supervisors.

It is not necessary to discuss your proposal with Bath Spa University staff before applying as part of what we are looking for is an applicant's ability to conceptualise, research and rationalise both components of their PhD. However, you are very welcome to contact Creative Writing staff in advance of applying, and/or to address any specific questions​ relating to DTP ​funding or potential supervision to the programme leader (Tracy Brain).

On receipt of your proposal, appropriate supervisors will be selected carefully by members of the Creative Writing team in consultation with the Dean of the College, the Programme Leader for the PhD in Creative Writing, and other Heads of Department.

We only accept students for whom we can provide appropriate supervision; the final decision on which staff will work with a given student is a matter for the senior academic staff and the Head of School.

Creative Writing and Publishing Staff

Gavin James Bower

John Strachan

Tim Liardet

Lucy English

Gerard Woodward

Nathan Filer

Philip Hensher

Jason Bennett

Robin Mukherjee

Steve Hollyman

Kate Pullinger

Tracy Brain

Richard Kerridge

Stephen Moss

Additional course costs

You may need to pay additional course costs over and above your tuition fees, for example, for specialist equipment or trips and visits. Please check the course Programme Document (linked under the main image on this page) for details of any additional costs. You can also read our Additional Course Costs Policy for further information.

Interested in applying?

We would normally expect applicants for this programme to hold a first or upper second class honours degree (or equivalent), as well as an MA in Creative Writing with Distinction (or comparable achievement, such as an MFA in which the applicant averages A/A+). We certainly expect evidence of an exceptional level of creative writing achievements and experience, as well as the ability to engage in the supporting research.

Applications are considered by at least two specialists in the applicant’s proposed area, who then decide if the applicant should be called to interview. If the applicant is called to interview, a panel of three interviewers is assembled, consisting of a chair, a potential Director of Studies who is an expert in the proposed field/genre, and an academic member of staff from another subject area.

Begin your application or find out more on our how to apply page. Low residency applications (international students only) can also be completed online .

Your research proposal must be submitted using the Bath Spa University Research Proposal Form. Within the different sections of the form, be sure that you provide a clear account of the proposed creative manuscript, the proposed contextualising research, and the integral relationship between these two strands. Your writing sample should be in two parts. The first part (6 double-spaced pages) should demonstrate the best example you have of your ability to write in your proposed PhD genre. The second part (4 double-spaced pages) should demonstrate your critical ability.

You can get in touch with ou r Graduate College at [email protected] .

Admissions service Phone: +44 (0)1225 876180 Email:  [email protected]

Academic representative:  Professor Tracy Brain Phone: +44 (0)1225 875653 Email:  [email protected]

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