Integrated Master in Literature - Creative Writing in Colchester United Kingdom | University of Essex

The world around you sparks inspiration, compelling you to express it through words. With a talent for storytelling, you enjoy pushing boundaries with form and language, crafting imaginative realms to engage your readers. Our program helps refine your creative writing abilities across diverse genres, including fiction, poetry, nonfiction, psychogeography, scriptwriting, and performance.
At Essex, we take a distinctive approach to writing, blending innovative and traditional techniques to sharpen your skills while fostering critical evaluation of your own work and others'. Develop the ability to give and receive constructive feedback through workshops and iterative processes. Venture beyond familiar territory and explore fresh perspectives on verbal artistry.
As part of our four-year MLitSt Creative Writing program, you'll join an interdisciplinary department with a strong reputation, home to active poets, playwrights, novelists, and critics.
Essex boasts a rich legacy of influential writers who have left their mark on literature, from renowned figures like American poets Robert Lowell and Ted Berrigan to modern voices such as mythographer and novelist Dame Marina Warner and Booker Prize laureate Ben Okri.
Our curriculum provides diversity, flexibility, and a unique focus on nurturing your writing talent while offering opportunities to explore complementary subjects within the Department of Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies, including literature, filmmaking, journalism, and drama.

Many graduates from our Department of Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies have forged successful paths as writers, while others excel as scholars, university faculty, educators, publishers, editors, journalists, arts administrators, theatre directors, drama consultants, and translators.