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BA (Hons) Creative Writing

  • Duration: 3–4 years full-time
  • Placement year: Optional 1 year
  • Course code: W800 (UCAS)
  • Institution code: A66 (UCAS)
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Meet our Industry Patron – Alexandra Arlango

Meet the Industry Patron for BA (Hons) Creative Writing – Alexandra Arlango.

The principal of The Brit List, and a film producer and TV executive with nearly 30 years experience in the industry, Alexandra’s credits include BAFTA- and Oscar-winner The Duchess.

Alexandra is also the creative consultant at Hope Studios (A Man Called Otto; Anxious People).

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Meet our Industry Patron – Writers' & Artists' Yearbook

Meet the second Industry Patron for BA (Hons) Creative Writing – the Writers' & Artists' Yearbook

The Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook, part of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, has remained the authoritative resource for practical publishing guidance and putting people in touch with the creative industries for over a century. Along with its sister title, the Children’s Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook, it publishes every year in July.

These guides are renowned for practical support and unrivalled up-to-date advice for writers and publishers of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and scripts for screen and stage.

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Career destinations

BA (Hons) Creative Writing graduates have gone on to a variety of careers, including:

  • Freelance writer
  • Copywriter
  • Social media/digital content Writer
  • Marketing
  • Teaching
  • Community writing workshop facilitation

Alumni

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A Q+A with Kayleigh Benham: playwright and puppet extraordinaire

With a debut play under their belt, Kayleigh Benham hasn’t stopped since graduating from BA (Hons) Creative Writing in 2022. They now run...

Awards

Our BA (Hons) Creative Writing students and graduates have gone on to win great things:

  • Third place | Bristol Writing Festival 2023
  • Shortlisted | Peter Fraser Dunlop Queer Fiction Prize 2023