Editing UEA Creative Writing Course

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''' The University of East Anglia's Creative Writing Course''' was founded by [[Sir Malcolm Bradbury]] and [[Sir Angus Wilson]] in 1970. The M.A. has been regarded among the most prestigious in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2011/nov/16/uea-creative-writing-course-best|title = Is the UEA creative writing course still the best?| newspaper=The Guardian |date = 16 November 2011 | last1=Barnett | first1=Laura }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/self-says-literature-becoming-giant-quilting-exercise-1001681|title=Creative writing graduates will 'never make a living as novelists', says Self &#124; the Bookseller}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/creative-writing-courses-ian-mcewan |title = The write stuff - Prospect Magazine}}</ref>

The course allows specialisation in the following strands: [[Prose]], [[Creative Non-Fiction]], [[Poetry]], [[Scriptwriting]] (which is [[Skillset]] accredited) and [[Crime fiction|Crime Fiction]]. In 2024, a new strand, MA Creative Writing, which allows students to work across different literary forms, was launched.<ref>{{Cite web |title=University of East Anglia to deliver a new Creative Writing MA course for the new creative economy |url=https://www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/article/university-of-east-anglia-to-deliver-a-new-creative-writing-ma-course-for-the-new-creative-economy |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=University of East Anglia |language=en}}</ref> Each strand results in an M.A. qualification upon successful completion of the course. Course Directors have included [[Andrew Cowan (writer)|Andrew Cowan]], [[Tessa McWatt]], [[Tiffany Atkinson]], [[Steve Waters]], [[Kathryn Hughes]], [[Lavinia Greenlaw]], and [[Henry Sutton (novelist)|Henry Sutton]]. Writers teaching on the course in recent years have included [[Amit Chaudhuri]], [[Trezza Azzopardi]], [[Giles Foden]], [[Tobias Jones (writer)|Tobias Jones]], [[James Lasdun]], [[Jean McNeil]] and [[George Szirtes]].

Writers such as [[Margaret Atwood]], [[Angela Carter]], [[Rose Tremain]], [[Andrew Motion]], [[W. G. Sebald]], [[Michèle Roberts]] and [[Patricia Duncker]] have also taught on the course.

[[Artist-in-residence|Writers-in-residence]] have included [[Alan Burns (author)|Alan Burns]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://malcolmbradbury.com/uea_ian_mcewan_class.html|title=Class Work|author=Ian McEwan|author-link=Ian McEwan|year=1995}}</ref> and Margaret Atwood. [[Ali Smith]] has been a Writing Fellow and Visiting Professor on the programme.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ali Smith receives honorary degree |url=https://www.newwriting.net/2016/08/ali-smith-receives-honorary-degree-from-uea/ |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=www.newwriting.net}}</ref> From 2021 to 2022, [[Tsitsi Dangarembga]] was the inaugural International Chair of Creative Writing.<ref>{{Cite web |title=International Chair of Creative Writing |url=https://www.uea.ac.uk/creative/international-chair-of-creative-writing |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=University of East Anglia |language=en}}</ref>

==Notable alumni==

===Nobel Prize winners===
* [[Kazuo Ishiguro]] (MA, 1980), 2017 [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] laureate

===Booker Prize winners===
[[File:Kazuo Ishiguro by Kubik.JPG|thumb|[[Nobel Prize in Literature]] laureate [[Kazuo Ishiguro]]|150px]] [[File:Ianmcewan.jpg|thumb|Booker Prize winner [[Ian McEwan]]|150px]] [[File:Enright Anne koeln literaturhaus 181108.jpg|thumb|Booker Prize winner [[Anne Enright]]|150px]]
*[[Anne Enright]] (MA, 1987), 2007 [[Booker Prize]] winner for ''[[The Gathering (Enright novel)|The Gathering]]''
*[[Kazuo Ishiguro]] (MA, 1980), 1989 [[Booker Prize]] winner for ''[[The Remains of the Day]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2017/bio-bibl.html|title=The Nobel Prize in Literature 2017 - Biobibliographical Notes|website=www.nobelprize.org|access-date=5 October 2017}}</ref>
*[[Ian McEwan]] (MA, 1971), 1998 [[Booker Prize]] winner for ''[[Amsterdam (novel)|Amsterdam]]''

===Costa Book Award winners===
[[File:Adamfoulds.jpg|thumb|Costa Book Award winner [[Adam Foulds]]|150px]]
*[[Tash Aw]] (MA, 2003), [[Costa Book Awards|Whitbread Book Award]] winner in the 2005 First Novel category for ''[[The Harmony Silk Factory]]''
*[[Susan Fletcher (British author)|Susan Fletcher]] (MA, 2002), [[Costa Book Awards|Whitbread Book Award]] winner in the 2004 First Novel category for ''[[Eve Green]]''
*[[Adam Foulds]] (MA, 2000), [[Costa Book Awards|Costa Book Award]] winner in the 2008 Poetry category for ''The Broken Word''
*[[Emma Healey]] (MA, 2011), [[Costa Book Awards|Costa Book Award]] winner in the 2014 First Novel category for ''[[Elizabeth is Missing]]''
*[[Andrew Miller (novelist)|Andrew Miller]] (MA, 1991), [[Costa Book Awards|Costa Book Award]] winner in the 2011 Novel category for ''[[Pure (Miller novel)|Pure]]''
*[[Monique Roffey]] (BA, 1987), [[Costa Book Awards|Costa Book Award]] winner in the 2020 Novel category for ''[[The Mermaid of Black Conch]]''
*[[Christie Watson]] (MA, 2009), [[Costa Book Awards|Costa Book Award]] winner in the 2011 First Novel category for ''Tiny Sunbirds Far Away''

===Women's Prize for Fiction winners===
*[[Naomi Alderman]] (MA, 2003), 2017 [[Women's Prize for Fiction]] winner for ''[[The Power (Alderman novel)|The Power]]''
*[[Rose Tremain]] (BA, 1967), 2008 [[Women's Prize for Fiction]] winner for ''[[The Road Home (novel)|The Road Home]]''

===Betty Trask Award & Prize winners===
*[[Rowan Hisayo Buchanan]] (PHD, 2019) 2017 [[Betty Trask Award]] winner for ''Harmless Like You''
*[[Sam Byers]] (MA, 2003; PHD, 2014) 2014 [[Betty Trask Award]] winner for ''Idiopathy''
*[[Anthony Cartwright (writer)|Anthony Cartwright]] (BA, 1996) 2004 [[Betty Trask Award]] winner for ''The Afterglow''
*[[Helen Cross (author)|Helen Cross]] (MA, 1997) 2002 [[Betty Trask Award]] winner for ''My Summer of Love''
*[[Suzannah Dunn]] (MA, 1989) 1991 [[Betty Trask Award]] winner for ''Quite Contrary''
*[[Susan Elderkin]] (MA, 1994) 2000 [[Betty Trask Award]] winner for ''[[Sunset Over Chocolate Mountains]]''
*[[Diana Evans]] (MA, 2003) 2005 [[Betty Trask Award]] winner for ''26a''
*[[Susan Fletcher (British author)|Susan Fletcher]] (MA, 2002) 2005 Betty Trask Prize winner for ''Eve Green''
*[[Adam Foulds]] (MA, 2000) 2007 [[Betty Trask Award]] winner for ''The Truth About These Strange Times''
*[[Imogen Hermes Gowar]] (MA, 2014) 2019 [[Betty Trask Award]] winner for ''The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock''
*[[Emma Healey]] (MA, 2011) 2015 [[Betty Trask Award]] winner for ''[[Elizabeth is Missing]]''
*[[Anjali Joseph]] (MA, 2008; PHD, 2013) 2011 Betty Trask Prize winner for ''[[Saraswati Park]]''
*[[Frances Liardet]] (MA, 1998) 1994 [[Betty Trask Award]] winner for ''The Game''
*[[Nicola Monaghan]] (MA, 2018) 2006 [[Betty Trask Award]] winner for ''[[The Killing Jar (novel)|The Killing Jar]]''
*[[Glenn Patterson]] (MA, 1986) 1988 [[Betty Trask Award]] winner for ''Burning Your Own''
*[[Natasha Pulley]] (MA, 2012) 2017 [[Betty Trask Award]] winner for ''The Watchmaker of Filigree Street''
*[[Phil Whitaker]] (MA, 1996) 1998 [[Betty Trask Award]] winner for ''[[Eclipse of the Sun]]''

===James Tait Black Memorial Prize winners===
*[[Ian McEwan]] (MA, 1971) [[James Tait Black Memorial Prize]] winner in the 2005 Fiction category for ''[[Saturday]]''
*[[Andrew Miller (novelist)|Andrew Miller]] (MA, 1991) [[James Tait Black Memorial Prize]] winner in the 1997 Fiction category for ''[[Ingenious Pain]]''
*[[Rose Tremain]] (BA, 1967) [[James Tait Black Memorial Prize]] winner in the 1993 Fiction category for ''[[Sacred Country]]''

===Other alumni===
[[File:Tracy_Chevalier_tree.jpg|thumb|Historical novelist [[Tracy Chevalier]]|150px]] [[File:John_Boyne_in_Dublin.JPG|thumb|Novelist [[John Boyne]]|150px]]
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*[[Nicholas Allan]] (MA, 1981), children's author
*[[Mona Arshi]] (MA, 2012), Forward Prize-winning poet
*[[Trezza Azzopardi]] (MA, 1998), novelist
*[[Martyn Bedford]] (MA, 1994), novelist
*[[Brett Ellen Block]] (MA, 1998), author
*[[Peter Bowker]] (MA, 1991), screenwriter
*[[John Boyne]] (MA, 1996), novelist<ref>{{cite news|first=John|last=Boyne|author-link=John Boyne|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/kazuo-ishiguro-deserves-nobel-prize-but-others-deserve-it-more-1.3245553|title=Kazuo Ishiguro deserves Nobel prize but others deserve it more|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|date=5 October 2017|quote=Ishiguro will make a fine laureate and, from one graduate of the University of East Anglia's creative writing programme to another, it's hats off.}}</ref>
*[[Aifric Campbell]] (MA, 2003), writer
*[[Tracy Chevalier]] (MA, 1994), historical novelist
*[[Judy Corbalis]] (MA, 1990), novelist
*[[Andrew Cowan (writer)|Andrew Cowan]] (MA, 1985), novelist
*[[Fflur Dafydd]] (MA, 2000), writer
*[[Donna Daley-Clarke]] (MA, 2001), novelist
*[[Louise Doughty]] (MA, 1987), novelist
*[[Joe Dunthorne]] (MA, 2005), novelist
*[[Oliver Emanuel]] (MA, 2002), playwright
*[[Stephen Finucan]] (MA, 1996), short story writer
*[[David Flusfeder]] (MA, 1988), author
*[[Bo Fowler]] (MA, 1995), novelist
*[[Ruth Gilligan]] (MA, 2011), writer
*[[Tim Guest]] (MA, 1999), author
*[[Mohammed Hanif]] (MA, 2005), writer
*[[Graeme Harper (writer)|Graeme Harper]] (PhD, 1997), writer
*[[Jane Harris (writer)|Jane Harris]] (MA, 1992), novelist and screenwriter
*[[Alix Hawley]] (MA, 2002), novelist
*[[Kathryn Hughes]] (MA, 1987), historian
*[[Mick Jackson (author)|Mick Jackson]] (MA, 1992), novelist
*[[Christopher James (poet)|Christopher James]] (MA, 2000), poet
*[[Panos Karnezis]] (MA, 2000), novelist
*[[Larissa Lai]] (MA, 2001), novelist
*[[Hernán Lara Zavala]] (MA 1981), novelist
*[[Joanna Laurens]] (MA, 2003), playwright
*[[Ágnes Lehóczky]] (MA, 2006), poet
*[[Toby Litt]] (MA, 1995), novelist
*[[Philip MacCann]] (MA), writer
*[[Deirdre Madden]] (MA, 1985), novelist
*[[Robert McGill (writer)|Robert McGill]] (MA, 2002), writer
*[[Sarah Emily Miano]] (MA, 2002), author
*[[Neel Mukherjee (writer)|Neel Mukherjee]] (MA, 2001), writer
*[[Paul Murray (author)|Paul Murray]] (MA, 2001), novelist
*[[Sandra Newman]] (MA, 2002), writer
*[[Kathy Page]] (MA, 1988), novelist
*[[Sandeep Parmar]] (MA, 2003), poet 
*[[Christine Pountney]] (MA, 1997), author
*[[Dina Rabinovitch]] (MA, 2000), journalist and writer
*[[Ben Rice (author)|Ben Rice]] (MA, 2000), novelist
*[[Eliza Robertson]] (MA, 2012), author
*[[Anthony Sattin]] (MA, 1984), writer
*[[Simon Scarrow]] (MA, 1992), author
*[[James Scudamore (author)|James Scudamore]] (MA, 2004), novelist
*[[Owen Sheers]] (MA, 1998), author, poet and playwright
*[[Jeremy Sheldon]] (MA, 1996), novelist
*[[Robert Sheppard (poet)|Robert Sheppard]] (MA, 1979), poet
*[[Kathryn Simmonds]] (MA, 2002), poet
*[[Rob Magnuson Smith]] (MA 2010), novelist
*[[Paul Stewart (writer)|Paul Stewart]] (MA, 1979), writer
*[[Julia Stuart]] (MA, 2013), novelist
*[[Todd Swift]] (MA, 2004), poet
*[[Rebecca Tamás]] (PHD, 2017), poet and essayist
*[[Mark Tilton]] (MA, 1997), screenwriter
*[[Carol Topolski]] (MA, 2004), novelist
*[[Erica Wagner]] (MA, 1991), author and literary editor of [[The Times]]
*[[Craig Warner]] (MA, 2013), playwright and screenwriter
*[[Matt Whyman]] (MA, 1992), novelist
*[[Clare Wigfall]] (MA, 2000), writer
*[[Luke Williams (author)|Luke Williams]] (MA, 2002), author
*[[D. W. Wilson]] (MA, 2010), author
*[[Jennifer Wong]] (MA, 2009), writer and poet
*[[Yan Ge]] (MA, 2020), novelist
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.uea.ac.uk/web/about/school-of-literature-drama-and-creative-writing/creative-writing UEA Creative Writing] webpages

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