UEA Creative Writing Course

Template:Use dmy dates 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>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The course allows specialisation in the following strands: Prose, Creative Non-Fiction, Poetry, Scriptwriting (which is Skillset accredited) and Crime Fiction. In 2024, a new strand, MA Creative Writing, which allows students to work across different literary forms, was launched.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Each strand results in an M.A. qualification upon successful completion of the course. Course Directors have included Andrew Cowan, Tessa McWatt, Tiffany Atkinson, Steve Waters, Kathryn Hughes, Lavinia Greenlaw, and Henry Sutton. Writers teaching on the course in recent years have included Amit Chaudhuri, Trezza Azzopardi, Giles Foden, 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.

Writers-in-residence have included Alan Burns<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Margaret Atwood. Ali Smith has been a Writing Fellow and Visiting Professor on the programme.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> From 2021 to 2022, Tsitsi Dangarembga was the inaugural International Chair of Creative Writing.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Notable alumniEdit

Nobel Prize winnersEdit

Kazuo Ishiguro (MA, 1980), 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate

Booker Prize winnersEdit

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Nobel Prize in Literature laureate Kazuo Ishiguro

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Booker Prize winner Ian McEwan

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Booker Prize winner Anne Enright

Anne Enright (MA, 1987), 2007 Booker Prize winner for The Gathering
Kazuo Ishiguro (MA, 1980), 1989 Booker Prize winner for The Remains of the Day<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Ian McEwan (MA, 1971), 1998 Booker Prize winner for Amsterdam

Costa Book Award winnersEdit

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Costa Book Award winner Adam Foulds

Tash Aw (MA, 2003), Whitbread Book Award winner in the 2005 First Novel category for The Harmony Silk Factory
Susan Fletcher (MA, 2002), Whitbread Book Award winner in the 2004 First Novel category for Eve Green
Adam Foulds (MA, 2000), Costa Book Award winner in the 2008 Poetry category for The Broken Word
Emma Healey (MA, 2011), Costa Book Award winner in the 2014 First Novel category for Elizabeth is Missing
Andrew Miller (MA, 1991), Costa Book Award winner in the 2011 Novel category for Pure
Monique Roffey (BA, 1987), Costa Book Award winner in the 2020 Novel category for The Mermaid of Black Conch
Christie Watson (MA, 2009), Costa Book Award winner in the 2011 First Novel category for Tiny Sunbirds Far Away