MA Writing Poetry

About this course:

Choose this master’s in poetry to receive expert tuition from nationally and internationally renowned poets. They’ll help develop your poetry-writing and reflective abilities through reading, discussion and revision. You’ll progress to receive formal recognition for your work.

You can choose to study either in Newcastle or London. All classes are in the evening if studying at Newcastle and during the day in London. Newcastle University leads the North East cohort. The London course is run in collaboration with The Poetry School.

What you’ll learn

By the end of this master’s in poetry you’ll have:

• advanced awareness of the processes of writing in your own work and that of others
• advanced your creative ability through practice, reading, discussion and revision
• learned new ways to generate work, and refine it through the development of enhanced revision skills
• a range of knowledge on the writing of poetry in English
• enhanced sensitivity to verbal creativity
• an advanced ability to understand and judge the timing and duration of creative projects
• the ability to revise and prepare poetry for submission and publication
• knowledge of the professional world of writing and publishing