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We offer a number of postgraduate study options within creative writing.

Members of staff teaching on the MA and offering PhD supervision:

• Catherine Butler
• Richard Gwyn
• Tristan Hughes
• Clare Potter
• Damian Walford Davies - Chair of Literature Wales
• Shelagh Weeks

Visiting writers include:

• Tiffany Atkinson
• Lindsay Clarke
• Niall Griffiths
• Tessa Hadley
• Gwyneth Lewis
• Patrick McGuiness
• Owen Sheers

Study Creative Writing on one of the UK’s longest-established programs at a university with international reputation for high quality teaching and research. In recent years our graduates have won distinguished literary prizes.

On the Cardiff MA , you will be a valued member of a creative and supportive community of committed peers who wish to pursue careers as writers. In weekly workshops, the MA offers instruction in the craft of writing, sharpening your awareness of the creative process and equipping you with the skills needed to teach creative writing.

As part of the MA, students attend a writing retreat at Gregynog Hall, the beautiful estate in mid-Wales with a distinguished artistic heritage.

We offer PhD supervision in a number of genres. The PhD programme involves the preparation of an original piece of creative work – a novel, collection of poems or short stories, a play, film script, or work of creative non-fiction, together with a reflective commentary.

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This PhD pathway offers students the opportunity to produce an original piece or collection of creative work as well as a thorough analysis of the work. The creative element can include prose (novel, short story, creative non-fiction or play/film script) or poetry.

This PhD is lead by the Literature, Theory and Creativity Research Unit in the School of Welsh.

The programme includes a compulsory critical element. Students are asked to apply the original creative work to broader critical and cultural contexts as well as evaluating the work’s conceptual and theoretical contribution. The programme’s distinctive features include close links with practitioners and national institutions in the field of creative and critical writing. For a PhD submission in the Creative and Critical Writing pathway, the body of work submitted by the student will take one of the following forms:

• in the case of prose (novel, short story, work of creative non-fiction or play/film script), the creative portion and critical commentary together should not exceed 100,000 words. The critical commentary shall comprise no less than 20,000 words.
• in the case of poetry, a collection of poetry, prose poetry or micro-fiction, the creative portion should amount to around 60 pages, with an accompanying critical commentary of no less than 20,000 words.
• an integrated Creative/Critical submission of no more than 100,000 words.

 Please note that this PhD pathway is only available through the medium of Welsh.

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Creative and Critical Writing

The PhD Programme in Creative and Critical Writing offered at Cardiff University, is for students and writers wishing to complete a substantial creative work of marketable quality. Our own MA in Creative Writing provides an ideal basis for students wishing to undertake a PhD.

The PhD  in  Creative and Critical Writing at Cardiff University caters to individuals keen to join a thriving community of writers from novelists and memoirists to poets and scriptwritersall of whom share the common purpose of immersing themselves in the composition of a substantial piece of creative research.

The programme includes a compulsory critical element in which students relate the creative work they produce to its wider critical and cultural contexts and evaluate the conceptual and theoretical contribution the work represents.

Programme aims

The PhD programme is designed to enable students to put together an original piece of creative work a novel, collection of poems or short stories, a play, film script, or work of creative non-fiction together with a reflective critical commentary.

The programme offers knowledge and expertise to take you on to a role in Higher Education, or employment requiring high-level skills in research or advanced subject knowledge.

The programme recruits a diverse range of Home/EU and International students who want to engage in a research environment characterised by world-leading research expertise in all aspects of creative writing.

Distinctive features

• The PhD programme offers a monthly seminar series specific to Creative Writing research students.
• The School makes funding available each year for PGR students who wish to attend conferences / undertake library or archive visits in order to assist with their PhD studies.
• PhD students are encouraged to attend the annual writers’ retreat at Gregynog Hall, a country house with a distinguished artistic heritage that is set in glorious countryside in mid-Wales.
• PhD students are also encouraged to publish and advice can be sought from Creative Writing staff, all of whom are published authors.
• We offer teaching opportunities on the undergraduate degree and PhD students can undertake the School’s unique “Learning to Teach” programme, accredited by the Higher Education Academy.

Career Prospects 

The programme offers ideal preparation for those wishing to pursue careers in freelance writing and academia as well as journalism, publishing, teaching, public relations and arts management and administration.

Job roles: Writer, Lecturer, Editor, Head Teacher, English Teacher, EFL Teacher, PR Officer.

Employers: Universities from Cork (Ireland) to Wisconsin State (USA), Oxford University Press, Penguin Random House, Palgrave MacMillan, London Film School, Virgin Media, Literature Wales, Visit Wales.

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Examples of recent and current PhD topics:

• “Modest Venus: Experiments in Seeing” (Narrative Non-Fiction)
• “World of Appearances: Defining a Post-Projective Method in Contemporary Poetics”
• “Poetic Grief: Writing the Death of an Addict”
• “Representations of Italy in Contemporary English Literature” and a Novel
• “Root and Branch: Direction in the Urban Novel in Contemporary Welsh Fiction in English”
• “The Gwerin and the Crachach: A Novel”

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• 36 months

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• In addition to the application form, research proposal and supporting documents we also require copies of recent creative work, the word count of which will depend very much on the genre of work produced but we would expect approximately 3,000 words of prose or 10-15 poems.
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I am part of the School's Creative Writing research group. I am also a freelance professional playwright and scriptwriter.

I specialise in Playwriting and Screenwriting. 

My two most recent plays explore different aspects of the autistic experience and challange inaccurate stereotypes. Touch Blue Touch Yellow follows a young autistic man entering adulthood and navigating the socail and workplace jungle of the non-autistic world. In doing so, it looks at the pressures of forced conformity on both auutistic and non-autistic people. The play was a commission from Winterlight Theatre and was funded by the Arts Council of Wales and the National Lottery. My interest in this area was inspired by my own autistic son. The play included four short poems by my wife, poet Tracey Rhys.

Quiet Hands grew out of research the director (Chris Durnall) and myself undertook among autistic adults. This research, supported by the Wales Autism Research Centre and the Arts Council of Wales, revealed the alarming prevalence of predatory maunipulative bullying of autistic people who lived independently. Known as 'mate crime' (due to its links to disability 'hate crime'), this under-reported and dangerous phenomenon became the main focus of my second play for Winterlight. The title comes from a common instruction given to autistic children undergoing the Behaviourist therapy known as ABA, in which children are trained to mimic the behaviour of "normal" society and to cut out any of their own behaviours that their therapist (in consultation with their families) deems inappropriate. This learned compliance can render an autistic person less able to resist the demands of predatory individuals in adulthood. 

I currently teach on the Creative Writing MA and teach Playwriting and Screenwriting on the English Literature and Creative Writing BA. This year, I will begin supervising three new PhD students.

Tim Rhys teaches Creative Writing, specialising in dramatic writing for stage, screen and radio. He is also a professional playwright and script-writer.

He has written stage-plays for Volcano Theatre Company, Made in Wales Stage Co, The Sherman Theatre Company, The Old Red Lion Theatre, London and Theatr Y Byd, as well as large-scale community plays for the Garw and Ogmore Valley and for Three Crosses, Gower, and youth theatre plays for the Sherman and Cynon Valley Youth Theatre.

His radio plays have been broadcast by BBC Radio 4 and Radio Wales and include The Cull (Feb 2005), Riding With Buffalo Bill, The Member For Penbanog and a six-part series, The Last Visible Dog (written with Peter Jones). For two and half years, he was one of the regular scriptwriters on the BBC Wales drama serial Station Road.

His short film, Half Life, won the award for Best UK Short Film at the 2004 Manchester International Festival of Fantastic Films. He was also the first Internet Writer in Residence on the British Council's LearnEnglish website, for whom he has written two science fiction web-serials.

His most recent works are the feature film Crow  (screenplay co-written with Wyndham Price, adapted from the stage play Stone the Crows by Tim Rhys) and the two stage plays Touch Blue Touch Yellow and Quiet Hands .

Professional memberships

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I have three new PGR students about to start. Their PhDs are:

• Screenplay adaptations of stories from the Mahabharata and a critical analyis of the different narrative structures in Indian myth and contemprary Western culture;
• A screenplay and critical analysis of the interface between Turkish cinema and Western culture, exploring the Western orientalism of Turkish cinema;
• A personal memoir in the form of a graphic novel. 

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Dr Lucy Windridge-Floris

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Memberships

National Association of Writers in Education

European Association of Creative Writing Programmes

Lapidus International

Association of Writers and Writing Programmes

Research Interests

Contemporary Fiction

Post-humanism

Creative Writing as a Research Method

Therapeutic Writing

Critical Autoethnography

Current research

Pedagogical Study of What we Mean by the Phrase 'Individual Creative Writing Voice'

Unpicking Horrifying Moments of Uneasy Silence: Writing Responses to Gestures of Islamophobia in the UK, A ‘duo autoethnography’

Courageous Writing; Creative Writing for Key Stage 3 Learners to Develop Confidence

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Found Voices: A Pedagogical Study of What We Mean by the Phrase 'Individual Creative Writing Voice'. EACWP Barcelona.

joined Cardiff Metropolitan University as a Lecturer in 2013.

My PhD in Creative writing and Critical practice included research into feminism, surrogacy, post-humanism, medical humanities and the wounded researcher. I hold an MA in English and Creative Writing (Distinction) and an MSc in Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes (Distinction) from Metanoia Institute (training programmes in humanistic and integrative counselling and psychotherapy). I have a post graduate Diploma in Dramatherapy and a certificate in Trauma Reduction counselling. I have worked as a Creative Arts Therapist in the NHS, Social Services and privately in mental health, secondary treatment and in schools. My first degree was in English and Drama.

I am a Peer Reviewer for NAWE's journal Writing in Practice​

Writing for Wellbeing with Cardiff Metropolitan Student Services

I co-led Writing Between the Lines:   ​ A Symposium exploring Creative Writing as a Research Method ( https://www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/education/enterprise/conferences/Pages/Writing-Between-The-Lines.aspx )

 and was involved in organising Creative Bridges 21

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Develop your portfolio of writing in our prestigious programme designed for emerging and more experienced writers.

Designed for improving writers with previous experience of the writer’s craft, this one-year full-time course will extend your knowledge and understanding of the practice of creative writing.

Developing your creative writing abilities and ideas beyond your first degree, you will attend workshops, produce two extended portfolios of creative writing in your chosen genre(s), and attend classes in various topics in creative writing. In addition, you will have the opportunity to gain experience in teaching creative writing, or further your knowledge of other areas of creative practice or English Literature by choosing from a selection of research-led modules taught by specialists in the field.

A series of complementary modules stresses an integrated and cohesive experience of developing your craft and writing skills; at the same time, you will have the opportunity to engage with the writing industry, liaise with creative professionals, and showcase your work. 

You will master the ability to independently produce literary works of sophistication and skill, and to participate in writers’ workshops. You will also develop your knowledge and skills in the writing of one or more literary genre(s), the processes of editing and revision, and either the teaching of creative writing, or other areas of creative practice or English Literature.  

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If you’re a home-fee paying student, you can apply for a £3,000 Master’s Excellence Scholarship from Cardiff University to help cover the cost of this programme. 

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Stage one is comprised entirely of taught modules and takes places across the autumn and spring semesters.  It consists of a mixture of core modules and a selection from a range of optional modules that make up a total of 120 credits.

A selection of optional modules in Creative Writing provides you with the opportunity to learn about further areas of creative and critical practice; these may include ideas and approaches in the practice of translating creative work; how literary theory informs creative writing; or creative writing pedagogy, with an emphasis on practical applications and the chance to gain teaching experience.

Each year a wide selection of English Literature modules are made available to Creative Writing students that may be taken; if you decide to study an English Literature module you may need to submit a sample of critical writing to demonstrate the requisite writing skills, and potentially meet with the module tutor to ensure you have the required background knowledge to study on that module.  

Stage Two is made up of a supervision-based module that provides you with the opportunity to further specialize in your writing area(s) and genre(s) of choice.  You will work with your assigned supervisor through one-to-one tutorials to further hone your craft, expertise, and knowledge while simultaneously developing an extended body of work.

The module is worth 60 credits and assessed by a final portfolio, which consists of a creative component and an accompanying critical commentary, both to be submitted at the end of the academic year.

Creative Writing (MA)

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• Mode: Full time

Conversion course

This is a conversion course . No prior knowledge or specific degree is required but you need to demonstrate interest and understanding of the subject.

Find out more about studying here as a postgraduate at our next Open Day .

Why study this course

Develop your portfolio of writing in our prestigious programme designed for emerging and more experienced writers.

Taught by experts

Our teaching staff is made up of professional writers and leading researchers.

Hone your craft

Showcase events and Open Mic nights allow you to share your writing with an audience.

Learn outside the classroom

The opportunity to attend a writing retreat with your peers and course tutors.

Network with professionals

A creative industries symposium, featuring panels with agents, editors, and publishers, as well as a Visiting Writer series.

Designed for improving writers with previous experience of the writer’s craft, this one-year full-time course will extend your knowledge and understanding of the practice of creative writing.

Developing your creative writing abilities and ideas beyond your first degree, you will attend workshops, produce two extended portfolios of creative writing in your chosen genre(s), and attend classes in various topics in creative writing. In addition, you will have the opportunity to gain experience in teaching creative writing, or further your knowledge of other areas of creative practice or English Literature by choosing from a selection of research-led modules taught by specialists in the field.

A series of complementary modules stresses an integrated and cohesive experience of developing your craft and writing skills; at the same time, you will have the opportunity to engage with the writing industry, liaise with creative professionals, and showcase your work. 

You will master the ability to independently produce literary works of sophistication and skill, and to participate in writers’ workshops. You will also develop your knowledge and skills in the writing of one or more literary genre(s), the processes of editing and revision, and either the teaching of creative writing, or other areas of creative practice or English Literature.  

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This is a conversion course. Conversion courses allow you to study a subject unrelated to your undergraduate degree or current career, and support you with a change of career path. No prior knowledge or degree in the subject is required.

In order to be considered for an offer for this programme you will need to meet all of the entry requirements. Your application will not be progressed if the information and evidence listed is not provided.

With your online application you will need to provide:

• A copy of your degree certificate and transcripts which show you have achieved a 2:1 honours degree in any subject, or an equivalent international degree. If your degree certificate or result is pending, please upload any interim transcripts or provisional certificates.
• A copy of your IELTS certificate with an overall score of 7.0 with 6.5 in all subskills, or evidence of an accepted equivalent. Please include the date of your expected test if this qualification is pending. If you have alternative acceptable evidence, such as an undergraduate degree studied in the UK, please supply this in place of an IELTS.
• A personal statement that does not exceed 750 words outlining your motivations for undertaking the course and an awareness of the programme aims and learning outcomes.
• A written piece of 2000 words of prose or drama, or up 10 poems - the number of pages will vary according to the genre or work you are submitting. Something you have previously submitted as part of your BA degree or another course is acceptable.
• A written piece of 1000 words of additional writing, made up of one of the following: literary criticism, an academic essay, journalism, an arts review, or a piece of creative analysis (as required for 'commentaries' on standard Creative Writing assignments).
• Two references, one of which should be academic, which demonstrate your suitability for the programme. References should be signed, dated and less than six months old at the time you submit your application.

Application Deadline

We allocate places on a first-come, first-served basis, so we recommend you apply as early as possible. Applications normally close at the end of August but may close sooner if all places are filled.

Selection process

We will review your application and the quality of the portfolio of creative writing submitted and if you meet all of the entry requirements, we will make you an offer.

Find out more about English language requirements .

Criminal convictions

You are not required to complete a DBS (Disclosure Barring Service) check or provide a Certificate of Good Conduct to study this course.

If you are currently subject to any licence condition or monitoring restriction that could affect your ability to successfully complete your studies, you will be required to disclose your criminal record. Conditions include, but are not limited to:

• access to computers or devices that can store images
• use of internet and communication tools/devices
• freedom of movement
• contact with people related to Cardiff University.

Course structure

Overall, the degree programme is worth 180 credits. You will study a mixture of core modules and a selection from a range of optional modules (either from within Creative Writing or the English Literature MA programme).  

The programme is divided into two stages. Stage 1 is comprised of all of your taught modules. On successful completion of Stage 1 you will progress to Stage 2 of the programme.  

As the focus of Stage 2, from May to September of your year of study, you will devote your time to completing your extended portfolio of writing and accompanying critical commentary produced exclusively during the course. You will be supported in this through one-to-one tutorial meetings with your portfolio supervisor. You must successfully complete Stage 2 and pass the module to gain your Master’s degree.

The modules shown are an example of the typical curriculum and will be reviewed prior to the 2023/24 academic year. The final modules will be published by September 2023.

The University is committed to providing a wide range of module options where possible, but please be aware that whilst every effort is made to offer choice this may be limited in certain circumstances. This is due to the fact that some modules have limited numbers of places available, which are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis, while others have minimum student numbers required before they will run, to ensure that an appropriate quality of education can be delivered; some modules require students to have already taken particular subjects, and others are core or required on the programme you are taking. Modules may also be limited due to timetable clashes, and although the University works to minimise disruption to choice, we advise you to seek advice from the relevant School on the module choices available.

Learning and assessment

How will i be taught.

Teaching and learning is by a combination of lectures, seminars, workshops, tutor led one-to-ones, guest talks and panels, and showcasing events; it also includes the opportunity to attend a writing retreat and a creative industries symposium.

Throughout the course of your studies you will be expected to read and analyse a range of critical and literary texts, read and assess peer work, and develop self-reflective writing skills.  As you progress in your learning you will move from a wider consideration of the craft to a greater focus on your genre area(s).

Specific learning activities will vary from module to module, but may include writing exercises, critical reading, analysis of craft, the presentation of critical and creative work to others, teaching activities, etc. In the workshop-based modules you will be expected to read and critique the work of your peers, and give focused and constructive feedback in our supportive group environments.

Additional information

As part of the programme, Open Mic sessions take place at regular intervals throughout the academic year, often featuring a professional guest writer, providing you with the opportunity to present your work to an audience. Our Annual Creative Writers’ Retreat usually takes place at the beginning of December. Costs are included in your course fee. The retreat involves a combination of seminars, workshops, and showcase events, as well as time set aside for writing, reading, and reflection.

Each year, at the end of the spring semester we aim to hold an annual Creative Industries Symposium, which takes place over one day and involves guest talks, panels discussions, and presentations by industry professionals: authors, editors, agents, and/or publishers.  

How will I be assessed?

Assessment will vary from module to module. On your taught modules that comprise Stage One, assessment may consist of but is not limited to: portfolios of creative work, academic essays, reflective essays, journals, critical commentaries, video blogs and/or presentations. The assessment for Stage Two is made up of an extended portfolio of work that includes a combination of creative and critical writing.

How will I be supported?

You will be assigned a personal tutor for the course of your studies, who is available to discuss your general academic progress and student experience. You will also have the opportunity to meet with your module tutors to discuss particular aspects of their respective modules.  On some modules – and in particular Stage Two – you will also be assigned a supervisor with whom you will discuss your writing and work-in-progress through one-to-one tutorials.

There is extensive opportunity for formative feedback throughout the course, particularly in the workshop-based modules, in which you will share your own work in progress and receive constructive critique and advice from your peers and tutors. Each module culminates in a summative assessment, and for these assessments along with the mark (where applicable) in-depth feedback is provided by the module tutor. 

What skills will I practise and develop?

The Learning Outcomes for this Programme describe what you will be able to do as a result of your study at Cardiff University. They will help you to understand what is expected of you. 

The Learning Outcomes for this Programme can be found below:

Knowledge & Understanding:

On successful completion of the Programme you will be able to:

• Demonstrate systematic understanding of the creative processes of published and established writers, both past and present
• Understand key aspects of creative writing theory and practice.
• Show comprehensive knowledge of the use of voice, point of view, character, setting, plot, and theme in creative works

Intellectual Skills:

• Analyse and critique specific writing modes, styles, and genres
• Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of others’ writing.
• Assess and critically reflect on your own writing practice 

Professional Practical Skills:

• Conceptualize and develop creative works to a high standard
• Design and undertake research to inform your creative writing and/or sustain a complex critical argument.
• Understand standards and conventions of the creative industries

Transferable/Key Skills:

• Edit and revise pieces of creative and/or critical writing
• Present your work and engage an audience
• Provide constructive feedback in a supportive manner

Tuition fees for 2023 entry

Your tuition fees and how you pay them will depend on your fee status. Your fee status could be home, island or overseas.

Learn how we decide your fee status

Fees for home status

Students from the EU, EEA and Switzerland

If you are an EU, EEA or Swiss national, your tuition fees for 2023/24 be in line with the overseas fees for international students, unless you qualify for home fee status. UKCISA have provided information about Brexit and tuition fees .

Fees for island status

Learn more about the postgraduate fees for students from the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man .

Fees for overseas status

More information about tuition fees and deposits , including for part-time and continuing students.

Financial support

Financial support may be available to individuals who meet certain criteria. For more information visit our funding section. Please note that these sources of financial support are limited and therefore not everyone who meets the criteria are guaranteed to receive the support.

Additional costs

Living costs.

We’re based in one of the UK’s most affordable cities. Find out more about living costs in Cardiff .

Careers and placements

Postgraduate study is a gateway to many careers within and beyond academia. Many overseas postgraduates return to lectureships with much enhanced career prospects. Example employers in the UK include Cardiff University, Mencap, Poetry Wales magazine, Teach First, and the Welsh Government, with jobs that include Creative Writing Lecturer, Copyeditor, Copywriter, Librarian, Literary Agent, Literary Editor, Marketing Officer, Novelist, Poet, Publicist, Publisher, Playwright, Recruitment Consultant, Teacher, and Screenwriter, among many others.

Among our roll-call of alumni are Susmita Bhattacharya ( Table Manners , Dahlia), Wales Book of the Year winner Deborah Kay Davies ( True Things About Me , Canongate) and science fiction novelist James Smythe ( I Still Dream , HarperCollins).

Those opting to undertake the optional module Teaching Creative Writing module, will have the chance to sit in on undergraduate classes and to teach a session, and potentially to visit local schools and colleges.

Master's Excellence Scholarships

An award open to UK students intending to study one of our taught master’s degrees.

UK Government master’s funding

If you are starting your master’s degree in September 2023 or later, you may be able to apply for UK Government postgraduate funding to support your study at Cardiff University.

Alumni Discount Scheme

The alumni discount is available for Cardiff University graduates who are planning to start an eligible master's programme in 2023/24.

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HESA Data: Copyright Higher Education Statistics Agency Limited 2021. The Higher Education Statistics Agency Limited cannot accept responsibility for any inferences or conclusions derived by third parties from its data. Data is from the latest Graduate Outcomes Survey 2019/20, published by HESA in June 2022.

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