676 Master's degrees in Creative Writing

The Writing - Poetry program at Columbia University is one of the strongest and most rigorous in the country. The program’s focus is, always, on students’ creative work, but we also emphasize an in-depth study of poetry and poetics unlike any other curriculum offered elsewhere.

Use your passion for writing to transform yourself and the world through an intense exploration of language. The Massey University Master of Creative Writing (MCW) is a 180-credit programme that can follow on immediately from your bachelor’s degree in any subject.

The M.A. in Magazine and Digital Storytelling at New York University is a full-time postgraduate programme delivered in a public study mode. Over three semesters, students master artful narrative techniques and digital media innovation, preparing for versatile careers in the heart of the world’s media capital.

This Creative Writing programme at the University of Huddersfield allows you to undertake a one-year (full-time) research degree, with little or no formal taught component. 

Build essential skills in magazine journalism by learning to produce online and print publications. The Magazine Journalism MA from City St George's, University of London also requires you to take up to seven weeks of relevant work experience, giving valuable practical experience and potentially the first step of a career.

This Nature and Travel Writing programme at Bath Spa University focuses on learning to write from your own experience in the field. You’ll develop your writing skills and techniques, learn from established writers, and examine the history, context and genres of nature and travel writing.

The MA in Creative Writing at Swansea University offers an immersive experience for aspiring writers. This one-year full-time programme provides comprehensive training in various writing genres, including fiction and poetry. Students engage with a vibrant community and benefit from expert instruction, enhancing their literary skills in a supportive environment.

The Creative Writing program at Warnborough College is unique and delivered completely online. It is based on Aristotle’s theory of mimesis, but despite its ancient roots, the program meets all the needs of a postmodern writer looking for new paradigms.

Get the support of a talented community of peers? Focus on fiction, narrative nonfiction or poetry in the graduate M.F.A. Writing program from University of New Hampshire, which has launched the careers of hundreds of poets, novelists, storywriters, essayists and memoirists.

The Literature and Creative Writing program at Western Sydney University offers you the opportunity to think across creative, critical and disciplinary categories, and to produce either works of scholarship or creative writing (or related creative work that crosses into other areas including music, art, performance and film).

The MFA at The University of Hong Kong is the first MFA programme in Creative Writing in English in Hong Kong and Asia. It is vibrantly located in the HKU Black Box at a top 25 Ranked University in the World Overall (2019 QS World University Rankings) and 1st Globally for Most International University (Times Higher Education Rankings 2019). 

The Applied Theatre Arts MA program offered at the University of Southern California School of Dramatic Arts invites community-based artists, educators, therapists, social workers and political activists to explore how theatre can be applied to non-traditional theatrical settings through a rigorous one year and one summer course of study.

The Rhetoric, Scientific and Technical Communication programme at the University of Minnesota is a comprehensive master level course. Delivered in a public study mode, it integrates research training with pedagogical expertise. Students develop professional skills in digital literacy and user experience over a standard duration.

Northern Michigan University's Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program is a three-year, 48-credit degree. Students will take workshops in more than one genre (we offer fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and occasionally screenwriting), two literature courses plus one critical theory course.

Graduate Creative Writing and Publishing Arts program at the University of Baltimore with the professional-level skills to write, edit, publish and promote your best work.

The Playwriting programme at The City University of New York offers an intensive creative environment for aspiring dramatists. This postgraduate course provides a dedicated study mode for those looking to refine their craft. Students benefit from the university's central location and its rich history in the performing arts.

Students enrolled in the Masters of Education in Reading at Salem State University will develop the expertise to become a reading practitioner. 

The Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Creative Writing degree at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley offers the student advanced study and practice of literary craft leading to a terminal degree and a significant body of the student’s own creative work. 

With a Master of Arts in Literature with Concentration in Composition and Rhetoric from University of Houston Clear Lake, you can develop your professional skills through a wide variety of seminars in Creative, Business, Multimedia, or Professional Writing. 

The Creative Writing degree at University of Chichester has a long and proud history of graduate success, with many of our students continuing on to careers as published writers.