268 Part-time Master's degrees in Creative Writing

The University of Salford offers a Master of Arts (MA) in Creative Writing: Innovation and Experiment. This programme can be pursued either full-time over one year or part-time across two years, providing flexibility for students. It is designed for those seeking to enhance their writing skills and explore innovative practices in a vibrant academic environment.

This Creative Writing course offered by Bath Spa University will help you to bring a novel, book of poems, book of short stories or work of non-fiction as near to publishable quality as possible.

This Creative Writing course at Royal Holloway University of London allows you to develop your work as a writer to a professional level, going beyond the personal and writing with an engaged sense of literary culture, its social role and contemporary practices.

This M.A. in Creative Writing and Education from Goldsmiths, University of London, offers a unique blend of creative writing and pedagogical skills. The programme can be completed in one year full-time or two years part-time, catering to diverse learning preferences and schedules, making it an excellent choice for aspiring writers and educators alike.

Get the training, connections and experiences you need to make your mark in television. The Television Fiction Writing degree from Glasgow Caledonian University is the only full-time masters degree focusing solely on writing TV drama for the UK.

Join a vibrant community of award-winning writers at the Manchester Writing School, home to over 100 published students and graduates. The Creative Writing programme from Manchester Metropolitan University invites you to develop your voice, on campus in a UNESCO City of Literature, or as part of our global online community from anywhere in the world.

This postgraduate course in Screenwriting (MA, PG Cert) at Birkbeck, University of London, allows students to refine their writing skills to a professional level. The programme can be pursued full-time or part-time, with classes held on campus in the evenings. The course duration is one year for full-time students and two years for part-time students, commencing in October 2026.

You bring the passion for storytelling, we’ll help you develop your craft, tap into your creativity, and increase your network. At Johns Hopkins University our goal is that you will leave our Writing  program ready to write, publish, and edit at the highest levels possible.

Broaden your skills and portfolio to pursue a career as a versatile writer who can move across genres, platforms and audiences with ease with a postgraduate Graduate Diploma of Professional Writing course from Deakin University.   

Within this Writing and Publishing degree from from RMIT University you'll explore the publishing process from manuscript to marketplace.

You bring the passion for storytelling, the Writing program at Johns Hopkins University will help you develop your craft, tap into your creativity, and increase your network. The goal is that you will leave the program ready to write, publish, and edit at the highest levels possible.

Throughout the Creative Writing programme from Manchester Metropolitan University, you will explore and practice techniques and styles of modern and contemporary writing and apply these through the development of your own complete book or script. 

Immerse yourself in the art of creative writing and master self-reflection, critical thinking and analysis. Specialise in prose (fiction or creative nonfiction), poetry or script writing in a writing- and reading-intensive, practice-based research degree with the MA in Creative Writing offered at University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

The Creative Writing program at Saint Leo University is an advanced program that offers genre specializations in Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction.

At Creative Writing from University of Brighton we encourage writing that helps readers and writers to understand, shape and connect with the world beyond the classroom. Working with professional writers, you will develop your skills to produce and share stories in a variety of genres.

The Creative Writing - Fiction, Creative Non-Fiction, Poetry graduate certificate programme from Humber Polytechnic helps you improve your writing from the comfort of home. 

This Creative Writing degree from Keele University brings together a strong community of published and aspiring writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry and storytelling who, like you, appreciate the potential power of words and have embarked on a journey of self-expression.

The Creative Writing MA at Leeds Trinity University is a professional postgraduate programme designed for aspiring authors. This one-year full-time or two-year part-time course focuses on prose or poetry. You will develop your craft under expert guidance while exploring the publishing industry in a supportive environment.

The Contemporary Creative Writing MA at Northeastern University London you can develop your craft as a writer with our flexible, fully online

The Creative Writing programme at The City University of New York is a distinguished MFA offered in West Harlem. Available in full-time and part-time modes, this degree focuses on diversity and excellence. Students develop their unique voices in a supportive environment at The City University of New York over a flexible duration.