Overview

You’ll write a novel under the close guidance of award-winning crime writers and experienced creative writing tutors. All without relocating. University of East Anglia 's MA Creative Writing Crime Fiction (Part Time) is taught online, through flexible and specially designed modules that can work around your schedule. The online elements are supplemented with three short, high-intensity residential periods a year.

The course, uniquely, guides you through the process of planning and writing a full-length work of crime fiction. You'll be immersed in the key critical and practical elements of the genre. How do you shape a fast-moving narrative and create memorable characters? Where and when do you set your story? You'll be introduced to the professional writing landscape, meeting agents and publishers (including Little, Brown, the sponsors of the annual Crime MA Little, Brown prize), ready to embark upon the next stage of your writing career.

The MA Crime Fiction builds on our world-leading expertise, presenting you with the unique opportunity to further your knowledge and skills within the highly dynamic crime genre. You'll be inspired by visiting writers, who'll share insights about their practice. These have included Ian Rankin, Dreda Say Mitchell, Louise Doughty, Denise Mina, and Lee Child – whose archive UEA holds at the British Archive for Contemporary Writing. At Noirwich, our annual festival of crime writing, you’ll hear from some of the most innovative and important crime writers today, such as Attica Locke, Megan Abbott, Mick Herron, Val McDermid.

By the end of this part-time low-residency MA, you’ll have a draft of a full-length work, a stronger self-awareness as a writer and critic, and a greatly increased chance of publication. You’ll become fully conversant with all aspects of being a professional writer. Our graduates—including award winners Harriet Tyce, Trevor Wood and Femi Kayode—have gone straight from the MA Crime Fiction onto the bestseller lists. Our alumni also go on to work in teaching, publishing, journalism, communications, the media, and the arts.

Careers

Novelist

Creative writing teacher

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Journalist

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

A Creative Approach To Crime Writing

A Critical Approach To Crime Writing

A Public Approach To Crime Writing

A Theoretical And Practical Approach To Crime Writing

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Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-22 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-07-31 00:00:00

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UK: Course part-time on a two-year basis. Course fee charged £5992.50 per academic year
International: Course part-time on a two-year basis. Course fee charged £6,125 per academic year

Language

English

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Norwich, United Kingdom

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

Lower Second Class

English requirements

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General requirements

Degree classification UK Bachelors degree - 2:2 or equivalent
Degree Subject Any subject
Candidates are required to submit a portfolio of writing for assessment of between 3000 and 5000 words with their application. This could be part of a novel in progress or a piece or pieces of short fiction. This does not have to be crime writing focused but must be prose fiction.

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Tuition Fees

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12250 GBP / year

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11985 GBP / year

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Funding

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