Overview

Creative Writing that develops your voice, craft, and career

The online Creative Writing MA/PGDip/PGCert at Goldsmiths brings together creative practice, critical thinking, and professional development to help you refine your voice across poetry, short fiction, life writing, and the novel. 

Through a combination of creative workshops, critical study, and peer exchange, you’ll develop advanced writing skills in a supportive, academically rigorous environment. You’ll also learn to read as a writer, engaging with contemporary literary concerns, and explore how your work connects to wider literary, cultural, and social contexts.

Goldsmiths’ creative reputation and future-focused approach give the programme a strong academic and professional edge. The programme’s dedicated modules explore publishing, professional practice, and sustaining a creative life beyond graduation, enabling students to develop submission-ready work, understand industry pathways, and build professional networks.

• Refine your craft across multiple forms of creative writing

• Strengthen both creative and critical thinking

• Develop submission-ready work and build a professional network

• Understand diverse publishing and industry pathways

• Learn with Goldsmiths' renowned creative writing community

Outcomes

• Develop and articulate a distinctive writerly identity 

• Demonstrate advanced creative and technical writing skills 

• Critically engage with literary texts, traditions, and contemporary debates 

• Produce original creative work to a professional standard 

• Navigate publishing, creative industries, and related professional contexts 

• Build sustainable practices for ongoing creative and professional development

Career Pathways

Graduate ready to enter a wide range of creative, cultural and professional sectors, including publishing, writing and content creation, arts and cultural organisations, education and teaching, media and communications, translation and editorial services, and professional services.