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AgainstTHEGRAIN

Against The Grain are a theatre collective comprised of a small number of actors, directors and writers staging 3-4 productions per year in Chester.

• Meet at: Performances staged 3-4 times per year at various venues in Chester and surrounding areas
• Email: [email protected]
• Also on Facebook and Twitter

Caldy Valley Voices

Friendly community choir welcoming all ages and abilities.  Meet weekly, singing choral music from a wide range of musical genre.

• Meet at: Caldy Valley Church, Caldy Valley Road, Boughton, Chester, CH3 5PR
• Email: [email protected]

​Capenhurst Art Club

Encourages members to pursue their artistic ambitions in a variety of mediums, through tutoring and personal development. We also hold an annual exhibition of our own work every October.

• Meet at: Capenhurst and Ledsham Village Hall, Capenhurst, Chester, CH1 6HE
• Email: [email protected]

Cheshire Chord Company

A versatile vibrant, award-winning ladies a cappella chorus, specialising in exciting, high energy performances. Repertoire includes ballards to jazz; and pop to barbershop.

• Meet at: William Beamont Community School, Long Lane, Warrington, WA2 8PX.
• Website: www.cheshirechord.co.uk

Chester and North-East Wales Organists' and Choirmasters' Association

CNEWOCA exists to promote the organ and it's repertoire by providing events and forums for organists, choirmasters and all who enjoy listening to organ and choral music.

• Meet at: Different venues, details are published in a monthly newsletter.
• Website: www.cnewoca.org.uk/

Chester Bach Singers

A choir of about 40 voices, was formed in 1976 and has, since then, established itself as a leading chamber choir in the North West, giving five or more concerts per year in the Chester area. Programmes include large-scale choral works with orchestra as well as chamber works ancient and modern. The choir is committed to musical excellence and to the encouragement of young musical talent. Admission to the choir is by audition.

• Meet at: King's School, Chester
• Email: [email protected]
• Website: http://www.chesterbachsingers.org.uk/

Chester Debating Society

Promote debate by proposing and opposing a variety of topics. Members are invited to join in the debate in accordance with our agreed protocol.

• Meet at: Quaker Meeting House, Frodsham Street, Chester, CH1 3LF
• Email: [email protected]
• Also on Facebook

Chester Film Society

Chester Film Society offers the chance to see some of the finer films of world cinema in a relaxing and appreciative atmosphere.

• Meet at: Various Chester venues inc. St Mary’s and Grosvenor Museum (details on website)
• Email: [email protected]

Chester Folk Survivors

Organisers of the Chester Folk Festival, February Folk Day and other folk music events.

• Meet at: various
• Contact: Chester Folk Survivors, PO Box 3695, Chester, CH1 9RQ
• Email: [email protected]
• Website: www.chesterfolk.org.uk/

Chester in Concert

Produces the Music in Chester and District website to raise the profile of live music in Chester and District. Details are also put into a printed leaflet.

• Email: [email protected]
• Website: www.musicinchester.chestermusicsociety.org.uk

Chester Ladies Choir

We are a group of 50 ladies who love to sing! We sing a varied repertoire and perform two main concerts each year as well as charity concerts and weddings. New members are welcome.

• Meet at: St Lukes's Church, Huntington on Tuesdays at 7.30pm
• Email: [email protected]
• Website: http://www.chesterladieschoir.co.uk/

Chester Music Society

Chester Music Society promotes and encourages performances of classical music and choral music through the four arms of society: choir, celebrity concerts, club and youth choirs.

• Meet at: St Mary's Centre, Chester Cathedral and All Saints Church, Hoole.
• Email: [email protected]
• Website: http://www.chestermusicsociety.org.uk/

Chester Music Society Choir

A community choir of 170 members performing major choral classics.

• Meet at: Queen's School, Chester
• Email : [email protected]

Chester Operatic Society

Stages full musical theatre productions and concerts in and around the city. Concerts present lively combinations of musical theatre, light opera, classical and popular music. A registered Educational Charity keen to promote the participation in and appreciation of the operatic and dramatic arts. Established in 1922.

• Meet at: St Andrew's United Reformed Church Hall, Handbridge
• Email: [email protected]
• Website : chesteroperatic.co.uk

Chester Philharmonic Orchestra

Chester Philharmonic Orchestra is one of the premier non-professional orchestras in North West England. More details about their concerts can be found on their website.

• Meet at : All Saints Church Centre, Hoole, Chester
• Website : www.chesterphilorchestra.co.uk
• Contact form:  www.chesterphilorchestra.co.uk/contact
• Also on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram

Chester Photographic Society

Organises a programme of lectures, competitions and formal and informal instruction relating to photography. Aimed at amateur photographers from beginners to advanced workers.

• Meet at: Grosvenor Museum, Grosvenor Street, Chester, CH1 2DD or United Reform Church, Oldfield Drive, Vicars Cross, Chester, CH3 5LL
• Website : https://chesterps.org/

Chester Schools Concert Band

Gives young musicians the opportunity to play an extended repertoire of music in addition to that played in school bands. We undertake a foreign tour every two years. Rehearsals Tuesdays during term time.

• Meet at : Bishops High School, Vaughans Lane, Chester, CH3 5XF

Chester Little Theatre

Award winning amateur drama club presents six productions annually and welcomes new members for involvement in all aspects of producing plays and running its own theatre.

• Meet at: Chester Little Theatre, Gloucester Street, Newtown, Chester, CH1 3HR
• Telephone : 01244 322 674
• Email : [email protected]

Chester Writers

A friendly, informal group which is open to every sort of creative writing. Provide constructive criticism and socialising for creative writers. We have occasional group projects and writing themes.

• Meet at: Storyhouse, Hunter Street, Chester CH1 2AR
• Website : http://chesterwriters.blogspot.com

City of Chester Brass Band

A local band for people of all abilities. We are also available for concerts etc.

• Meet at: The Bandroom, Bedward Row, Chester
• Email: [email protected]

The City of Chester Male Voice Choir

The Choir is long established in the City, is a registered charity and performs in concert for a variety of charities, holds its own festival concerts twice a year and a Christmas concerts. The Choir is a favourite for wedding ceremonies too. The choir has won many accolades over the years and its motto is 'We Sing to Serve'.

• Meet at : Hoole Methodist Church, Hamilton St, Hoole, Chester, CH2 3JG
• Website : http://www.chestermalevoice.com/

We are a small friendly group or woodwind players - mainly adult returners and young people just out of formal education.  We play a range of charitable concerts throughout the year with a wide repertoire of music.

• Meet: St Clare's Parish Hall, Hawthorne Road, Lache, Chester, CH4 8HH

Deva Flamenco

Deva Flamenco are a voluntary community group who promote appreciation of flamenco. Weekly dance classes, occasional workshops by visiting dancers, talks, workshops for schools and community groups. Dance shows.

• Meet at : New Scene, Limewood Close, Newton Lane, Chester CH2 2HH.
• Contact : Christine Stockton
• Telephone : 01244 383293
• Email : [email protected]

Farndon and District Brass Band

The Friendly Band, established in 1897. The band have an extremely enthusiastic MD, instruments and uniforms, they are looking to bolster their numbers with players required in all sections. The Band meets on Thursday evenings at 7.45pm, the juniors meet on Wednesdays at 7pm and the ensemble meet on Wednesdays at 8pm.

• Meet at : Churton Village Hall, Stannage Lane, Churton, CH3 6LE
• Email : [email protected]
• Website : www.farndonband.org.uk

Majestic Academy of Performing Art

We are a Chester-based non-franchise performing arts academy that works towards educating and training (dancing, singing, and drama) the next generation of artists.

• Meet at: Chester Music Theatre, Tarvin Road ,Chester, CH3 5DZ
• Email: [email protected]

Minerva Arts

Minerva Arts is a Youth Arts Education and Development Organisation based in Cheshire running Youth Theatre and other projects

• Meet at: Kingsway Buildings, Chester, CH2 2UB; Cheshire Military Museum, Chester, CH1 2DN; Malpas Young Person's Centre, Chester Road, SY14 8HT
• Contact: Steph Brocken
• Telephone: 07894 858934
• Email: [email protected]

Music at Wesley

A Music Society, promoting recitals and concerts at the Wesley Church Centre, raising Funds for its parent charity: Wesley Methodist Church, Chester.

• Meet at : Wesley Methodist Church, St John Street, Chester, CH1 1DA.
• Telephone : 01244 379275
• Website: https://www.wesleychester.co.uk/whats-on/music-wesley/

One A Chord

A friendly and welcoming mixed choir, of all ages, meeting once a week on Monday’s 7-8.30pm. We sing all sorts of styles and types of music, pop, musical theatre and classical, but all with the aim of having fun and enjoying a musical start to the week! 

• Meet at: Stanley Palace, Watergate Street, Chester, CH1 2LF

Rastros no Ar Capoeira and Dance Community Interest Company

Developing and sharing capoeira (energetic Brazilian art form) and dance across Cheshire West and beyond through classes, workshops, events, after-school clubs and special projects.​

• Meet at: The Unity Centre, 17 Cuppin Street, Chester, CH1 2BN
• Email: [email protected]
• Website: capoeirachester.co.uk

Simply Lyrical Choir

We are a friendly female choir of all ages, singing modern pop and songs from musicals. We meet every Wednesday evening at 8pm – 9.30pm. Free taster sessions.

• Email : [email protected]
• Meet at: All Saints’ Church Hall, 2 Vicarage Road, Hoole, Chester , CH2 3HZ.

Society of Thirteen

We put on about 10 lectures a year (September to June, Monday evenings) of general interest (history, travel, art, science) and arrange occasional trips.

• Meet at : Grosvenor Museum, 27 Grosvenor Street, Chester
• Website : http://www.societyofthirteen.org.uk/

Tip Top Productions

TTP community theatre company producing panto yearly. All ages, experience, actors, singers & dancers are welcome.​

• Meet at: The Forum Studio Theatre, Hamilton Place, Chester, CH1 2BH
• Telephone: 01244 341296
• Email: [email protected]

Upton Dramatic Society

We put on two amateur drama productions each year in December and March.

• Meet at: Upton Village Hall, 28 Heath Road, Upton, Chester, CH2 1HX
• Email : [email protected]
• Website : http://www.uptondrama.com

Waverton Handbell Ringers

The Waverton Handbell Ringers are a well-respected group of musicians who enjoy ringing handbells and perform often throughout the year. We currently have three levels of ensembles from beginners to advanced. We strive to be the best musicians we can be on handbells.

• Meet at : Rowton Methodist Church, Moor Lane, Rowton, Chester
• Email: [email protected]

Ellesmere Port

Ellesmere port music society.

The Society has been promoting classical music in Ellesmere Port since April 1950. The choir was formed in 1953, and choral music has been our main activity since 1970.

• Meet at: The Whitby High School, Sycamore Drive, Whitby, Ellesmere Port, CH66 2NU
• Email: [email protected]
• Website: http://www.epmsonline.co.uk/

Chalice Media Group

A group of local young people creating live performance of well known and original works by local writers in local venues.

• Meet at: 8 Cambridge Road, Ellesmere Port, CH65 4AG
• Telephone: 0151 355 0367
• Email: [email protected]

Little Actors Theatre Company

We are a youth theatre for 2 1/2 to 18 year olds. We teach drama, singing and dance and do script work with our young people.

• Meet at: Neston Theatre Arts, 26-30 Brook Street, Neston, CH64 9XL
• Contact: Samantha Giblin
• Telephone: 0151 336 4302
• Email: [email protected]
• Website : http://www.littleactorstheatre.com/

Little Sutton Art Group

Up to 20 members meet each Thursday, with individual artists equipment. The members vary in ability using watercolour, pencil drawing and pastels. Social interaction makes this a friendly group.

• Meet at: Community Centre, Little Sutton, Ellesmere Port, CH66

Purple Gecko Youth/Purple Gecko Health

Dance group that provide a variety of dance lessons for children. Young people and over 55’s.

• Meet at: United Reformed Church, 2 Parkfield Drive, Whitby, CH65 6SN
• Contact: Samantha Hickey
• Email: [email protected]
• Website: https://purplegeckoacademy.co.uk/

South Wirral Art Society

Aims to promote Visual Arts in the locality, develop skills and abilities of its 40 members, stay open to new ideas and approaches, exhibit two to three times a year. Meet two Tuesday evenings a month for professional demonstrations and practical sessions.

• Meet at: Ellesmere Port Golf Centre, Chester Road, Childer Thornton, Ellesmere Port, L66 1QF
• Website: http://www.swas.btck.co.uk/

Swing Collection Big Band

A friendly rehearsal band meeting weekly, occasional concerts, with a library of over 250 arrangements playing swing music of Count Basie, Glen Miller, etc

• Meet at: Little Stanney Village Hall, Stanney Lane, Little Stanney, Ellesmere Port, CH2 4HT
• Contact: Graham Leng
• Email: [email protected]
• Instagram : https://instagram.com/swing.collection.big.band

Northwich and Winsford

​byley art group.

Provides group sessions for painting assignments and projects. Invites professional artists to give instruction, demonstration and advise. Watercolour and mixed media group.​

• Meet at: Byley Village Hall, Moss Lane , Byley CW10 9NG

Condate Singers

Mixed, four-part choir singing all types of music from madrigals to pop classics. We perform by request for charitable groups.

• Meet at: 7.30pm - 9.30pm. Thursday evenings in Northwich Methodist Outreach Centre, Witton Street, Northwich, CW9 5EA
• Email: [email protected] ​
• Website: www.condate.org.uk

Cuddington and Sandiway Film Group

The group holds monthly evening film shows from September to April in the new Village Hall. Showings are part of the Rural Film Club Scheme via Cheshire West and Chester Council.

• Meet at: Cuddington and Sandiway Village Hall, Norley Road, Cuddington, Northwich, Cheshire, CW8 2LB
• Website: www.cuddingtonandsandiwayvillagehall.org.uk/

Davenham and Sandiway Players

The group presents plays and stages social events and provides entertainment for the local community.

• Meet at: 59 Church Street, Davenham, Nr Northwich, Cheshire, CW9 8NF
• Telephone: 01606 259596
• Website: http://www.davenhamplayers.co.uk/

Harlequin Players

An amateur theatre group producing 6 plays per year, as well as occasional club nights and play readings.

• Meet at: Harlequin Theatre, Queen Street, Northwich, CW9 5JN
• Telephone: 01606 246831
• Website: http://www.harlequinplayers.com

Mid-Cheshire Camera Club

The Club provides facilities for its members to meet, discuss and attend lectures and demonstrations in photography and display their work in competitions and exhibitions. The club is affiliated to the Lancashire and Cheshire Photographic union.

• Meet at: Dingle Recreation Centre, High Street, Winsford, CW7 2AS
• Website: http://www.midcheshirecameraclub.org/

​Northwich Folk Club

We meet every Friday, usually at 8pm, for singers' nights where all are welcome to perform or listen and for guest nights featuring local to international folk artists.​

• Meet at: The Royal British Legion (Social) Club, Firth Fields, Davenham, Northwich, CW9 5JN
• Email: [email protected]
• Website: www.northwichfolk.co.uk

Northwich Photographic Society

The society meet to promote interest in and appreciation of digital still photography in all its forms, be it printed or projected, both technical and artistic. The society meet from 8pm until 10pm each Thursday from September to April with an extensive programme of visiting lecturers throughout the season to suit all interests together with monthly competitions.

• Meet at: Castle Community Church, Beeston Street, Northwich, CW8 1ER​
• Website: www.northwichphotographicsociety.co.uk

Rivendell Singers

We are a very friendly choir of 35 voices giving six concerts a year of sacred, secular, serious and light-hearted pieces in venues around Cheshire.

• Meet at: 7.45pm on a Tuesday evening at Northwich Methodist Outreach Centre, Witton Street, Northwich, Cheshire, CW9 5LP
• Website: http://www.rivendellsingers.org.uk/

Vale Royal Musical Theatre

Musical theatre group performing full musicals and fundraising concerts in and around Winsford. Members aged from 16 - 70. Friendly group, also need non-performing helpers. We meet on a Monday night from 7.30pm to 9.30pm.

• Meet: Winsford

Vale Royal Writers Group

Friendly group of writers/aspiring writers sharing news and encouragement with the option of reading work and getting feedback, meeting the first Monday of the month.

• Meet at: Blue Cap, Chester Road, Sandiway, Northwich, CW8 2DN
• Email: [email protected]
• Website : www.vrwg.co.uk

Ashton Hayes Theatre Club

Ashton Hayes Theatre Club is an award-winning community drama group, presenting quality – often sell-out - performances 2 – 3 times a year. The club is friendly and inclusive, and welcomes individuals regardless of who they are.

• Meet at : Tarvin Community Centre, Meadow Close, Tarvin, CH3 8LY
• Email: [email protected]
• Website: ahtc.org.uk
• Also on Facebook and X

Castle Park Arts Centre

Display art in four galleries. Run and host  a variety of arts classes for adults and children. Rent galleries to 20 local societies. Seven craft units.​

• Meet at: Castle Park, off Fountain Lane, Frodsham, CW6 6SA
• Contact: Mrs Kim Horton
• Telephone: 01928 735832
• Email: [email protected]

​Founded in January 2010, by a group of women who love to sing, Decibellas has grown into an award-winning choir of over fifty voices. Based in Tarporley, Cheshire, the choir attracts members of varying ages and experience, from the surrounding area. As Katie, our Musical Director often tells us, "we all have the same instrument", so there are no auditions - Decibellas is a choir open to all women who love to sing. Our repertoire includes a wide range of uplifting music, including gospel, spiritual, choral and songs from musicals.

• Meet at: Tarporley Primary School
• Email: [email protected]
• Website: www.decibellas.co.uk

Cheshire Guild of Woodturners

Promotes the art of woodturning by meetings demonstrations and exhibitions and exchange of skills and ideas. Encourages members to aim for and produce high quality turnery and woodwork.​

• Meet at: Plumley village hall Nr Knutsford
• Email: [email protected]

Frodsham and District Choral Society

We are an amateur singers who sing a mixture of sacred and secular music, with a lighter more popular programme in the summer. We sing for enjoyment and as an education for ourselves and our audience.​

• Meet at: Frodsham Methodist Church, Kingsley Road, Frodsham, WA6 6BA
• Email: [email protected]
• Website: fdcs.org.uk

Frodsham Players

Perform two productions a year, modern/classic drama - room for new members both acting/non acting.

• Meet at: Frodsham Community Centre, Fluin Lane, Frodsham WA6 7QN
• Website : www.frodshamplayers.com

Kelsborrow Choir

Study and practice of choral music to foster appreciation of such music by means of public performance and raise money for charities by so doing.

• Meet at: The Old School opposite the Church in Ashton Hayes
• Website: www.kelsborrowchoir.org

We are a youth theatre for 2 1/2 to 18 year olds. We teach drama, singing and dance and do script work with our young people.​

• Website: www.littleactorstheatre.com

Cantoris is a chamber choir made up of semi-professional singers and students.  We put on 10-12 concerts a year around the North West to raise money for local charities.

• Meet at: Norley Parish Centre
• Email: [email protected]

Minerva Arts is a Youth Arts Education and Development Organisation based in Cheshire running Youth Theatre and other projects

Guilden Sutton Players

We are an award winning dramatic group that perform in a studio setting May and November each year to an audience of around 120.

• Meet at: Marigold Room, Guilden Sutton Village Hall, Guilden Sutton, Nr Chester
• Email: [email protected]

Jan Modelski Community Orchestra

Three orchestras, of different standards, meet weekly to rehearse for concerts, 2-4 a year.  Atmosphere is friendly and informal while encouraging the development of musical skills.

• Meet at: Barrow Village Hall, Main Street, Great Barrow, Chester, CH3 7HX
• Email: [email protected]
• Website: www.thejanmodelskiorchestra.co.uk

Tarporley Band

Brass Band playing a wide selection of music. Rehearsing on Thursday evenings. All ages and abilities to meet and make music together.

• Meet at: Tarporley Band Hall, off The Close, High st, Tarporley, CW6 0DX
• Email: [email protected]
• Website: www.tarporleyband.org.uk

Zodiac Amateur Operatic Society

The Zodiac is an award winning amateur theatre society based in Runcorn and Frodsham. Must be over 16. 

• Meet at: FCC or Manor House School, Longdale Way Frodsham
• Email: [email protected]
• Website: www.thezodiac.org

Helsby Concert Band

Helsby Concert Band is a community wind band open to all brass, woodwind and percussion players of all abilities.

• Meet at: Hornsmill Primary School, Denbigh Close, Helsby WA6 0ED
• Email: [email protected]
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Richard AC I am looking for a club that is driven by writing - either novice or other - because I am interested in writing projects and am open to ideas that could help inspire all involved.

I suffer from acute anxiety and recently had counselling that suggested I joined a club such as this as it may pay me dividends and teach me how to mix with others. As I love writing, I thought of this.

Chris Fielden Hi Richard. Thank you for your message. Sorry to hear about your anxiety, but glad you're taking steps to improve the situation - that's great.

Well, you can either try joining a local face-to-face writing group (like the ones listed on this page), or look at online options. Personally, I find in person groups work better, but online can work too, depending on your needs / personal preference.

If you'd prefer online, I list quite a few platforms you can look at here .

I hope that helps and wish you the best of luck finding a group that suits your needs :-)

Richard AC Dear Mr. Fielden. Thank you for responding to my queries in the matter of a writing group. I do appreciate the feed back you sent and will consider one or two avenues. Maybe something will become of it.

Chris Fielden No problem, Richard. Good luck with finding a group :-)

Kevin A Hi, I'm looking to challenge myself with some collective creative writing. I've been in a group before which inspired me to approach my local library and asked for permission to hold a group in there. To my surprise the local council backed me and it was a thing for several months. Unfortunately it had to stop and I've been looking for something to let me express myself lyrically, metaphorically, even humorously too. I hope someone will be able to point me in the right direction. I have a lot of works that I'm actually proud of and am holding aspirations to be an author. I have a few individual poems published in various books but that was a long time ago. I think I've evolved as a writer with age. Hope to hear from someone. Thanks.

Chris Fielden Hi Kevin, thanks for your message.

Firstly, I'd recommend researching groups in your local area. If there aren't any and you don't want to start up another one, you can look for online platforms. I list many on my site - you can find details here .

Also, consider looking at other lists of writing groups, like the ones featured here .

I hope that helps and wish you the very best with finding the right group for you.

Kevin A Thanks for getting back to me Chris. I'll take a look at the links you sent me. Cheers mate.

Chris Fielden No problem, thanks Kevin :-)

Caroline B Hi, I am working on my second book which is about somatic awareness,  movement and creative expression. I would love to find a writers group who are focusing on simlar themes, such as creative expression through the body. I should add that the central theme of my book is a creative response to the concept of symptom as messenger.

I live in South Devon and would like to meet face to face occaisionally, though I realise my request may be too big an ask!! But then you can always ask.

Best wishes, Caroline

Chris Fielden Thanks for your message, Caroline.

I'm afraid I don't know of any groups like that in your area. What you're looking for sounds fairly niche, to be honest. You may have to try searching for online groups instead.

I hope that helps and wish you the best of luck in finding the right writing group for you :)

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Chester Writers was started by friends who met in a creative writing class and shared a passion for the written word. Now, thirty years on, it is still going strong, providing a friendly and supportive group where writing is shared and encouraged at all levels, from complete beginners to professional authors. This book is not only a showcase of new fiction, poetry and memoir from members of Chester Writers throughout the years, but also tells the history of the group through the eyes of its varied members.

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With contributions from 25 members: Klaus Armstrong-Braun Jan Bengree Die Booth Muriel Bradbury Jane Brocklehurst Ruth Chippendale Natalie Davies Clare Dudman Ian Edmonds Andy Hickmott Tor Hansen Suzanne Iuppa Helen Jones Philippa Loyley Jane Mack Eva Nienkirchen Chris Quartermaine Kate Quartermaine Ravi Raizada Stanley Salmons Rosie Sedgwick Maggie Shaw Ally Shepherd Deborah Wales Rhian Waller

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18. Subject Benchmarking Group

Benchmark for the Subject Group ‘English’

19. Professional Recognition By (if applicable)

20. name of module assessment board (mab).

English Module Assessment Board

21. Date of Validation / Revalidation

Wednesday 22 nd January 2020

22. Educational Aims of the Programme

Provide an interesting and stimulating programme in Creative Writing to honours degree standard, broadly representative of the range and variety of the discipline of Creative Writing studies as practised academically today;

Give students the opportunity to explore diverse writing techniques, styles and forms, combined constantly with a study of exemplary texts selected from the canon of published writers, both past and present;

Use critical analysis and close reading to help students understand the skills available to the creative writer, with the aim of developing the students' own creative writing; 

Develop the students' critical and self-critical faculties, by creating a culture of constructive and supportive mutual consultation and advice; 

Train students in the methods, devices and techniques used by successful creative writers; 

Give students the opportunity to develop their creative writing across a range of styles, forms and genres; 

Emphasise the importance of writing as a process, from the conception of a project through drafts and editing to its conclusion; 

Consider, and give students exercises in, a wide range of types of professional writing aimed at a range of audiences; 

Help students develop their writing and confidence in their writing, through a series of structured exercises; 

Make students aware of the opportunities for publishing their writing, and encourage and support students seeking to publish their work or enter it for literary prizes; 

Prepare students for the range of careers that require writing and communication skills.

23. Programme Outcomes

Knowledge and understanding.

Students will have studied a range of texts from the past and the present, and will have transposed their analysis of such texts to their own practice of writing. Students, in studying a range of writing from a variety of literary genres (poetry, fiction, drama), will have begun to understand and employ the technical resources embedded there. Students will develop the ability to look at literature from the writer’s angle, seeing how literary works are constructed, so that this knowledge can be transposed to their own creative practice. Students will have encountered a wide range of forms and genres, and come to understand how the same fundamental skills lie behind them all: the astute use of language in literary forms to achieve dynamic effects. Students will see how technical resourcefulness in literary forms can be studied in the work of others, and then employed in their own writings.

Cognitive Skills

Students will have developed close reading skills and associated analytical, interpretative and evaluative skills, so as to employ the techniques they are studying in their own writing practice. Students will have developed a grasp of the ways in which creative textual construction is a learnable skill. Students will be able to employ their knowledge of formal invention, function and control, in a variety of writing genres. Students will be reflective learners, critically aware of the processes of communication, invention and analysis. Students will be able to use research resources to provide them with the necessary data for creative writing.

Practical and Professional Skills

Students will have acquired skills in the analysis and construction of literary texts, to maximise communicative power. Students will be able to collaborate with colleagues and will have developed their oral skills by discussing the formal requirements of creative writing in seminars, small group work, tutorials and projects. Students will have developed skills of debate and argument, including the rhetorical skills of the art of persuasion, both written and verbal, through the delivery of oral presentations and seminar papers. Students will have gained writing skills, in a variety of forms and genres, such as the composition of discursive and/or analytical essays, the writing of Creative Writing assignments, and various other kinds of writing required by the range of modular coursework assessments.

Students will gain skills in verbal and written transmission, including the ability to read, interpret, paraphrase, summarise and create written material lucidly and cogently. Students will be proficient in effective written and spoken communication and presentational skills. Students will be able to apply knowledge derived from the employment of literary skills to practical situations. They will understand how the processes of textual construction underlie all rhetorical effects. Students will develop skills in: problem-solving, project management, organisation and time-management, including working to deadlines. Students will also gain independent and collaborative learning skills. Students will possess IT and multimedia skills, including word-processing skills and the skills associated with using websites, email, CD-ROM/DVD.

Communication Skills

Communication skills are essential and are a core element of all aspects of provision. Since the whole programme aims at a creative engagement with the literary tradition, the emphasis is entirely on those skills which allow students to improve their understanding of literary and essayistic form, so as to facilitate their own creative writing. Modes of delivery necessitate the collaboration of students in a seminar setting, and a central aim of such working with others is the ability to be self-critical, so as to improve work incessantly from the original draft onwards. Students will be able to use information and communication technologies appropriately, in particular word-processing software, email, the web, CD-ROM/DVD, and other audio/video materials.

24. Programme Structure and Features; Levels, Modules, Credits and Awards

24a. programme structure and features (levels, modules, credits, awards).

The programme is structured to develop students' practice in a range of styles, forms and genres. Level 4 comprises three 20-credit core modules.

EN4107 Writing Drama: Page, Stage and Screen introduces the field of dramatic writing. Drama from both the past and the present is studied in depth in order to understand writing and performance techniques and how they work together in a final performance. EN4108 Writing Poetry: Finding Your Voice introduces the study of writing poetry at degree level, equipping students with the basic knowledge and skills needed to progress further. A variety of poetic forms are examined, evaluated, and used as models for good writing practice. The texts are chosen both from contemporary writers, and from classic texts from the past. Students are encouraged to experiment with a variety of techniques to foster and develop their own creative practice. There is an emphasis on form, prosody, style and meaning. The aim is always to maximise the skills acquisition of the developing writer. The final core module at Level 4 is EN4109 Writing Fiction: How to Craft a Story, introducing students to a variety of fictional forms and genres. Once again, the texts studied and the exercises set are designed to maximise the developing writer’s ability to acquire and employ relevant skills. Form and technique are foregrounded to emphasise the basic skills involved in the writing of creative prose. All of the modules at Level 4 have been designed to be foundational, and all are calibrated to the development of writing and critical skills which are key to proceeding with the rest of the programme.

At Level 5, Creative Writing students may select from a variety of 20-credit optional modules, all of which build on and extend the writing skills explored at Level 4. EN5023 The Gender Agenda: Writing Identities considers how gender, as a core facet of identity, is defined and redefined in and by literature, film and popular culture. Students will be equipped with key gender theorists’ ideas in order to enable them to consider gender’s role in their own lives and writing (both creative and academic). EN5105 Flash Fiction is designed to provide a detailed understanding of flash fiction (‘short-short stories’). Students will study and write flash fiction of varying lengths in order to gain an understanding of this increasingly popular form. Students will also learn about the contexts in which flash fiction is disseminated and published. EN5106 Poetry: Other Voices, Other Forms permits students to expand the understanding of poetry that they gained at Level 4, by encouraging them to read and write poetry in a range of different voices and forms (both traditional and contemporary). Students will gain an understanding (both critical and practical) of the potential and challenges of a diverse range of voices and forms in poetry. EN5108 An Introduction to Publishing examines the world of publishing. Its purpose is twofold: to equip aspiring writers with knowledge and understanding that will help them get their own work published, and to provide insight into the publishing industry that will appeal especially to students considering a career in publishing. 

At the end of Level 5, as part of the University's Experiential Learning Programme, as an alternative to Work Based Learning (WB5101), students may opt to take one of the following modules: EN5203 Professional and Academic Development: Research Skills for Writers, offered as part of the University’s Experiential Learning programme, looks at the way in which writers gain sufficient knowledge to provide their texts with the plausibility they require. The module concentrates on the range of skills and methods which can be used to prepare and support a writing project. The practical outcomes of different kinds of research – for example, the preparing of historical information for the writing of a period-based piece of prose; the researching of a subject for a radio commentary; or the creation of a base of evidence for a factual piece of writing – may demand different kinds of research emphasis but, taken together, students following the module will experience through ‘research in context’ a breadth of transferable researching skills. As a work-based learning module, much of the students’ time will be spent working for a local company with an established relationship with the Department of English on a placement which requires them to use the skills typically developed on the English programmes, such as clear written and spoken communication, being critical, and recognising and applying language effectively in a range of contexts. Alongside students’ experience in the workplace, they will receive support, training and instruction from both their placement provider and their tutors on how best to develop and extend their abilities when applying them in the workplace. The other options are ML5210 Introduction to TESOL/TEFL, which is designed for students intending to spend a year abroad and/or considering teaching English as a foreign language during that time, and SP5230 Applied Spanish for Beginners which allows students to study basic Spanish.

All students of Creative Writing will have an opportunity to study abroad at a partner university either for a term or for an academic year by opting for one of the following modules: ML5004 or ML5008.

At Level 6, Creative Writing students (Major and Equal) may take the 40-credit module EN6101 The Writing Project. This has been designed to enable students to pursue and complete a selected extended writing project. Coursework for modules already completed may provide the basis for this much more substantial project (but is not included in the word count). The aim is to help students complete an 8,000-word project, the most substantial single piece of writing of the programme. Where previous modules have encouraged a diverse experience of varieties of writing for a variety of media, students will now have the opportunity to develop their own specialist interest to produce a substantial text. In addition, Creative Writing students may select from a variety of 20-credit optional modules. EN6013 Writing Poetry for Publication provides an in-depth practical understanding of the techniques of poetry and encourages critical reflection on the use of those techniques when writing creatively. It looks at how successful poetry needs to be drafted, edited and presented in order to be published. Time is devoted to researching and discussing the publication and promotion of the students’ poetry. EN6105 Writing the Past allows students to develop the creative prose writing skills in the context of historical fiction, building on their practice in earlier prose modules such as EN4109.  EN6107 Life Writing examines the opportunities and complexities of life writing in prose, with a focus on memoir, travel writing, and biography as an act of creative writing.  In addition to choosing from those specialist Creative Writing modules, students may also opt to take 20 of their Level 6 credits in ONE of the following modules, each of which is a critical module (available to students of English Literature) but with an optional Creative Writing assessment component. While the principal focus of these modules is critical/analytical, they offer an invaluable opportunity for Creative Writing students to study a particular genre/concept in depth, in a manner that will inform their practical understanding of the genre/concept as writers. EN6030 More Fiction, Film and theory focuses exclusively on fiction or film authored or directed by women, LGBT or non-white artists. This module intends to engage with specific theories via identity politics, as a means of teaching students about how theory works in the world now. By reading or watching a set text of fiction or theory each week alongside a particular theory from a particular era students will learn both how to apply specific theories to pertinent texts, as well as how ideas within the field of identity politics have changed over time. EN6033 Crime, Deviance and Subversion explores how the genre of crime works and how it is challenged. EN6032 Fashioning Fictions focuses on the dressing of the text through clothes and objects challenging simplistic symbolism. EN6031 Kill Bill: Representation of Trauma engages with the proliferation of violence and trauma in literature, as well as the emerging field of trauma studies.

COMBINED HONOURS CREATIVE WRITING LEVEL FOUR CORE MODULES

• EN4107 Writing Drama: Page, Stage and Screen
• EN4108 Writing Poetry: Finding Your Voice 
• EN4109 Writing Fiction: How to Craft a Story

OTHER SUBJECT 60 credits of modules

COMBINED HONOURS CREATIVE WRITING LEVEL FIVE (MODEL A - WITH ‘MORE' CREATIVE WRITING) OPTIONS Students select THREE of the following modules:

• EN5023 The Gender Agenda: Writing Identities
• EN5105 Flash Fiction
• EN5106 Poetry: Other Voices, Other Forms
• EN5108 An Introduction to Publishing

OTHER SUBJECT 40 credits of modules

WBL Students who do not wish to take the Work-Based Learning module (WB5101), offered by the Department of Work Related Studies, MAY select one of the following: EN5203 Professional and Academic Development: Research Skills for Writers, SP5230 Applied Spanish for Beginners, or ML5210 Introduction to TESOL/TEFL.

COMBINED HONOURS CREATIVE WRITING LEVEL FIVE (MODEL B - WITH ‘LESS' CREATIVE WRITING) OPTIONS Students select TWO of the following:

WBL Students who do not wish to take the Work-Based Learning module (WB5101), offered by the Department of Work Related Studies, MAY select one of the following: EN5203 Professional and Academic Development: Research Skills for Writers, SP5230 Applied Spanish for Beginners, or ML5210 Introduction to TESOL/TEFL.

COMBINED HONOURS CREATIVE WRITING LEVEL SIX - ‘MAJOR' IN CREATIVE WRITING EN6101 The Writing Project (40)

OPTIONS Students then select TWO of the following:

• EN6105 Writing the Past
• EN6107 Life Writing
• EN6030 More Fiction, Film and Theory* 
• EN6013 Writing Poetry for Publication
• EN6031 Kill Bill: Representing Trauma*
• EN6032 Fashioning Fictions*
• EN6033 Crime, Deviance and Subversion*

NB: Creative Writing students may take only ONE of the modules marked with an asterisk*.

COMBINED HONOURS CREATIVE WRITING LEVEL SIX - ‘EQUAL' IN CREATIVE WRITING OPTIONS Students MAY opt to take:

EN6101 The Writing Project (40)

If they do so, they will then select ONE of the following; if they do not opt for EN6101, they will select THREE of the following:

COMBINED HONOURS CREATIVE WRITING LEVEL SIX - ‘MINOR' IN CREATIVE WRITING OPTIONS Students select TWO of the following:

OTHER SUBJECT 80 credits of modules

24b. Module Structure

24c. credit accumulation.

• 120 credits at Level 4 lead to the award of Certificate of Higher Education
• 240 credits including 120 at Level 5 lead to the award of Diploma of Higher Education
• 360 credits including 120 at Level 6 lead to the award of Bachelor of Arts (Combined Honours)

24d. Details of any derogation from University Regulations (if applicable)

25. professional body requirements (if applicable), 26. admission requirements.

UCAS points

A minimum of 112 UCAS points from GCE A Levels, including a grade B in one of the required subjects.

GCE A Level

The programme recommends one of the following subjects for entry:

• Creative Writing
• English Literature
• English Language
• English Language and Literature

BTEC Extended Diploma – DDM; BTEC Diploma – Merit/Distinction profile plus one of the GCE A Level subjects listed above.

Irish/Scottish

B in 4 subjects, including English

International Baccalaureate

26 points, including 5 in HL English

QAA recognised Access to HE Diploma (must include English at Level 3), Open College Units or Open University Credits

OCR National Extended/Diploma: distinction/merit profile plus one of the GCE A levels listed above

Extra Information

Welsh Baccalaureate (core) will be recognised in our tariff offer

27. Subject Benchmark Statements

The Benchmark Statement for English states that: ‘Creative Writing allows students to acquire many of the same aptitudes, knowledge and skills [as English Studies], but attain them to some extent through different routes. Creative writing is one form (among others) of disciplined engagement with verbal culture.’ The programme has been designed to emphasise the crucial inter-relationship between the study of exemplary texts and the practice of writing. The ability to analyse critically the texts of others is then transposed to the ability to analyse critically the students’ own creative work. The emphasis is continuously placed upon examining the skills and techniques of established and past writers in order to inform the students’ own experiments in a variety of forms, styles and genres. This aspect of the programme is particularly emphasised in: EN4107, EN4108 and EN4109 at Level 4; EN5105, EN5106, EN5108 EN5203 and EN5205 at Level 5; and EN6013 and EN6107 at Level 6. All of these modules go back and forth between exemplary texts and essential writing practice. The Benchmark Statement also says: ‘The original work produced by Creative Writing students is likely to be informed by wide and critical reading of existing literature, and to demonstrate precise attention to genre, form and audience.’ The programme emphasises such awareness, the product of close reading in the relevant literary field, particularly in: EN4107, EN4108 and EN4109 at Level 4; EN5105, EN5106, EN5108, EN5203 and EN5205 at Level 5; and EN6101, EN6013, EN6105, EN6107, EN6030, EN6031, EN6032 and EN6033 at Level 6. EN6101 permits a lengthy engagement with the creative writing process for the student at Level 6.

All of the modules on the programme are designed to develop the following skills essentially outlined in the English Benchmark Statement:

• critical skills in the close reading and analysis of texts, employed in a manner that permits a growing understanding of how creative writing is produced;
• ability to articulate knowledge and understanding of how creative writing is produced, in relation to the essential technical skills required to compose it;
• sensitivity to the different types and forms of literary production; how it uses language, imagery, form and genre to shape individual acts of communication in regard to an intended audience;
• inquisitiveness into the nature and function of language; how all literature is ultimately made of language, and language itself is the writer’s first and last resource;
• rhetorical skills, primarily written, but also oral;
• command of a broad range of vocabulary and an appropriate creative, formal and critical terminology;
• bibliographic skills appropriate to the wide range of disciplines included in the term ‘Creative Writing’, including accurate citation of sources and consistent use of conventions in the presentation of work, for critical, essayistic and reviewing purposes;
• awareness of the role of the critical intelligence in the shaping of creative writing; how any serious writer is simultaneously a critic of their own work;
• comprehension of the combination of observational ability and technical skill which makes a good writer.

28. Learning, Teaching and Assessment Methods

The programme uses a wide range of learning and teaching methods, including: workshops; seminars; small-group discussions; large-group discussions; lectures; talks; resource-based learning; distance learning; tutorials; presentations; various kinds of ‘practical’ sessions; tutor-supported private learning; etc. The programme uses a wide range of assessment methods, including: writing portfolios containing drafts, final versions and commentaries; critical exercises; essays; exercises in criticism and close reading; critiques; reviews; online discussion forums; reflective commentaries; scripts; private study projects; extended writing projects; resource-based learning reports. These methods have been developed in accordance with the English Department's Learning, Teaching and Assessment Strategy. Central to the strategy is tutor-supported, student-­centred learning, one of whose features is ‘to employ a broad range of appropriate learning, teaching and assessment methods, which develop the students' potential as autonomous, active learners (for the Department recognises that its students are already experienced learners who bring to their studies diverse and valuable learning experiences)'. Furthermore, varied assessment admirably suits the widening-participation agenda: the Department of English Mission Statement maintains that one of the Department's aims is ‘to facilitate greater access to the study of English at degree level through a flexible admissions policy, and the use of a variety of appropriate learning, teaching and assessment methods'. Accordingly, the programme has been developed with a wide variety of assessment in mind.

It is the view of the programme team that formal written examinations are not a suitable method of delivering the learning outcomes for this programme, so all assessed work is coursework of one kind or another.

29. Careers and Employability

The programme aims to place graduates in a position to develop careers in a range of professional writing contexts, or in the many professional contexts where good creative and communication skills are a pre-requisite or advantage. Though graduates may not become professional creative writers, they will bring to their work many of the skills that successful professional writers can command. The critical skills students will have acquired and developed will enable them to interpret, analyse and evaluate different types of textual (and other) material. Graduates will be very good communicators, with good expressive and listening skills, who can present, discuss and share their ideas and the ideas of others with individuals and groups of various sizes, in formal and informal settings. They will be able to see projects of work through from conception to completion, working well to deadlines. They will be able to respond well to advice and guidance but will also be autonomous learners able to work independently, and able to show self-discipline and good time management in their approach to their responsibilities. They will have a highly-developed self-critical faculty, having worked through the many drafting stages of their writing projects, and responded to the criticism of their tutors and peers. They will have developed their creative and imaginative potential and be able to adapt their creative skills to a range of working (and writing) contexts. They will have a flexible approach to writing and communication, understanding the demands of writing for and communicating with different audiences and clients.  Graduates will understand the importance of presenting their work to a high standard and will be able to use all the necessary technological skills, particularly word-processing skills, to achieve this. Graduates seeking work in professional writing contexts will have had the opportunity to learn about the world of editing and publishing in readiness for later training. Typical career paths would include: teaching/lecturing; publishing; work in the arts and media industries; work for the television, radio and film industries; journalism; advertising; public relations; customer services; promotional work; and marketing.

30. Equality

The programme conforms to the University Equal Opportunities Policy and the appropriate Codes of Practice. By its very nature, the Programme in Creative Writing actively engages with issues of race, gender, disability and age. The Department of English, which hosts the programme, is fully committed to the support of all its students whatever their circumstances. Over the years the Department has sought advice about and received training in the support of students with a variety of disabilities.

31. Additional Information

Students of the Creative Writing programme have the opportunity to enrich their studies by taking part in the many extra-curricular writing activities offered by the Department. We publish an annual creative writing magazine, Pandora's Box , which showcases the best work by students and staff in the university. The magazine is edited by a team of final-year students (under the supervision of a lecturer), and provides a forum for student work. The magazine has now expanded to include a creative writing website ( Pandora's Inbox ) that is able to include a broader range of work than the annual magazine, and is updated throughout the year. In addition, the Department runs a well-established and successful series of open-mic evenings, in which students, staff and guests share their creative writing in a relaxed and supportive environment.

Implementation of Blended Programme Delivery 2021/22 for Creative Writing

The University of Chester is taking steps to mitigate the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, while ensuring an excellent academic experience for our students. During the 2021-2 academic year, it is anticipated that the University will deliver programmes of study in a mode of blended online and face-to-face sessions. This statement describes how this will be implemented and should be read in conjunction with section 28 of this document and section 11 of the module descriptors associated with this programme. The blended model has been designed to safeguard the interests of students whilst upholding the University’s academic standards. This ensures that students can engage in high quality learning and teaching to support them to achieve the learning outcomes for this programme, irrespective of the prevailing conditions.

Larger group teaching may be delivered online and may be a mix of synchronous and asynchronous delivery depending on the material to be delivered. Subject content may be provided in different ways; for example, a series of videos and/or podcasts might be prepared and published online to a particular schedule. Seminars may be designed flexibly so that they can be conducted either online or in small group settings where this can be achieved safely. Oral presentations may be delivered in class when this can be safely facilitated. Where this is not possible, presentations may take place online.

Adopting a blended model of delivery will result in a different type of learning experience for many students. In order to ensure that all students are able to benefit from this, the University is seeking to engage students early and often to ensure that we continue to serve their needs appropriately. Module Leaders will obtain feedback from students about their experience of learning and teaching online. Staff-Student Liaison Meetings will be used to respond to any issues raised before the end of teaching in a given module. Using the quantitative and qualitative data available through CME, the programme team will consider the experiences of previous students and seek to incorporate their feedback to improve students’ online learning experiences. Assessments will be designed flexibly so that they can be completed remotely in the event that access to the campus is restricted.

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Our MA in Creative Writing: Writing and Publishing Fiction is a stimulating and rewarding course designed to help you develop the craft of excellent writing, enable you to produce original fiction, and equip you with the knowledge to get it published.

This distinctive course comprises four modules – Writing Short Fiction for Publication, Writing Novels for Publication, Getting Published, and The Writing Project – which are taught by a team of published authors, editors, and scholars. Their publications include: flash fiction; novels; short-story anthologies and collections; articles and essays; interviews; student textbooks; and writers’ guides. Two of the teaching team edit Flash: The International Short-Short Story Magazine , which has published stories by students on the MA.

The Exton Park library is well stocked with creative writing textbooks and houses the Flash Fiction Special Collection, the world’s largest archive of flash-related books and magazines.

Learn to Write Original Fiction

Whether you want to write flash fiction or short stories, novellas or novels, our unique programme of seminars and workshops will help you develop your writing to a publishable standard.

Develop Your Inner Editor

Writing professionally requires a range of key skills. Working alongside a supportive community of like-minded individuals, you will learn how to carefully edit and proof your own and others’ fiction.

Get Your Fiction Published

With a specially designed programme of seminars, workshops and talks with authors, editors and scholars, you will be encouraged to develop the skills necessary to get your fiction published.

You will study and try your hand at writing flash fiction, short stories, novellas and novels. Getting Published looks at the world of fiction publishing. For The Writing Project, you will be able to write a collection of flashes and/or short stories, a novella or a novel.

The Writing Project Compulsory

Module content:.

This module (required for MA qualification) enables students to pursue and complete a selected long writing project as the culmination of their programme. Coursework for modules already completed may provide the basis for this much more substantial project (though inclusion of verbatim work from earlier assessments will not form part of the assessment or word count). This module gives students the opportunity to develop their own specialist interest to produce a substantial prose text aimed at any of the available publishing and media outlets. The range of acceptable projects includes: a collection of short-short stories and/or short stories; a novella; an extract from a novella/novel.

Module aims:

• To enable students to devise, develop and complete a substantial writing project.
• To promote the practical application of the combination of writing skills acquired in the taught modules.
• To guide the student, through tutorial supervision, through the processes and methodologies of a large project from conception to completion.
• To encourage the student to complete, through the exhaustive processes of drafting and revision, a final document which not only constitutes the summative outcome of their writing but also reflects the formative processes involved in its creation.

The Short Writing Project Optional

This module is offered as an alternative to EN7104 The Writing Project. It allows students who do not wish to complete the full project required for the award of an MA to exit, if successfully completing the module, with a Postgraduate Diploma in Creative Writing. [The University requires 120 credits of successfully completed modules at M level for the award of a Postgraduate Diploma; the taught modules preceding this module represent 100 credits, hence the 20-credit option here described.] The module enables students to pursue and complete a selected short writing project. Coursework for modules already completed may provide the basis for part of this project (though inclusion of verbatim work from earlier assessments will not form part of the assessment or word count). This module gives students the opportunity to develop their own specialist interest to produce a prose text. The range of acceptable projects includes: a collection of short-short stories and/or short stories; a short story; an extract from a novella/novel.

• To enable students to devise, develop and complete a writing project.
• To guide the student, through tutorial supervision, through the project.
• To encourage the student to complete, through drafting and revision, a final piece which not only constitutes the summative outcome of their writing but also reflects the formative processes involved in its creation.

Writing Short Fiction for Publication Compulsory

Using a number of representative late-twentieth-century and contemporary texts, the module will examine the ways in which flash fiction (‘the short-short story’) and the short story are constructed. This will involve close analysis of such crucial aspects of short-fiction writing as: singleness of effect; economy; implication; openings; endings; setting; characterisation; dialogue; and point of view. Authors studied might include Beryl Bainbridge, Lydia Davis, Dave Eggers, David Gaffney, Vanessa Gebbie, Tania Hershman, Nadine Gordimer, Etgar Keret, John McGahern, Alice Munro, Rose Tremain and William Trevor. From analysis of such exemplars, students will gain technical knowledge and an awareness of what makes short fiction both publishable and a critical success. They will apply these insights in their own creative practice, experimenting with different forms, styles and subject matter.

• To explore a range of late-twentieth-century and contemporary short fiction.
• To enhance students’ understanding of the formal characteristics that make short fiction both publishable and a critical success.
• To develop students’ proficiency in using the techniques of short fiction.
• To enable students to write original and complete pieces of short fiction.

Writing Novels for Publication Compulsory

• To facilitate a critical understanding of the techniques of prose fiction in novel form.
• To explore some of the practical implications of key aspects of prose fiction writing.
• To explore location, characterisation and the methods of representing speech, thought and action in the prose that goes to make up a novel.
• To enable students to develop their own original novelistic prose fiction.

Getting Published Compulsory

• To enhance students’ understanding of the world of publishing fiction.
• To explore the different ways students can develop their public profiles as authors.
• To encourage professional development in relation to the students’ creative writing.
• To enable students to develop practical strategies in relation to getting their creative writing published.

Dr Ashley Chantler

Dr Graham Atkin

Dr Peter Blair

Prof Alan Wall

Teaching is via seminars and workshops

Assessment is via coursework

This course is designed around in-person study

There may be some online learning activities

Typically, Writing Short Fiction for Publication and Writing Novels for Publication are taught by nine weekly two-hour seminars and two-hour workshops; and Getting Published is taught by five weekly two-hour seminars and two-hour workshops. One-to-one tutorials are also available. For The Writing Project, you will work one-to-one with a supervisor.

Modules are assessed by coursework: creative pieces, prefaces, a short journal, two short essays, and a 16,000-word writing project. There are no formal exams.

The total workload, including reading, preparation, seminars, workshops, tutorials, research, and writing, is approximately 37.5 hours per week

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2:2 honours degree

A minimum of a 2:2 honours degree, or the equivalent, in an appropriate discipline is required (for example, Creative Writing; English Literature; English Language; Drama; Theatre Studies; Communication Studies; Cultural Studies; Film Studies; Journalism; Professional Writing). Applicants with lower qualifications, a degree in another discipline or appropriate relevant experience should contact the programme leader for advice.

Admission to the course is subject to an acceptable entry qualification profile, a sample of creative writing (fiction), and in some instances an interview.

In your personal statement on the application form , please give details of the fiction you have written (including any publications), what (if any) fiction-related events you have attended (e.g. workshops, readings), which fiction writers you particularly admire and why, and why you would like to do our MA.

When applying, please upload a sample of your fiction (c. 15 pages of flashes, a short story, or an extract of a longer fictional prose piece).

English Language Requirements

For those who do not have IELTS or an acceptable in-country English language qualification, the University of Chester has developed its own online English language test which applicants can take for just £50.

For more information on our English Language requirements, please visit International Entry Requirements .

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Exton Park is close to the city centre of Chester, a city like no other and an amazing place to live as a student. While it is undoubtedly beautiful and packed with history, Chester is also a bustling 21st-century city balancing big-name shopping, eating and living with a thriving independent scene.

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We have dedicated resources and IT services across campus, as well as our Seaborne Library; home to an extensive selection of books, e-books and e-journals, as well as bookable multimedia rooms, video conferencing space, 24-hour access computer labs, and The Hub; a comfortable two-floor study zone, suitable for independent and group study.

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Exton Park is home to a number of our central support services, including Disability and Inclusion, Careers and Employability, and Student Support.

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Exton Park boasts an impressive choice of indoor and outdoor sports and leisure facilities, which are used for both competitive and recreational sports. Our facilities include a swimming pool, gym, squash, and tennis courts, running track and two floodlit pitches.

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Built in 1847 by former students, the University Chapel offers regular services and a venue to services. The University of Chester also has multi-faith spaces across the campus for prayer or quiet reflection.

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Most of our student accommodation is located either on or near Exton Park.

We have several catering outlets available onsite, offering a wide selection of hot and cold food to students and visitors. Term-time Meal Schemes are also available for those students interested in non-residential catering schemes.

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The tuition fees for international students studying Postgraduate programmes in 2024/25 are £14,750.

The University of Chester offers generous international and merit-based scholarships for postgraduate study, providing a significant reduction to the published headline tuition fee. You will automatically be considered for these scholarships when your application is reviewed, and any award given will be stated on your offer letter.

For more information, go to our International Fees, Scholarship and Finance section.

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If you are living away from home during your time at university, you will need to cover costs such as accommodation, food, travel and bills.

The University of Chester supports fair access for students who may need additional support through a range of bursaries and scholarships. 

Full details, as well as terms and conditions for all bursaries and scholarships can be found on the Fees & Finance section of our website.

Job Prospects 

Graduates have gone on to develop their writing profiles and be published. They have also applied for PhDs. Jobs include teaching, university administration, and marketing.

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The University has an award-winning Careers and Employability service which provides a variety of employability-enhancing experiences; through the curriculum, through employer contact, tailored group sessions, individual information, advice and guidance.

Careers and Employability aims to deliver a service which is inclusive, impartial, welcoming, informed and tailored to your personal goals and aspirations, to enable you to develop as an individual and contribute to the business and community in which you will live and work.

We are here to help you plan your future, make the most of your time at University and to enhance your employability. We provide access to part-time jobs, extra-curricular employability-enhancing workshops and offer practical one-to-one help with career planning, including help with CVs, applications and mock interviews. We also deliver group sessions on career planning within each course and we have a wide range of extensive information covering graduate jobs and postgraduate study .

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Creative Writing

Welcome to the first in a series of King’s Challenges for pupils to get involved with over the next few months. The challenges are open to all pupils from Willow Lodge to Upper Sixth, with a category for each area of the school.

Each one of the challenges, which are entirely voluntary, will offer the chance to win some fantastic prizes from independent businesses in Chester, with a winner in each year group, as well as some lucky runners up.

We hope this will be a fun and creative addition to the remote learning programme and will, in turn, help King’s to support local, independently owned businesses in some very challenging times.

King’s Challenge One – Creative Writing Competition 

Our first King’s Challenge is a Creative Writing challenge that the English teachers across the school have created for Willow Lodge, King’s Juniors, King’s Seniors and King’s Sixth Form. 

We are delighted to be able to work with Storyhouse to offer vouchers for each year group which will have one winner and two runners up.

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Welcome to the Creative Writing Minor! Our exciting and dynamic program offers students from across campus the opportunity to write a broad range of creative texts—fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and more—under the supervision and encouragement of dedicated English faculty. We also offer various hands-on publishing and workshop opportunities to enrich our students' experience in the minor.

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• Join a Dynamic Community of Critical Artists.
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• Publish Your Work.

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Like most minors at WCU, the Creative Writing Minor requires students to take six courses, or 18 credits, in order to complete the program. Our students start with a required core class— CRW 201 —before choosing the remaining five courses from a group of CRW electives. View our updated Creative Writing Minor advising sheet.

Students in the Creative Writing Minor may choose from a range of elective courses to complete the program. Please check the online Schedule of Classes to learn course availability for a given semester, keeping in mind that the English Department usually offers at least seven Creative Writing courses per term. View the complete list of required and elective courses for the Creative Writing Minor.

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Writing Groups in Manchester

If you live in Manchester, UK and you’re interested in joining a writer’s group then check out this list of all the writing groups in Manchester.

• Post author By Graeme Shimmin
• Post date 27 August 2021

List of Writing Groups in Manchester

Manchester is a literary city and so there are a multitude of Manchester writers’ groups. Below is a list of all the writing groups in Manchester that we’re aware of.

The groups we list here are mostly for creative writing rather than non-fiction. They cover all genres and types of creative writing: short stories, novels, novellas, screenplays, theatre and poetry. Most of them are free or have a nominal charge.

There are two main types of writing group: writing workshop groups, and writing critique groups (see What is a Writing Group? ). Both types of group are available in Manchester, and there’s also a networking group for authors.

Writing groups are great for writers to come together and support each other by providing critiques, advice, and friendly faces. They’re invaluable for improving your writing. So, use this list to find a writing group that suits you, meet some other writers in Manchester and make a difference to your writing!

Manchester Speculative Fiction

This is the website for Manchester Speculative Fiction. We are the only writing group in Manchester specialising in speculative fiction (e.g. science-fiction, fantasy, horror, etc.)

The group has been meeting for over ten years. Several members of the writing group have had novels commercially published, and others are on the way, having gained deals or agents. Others have won writing competitions and had short stories featured in magazines and anthologies. We’ve also produced two well-received anthologies of speculative fiction set in Manchester: Revolutions and Revolutions 2 .

We meet twice a month, once in person and once online, and use the Milford System for our meetings.

We welcome anybody over eighteen who writes speculative fiction to the group, whoever they are and whatever their background. Membership is free.

See Manchester Speculative Fiction for more details of our group.

Commonword runs a variety of writing development activities, including writing critique groups.

The writing critique groups are for people of African, Caribbean, Southeast, South, East Asian and Middle Eastern backgrounds only.

For more information, see Commonword .

Manchester Women Writers

Manchester Women Writers hold a weekly writing group at Manchester City Library. Their process is for writers to read out their work and listen to feedback. The group accepts prose, poetry and drama for critique. Once a month they do writing exercises and/or hold a discussion. The group is for women only.

They don’t have a website, but you can contact them via the Manchester Women Writers Facebook Group.

Manchester Writer’s Circle

Manchester Writer’s Circle is a writing workshop and critique group for screenwriters, poets, authors, playwrights and songwriters.

Their process is for people to read their work to the group and then they discuss the work and offer constructive feedback.

You can sign up at Manchester Writers Circle

Monday Night Group

A long-established group (over fifty years old) that meets in central Manchester every Monday. They accept work in all genres and forms, including novels, short stories, poetry and drama.

Their process is for attendees to read their work and receive verbal feedback. The group welcomes all serious writers prepared to give and receive feedback.

Their website is at Monday Night Group .

Muslim Writers North

Muslim Writers North is a writing group that meets monthly at Chorlton Library in South Manchester. They accept any kind of writing: poetry, prose, screenplays and even blogs. The group is for Muslim writers only.

You can contact them via their website at Muslim Writers North .

Scriptwriting North

Scriptwriting North primarily offers courses in scriptwriting, but it also runs script development groups. It launched in 2008 and has helped hundreds of aspiring script writers. Some w riters who’ve attended Scriptwriting North’s groups have had their scripts professionally produced and/or won prizes.

They charge approximately £10 per meeting for their development group.

See more at Scriptwriting North .

Society of Authors: Manchester Group

A slightly different one this as it’s not a critique group, but more of a networking group for authors. Meetings typically feature a discussion topic or a guest speaker. Meetings are on the fourth Monday of the month. The group is for members of the Society of Authors only.

For more details, see: Society of Authors: Manchester Group

South Manchester U3A Creative Writing Group

South Manchester U3A Creative Writing Group is a writing workshop for all writing, including novels, short stories, poetry, memoirs, and biographies. The attendees do writing exercises and hold discussions.

The group is for retired people only.

See South Manchester U3A Creative Writing Group for more.

South Manchester Writers Workshop

South Manchester Writers Workshop is a critique group that meets weekly in Didsbury and focuses on getting published. Their process is for attendees to read out what they’ve been working on, so the rest of the group can give their critiques.

The group has no membership criteria, but there is sometimes a waiting list to join.

Their website is at South Manchester Writing Group .

Writing Groups in Manchester: Related Organisations

As well as all the writing groups, there are several literary organisations in Manchester helping to promote writing in the city, including the Manchester Literature Festival and Manchester City of Literature.

See Literary Organisations in Manchester for more details.

Any More Writing Groups in Manchester?

Above are all the writing groups in Manchester that we’re aware of. There are also smaller local groups in the towns surrounding Manchester. If you’re outside Manchester, it’s worth trying your local library, as they usually know which groups meet in the area.

If you know of any other writing groups in Manchester that you’d like to be added to this list, or you’d like to come along to our Manchester writing group , then please contact us .

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Graeme Shimmin has been a member of the Manchester Speculative Fiction Writing Group since 2012 and edited its first two anthologies. His novels have won, or been listed for, multiple prizes including the Terry Pratchett Prize, YouWriteOn Book of the Year and Arthur C. Clarke Award.

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"Gen Ed Attribute for Students Admitted Prior to Fall 2020": Indicates the general education attributes that apply to a particular course for a student whose university admit term is before Fall 2020.

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"Gen Ed Attribute": Indicates the general education attributes that apply to a particular course, regardless of the student's university admit term.

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Cross Listed:  Indicates if there are any other course offerings that are considered equivalent to the course listing.

CRW 199. Transfer Credits. 1-10 Credits.

Transfer Credits. Repeatable for Credit.

CRW 201. Introduction to Creative Writing. 3 Credits.

Introduction to the craft of writing poetry and fiction. Basic discussion of terms, strategies, and professional models in each genre. Practice in writing and critiquing each genre. Gen Ed Attribute: Writing Emphasis. Distance education offering may be available. Typically offered in Fall & Spring.

CRW 202. Creative Writing I. 3 Credits.

Writing experience in the crafts of fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and drama. Gen Ed Attribute: Writing Emphasis. Typically offered in Fall & Spring.

CRW 203. Narrative and Lyric Forms. 3 Credits.

The course provides instruction in narrative and/or lyrical forms in prose and poetry, depending on instructor, and includes analysis of structure. Students will gain writing experience in narrative and/or lyrical modes. Gen Ed Attribute: Writing Emphasis. Typically offered in Spring.

CRW 301. Poetry Workshop I. 3 Credits.

The theory and practice of poetry and the exploration of verse forms. Practice in critical and interpretative analysis of poems written by fellow students and professional poets. Gen Ed Attribute: Writing Emphasis. Typically offered in Fall.

CRW 302. Poetry Workshop II. 3 Credits.

The theory and practice of poetry and the exploration of verse forms. Practice in critical and interpretative analysis of poems written by fellow students and professional poets. Pre / Co requisites: CRW 302 requires a prerequisite of CRW 201 , CRW 202 , CRW 203 , CRW 301 , CRW 303 , or CRW 305 . Gen Ed Attribute: Writing Emphasis. Typically offered in Fall.

CRW 303. Short Story Workshop I. 3 Credits.

Crafting the modern short story with reference to American and British models. The significance of setting, atmosphere, characterization, and theme. Discussion and some exploration of experimental ideas in the genre. Gen Ed Attribute: Writing Emphasis. Typically offered in Fall, Spring, Summer, Winter.

CRW 304. Short Story Workshop II. 3 Credits.

Crafting the modern short story with reference to American and British models. The significance of setting, atmosphere, characterization, and theme. Discussion and some exploration of experimental ideas in the genre. Pre / Co requisites: CRW 304 requires a prerequisite of CRW 201 , CRW 202 , CRW 203 , CRW 301 , CRW 303 , or CRW 305 . Gen Ed Attribute: Writing Emphasis. Typically offered in Fall. Repeatable for Credit.

CRW 305. Creative Nonfiction Workshop I. 3 Credits.

An exploration of the creative nonfiction genre, with a focus not only on writing and craft but also on analyzing the larger questions and contexts surrounding the genre (i.e. truth, authenticity, history and definitions of the genre, ethics of representation). Gen Ed Attribute: Writing Emphasis. Repeatable for Credit.

CRW 306. Creative Nonfiction Workshop II. 3 Credits.

A continued exploration of the history, theory and craft of the creative nonfiction genre, but with a focus on analyzing and writing various essay styles. Students will be encouraged to concentrate on one specific form (i.e. radio essay, flash nonfiction, hybrid or graphic forms, the lyric or braided essay, environmental writing, travel writing, memoir) Pre / Co requisites: CRW 306 requires a prerequisite of CRW 201 , CRW 202 , CRW 203 , CRW 301 , CRW 303 or CRW 305 . Gen Ed Attribute: Writing Emphasis. Typically offered in Spring.

CRW 313. Playwriting Workshop I. 3 Credits.

Writing the play: possibilities and limitations of the stage. Attention to sets and costuming where relevant. Characterization by action and dialogue. Problems of establishing motivation. The play's totality in theme, character, and action. Informal readings of student work.

CRW 400. Writing Seminar. 3 Credits.

Special topics, such as fantasy, science fiction, longer prose works, or the anti-story. To be announced. Repeatable for Credit.

CRW 490. Writing Seminar in the Novel I. 3 Credits.

A course in the writing and preparing of book-length manuscripts (novel, novella, and the 'nonfictional' novel) with the intention of submission for publication. Also includes coverage of fictional aspects and techniques used in writing memoirs, biography, and current history.

CRW 491. Creative Writing Workshop in the Long Form. 3 Credits.

An upper-division creative writing course that asks students to write in and analyze the longer forms of creative texts. The class will be a variable genre course, some semesters focusing on prose forms of fiction, some semesters prose forms in non-fiction, and some semesters in longer forms of poetry. Students should consult with faculty member at the beginning of the semester to ensure the genre of focus for that given semester.

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