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When the first Creative Writing MA was introduced in 1970 at UEA, it was the first of its kind in the UK, and is still distinguished by the unrivalled success of its alumni. This Master's of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing builds on UEA's extensive connections with publishers and agents, ultimately benefitting its students who will graduate equipped to launch their career as published writers, with extensive training and experience to support their literary career, or to teach it to others.

The first year of the MFA will offer all the benefits of a workshop-based approach to teaching writing. The second year will be structured on the PhD model, offering one-to-one supervision of works-in-progress, culminating in the submission of a full-length publishable piece for assessment.

Including workshops, tutorials and the double-marking of assignments, your work will be read and commented upon by faculty members around 35 times over the course of the MFA. There will be opportunities to share your work with visiting writers, such as UNESCO professors, including novelists Ali Smith, James Lasdun and Margaret Atwood.

Employability

You will become confident with all aspects of professional writing, and will enjoy greatly enhanced prospects of publication on graduation in the areas of teaching, publishing, literary agent, journalism, public relations, communications, the media, arts development and administration. The MFA is also an entry-level qualification for a career in academia in the USA, giving graduates the opportunity immediately to pursue a teaching role at undergraduate level.

Entry requirements

Open to applicants with a good Honours degree - UK BA (Hons) 2:1 or equivalent - preferred but not essential. Admission is via application portfolio of writing, personal statement and interview (Skype option available for overseas applicants). Please visit UEA's website for complete details.

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Our intellectual character is formed through a unique conjunction of literary criticism, creative writing and literary translation.

We are renowned for our interdisciplinary research and have also established research interests across most periods of English writing, including modern and contemporary writing, medieval and early modern literature, and the long-nineteenth century.

Our reputation in critical and creative writing is based on award-winning works of fiction, poetry and drama, as well as innovative writing across the creative-critical border, such as works of creative non-fiction.

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Ciara Aaron

Person: Degree of Doctor of Philosophy

Sola Adeyemi

• School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing - Lecturer in Drama

Person: Academic, Teaching & Research

Jill Ainscough

Person: Degree of Master of Arts by Research

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• 176 Finished

Projects per year

Italian-English workshop at the 2024 online BCLT Summer School

Goode, A. & Large, D.

Pro Helvetia

1/01/24 → 30/11/24

Project : Training

LTI Korea - Summer School 2024

Literature Translation Institute of Korea

1/01/24 → 31/10/24

Creating a culture of inclusion: Increasing Diversity and Equity of Access - Creating a culture of inclusion: Increasing Diversity and Equity of Access - IDEA

Reid, B. , Clark, A. , Cornish, C. , Deane, K. , Duvendack, M. , Hodgekins, J. , Horwood, N. , Mondal, A. , O'Connell, M. & Semlyen, J.

Wellcome Trust

1/01/24 → 31/12/25

Project : Research

Research output

• 723 Article
• 481 Chapter
• 164 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
• 81 Book/Film/Article review
• 72 Performance
• 58 Other contribution
• 37 Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
• 25 Special issue
• 21 Editorial
• 18 Other chapter contribution
• 9 Comment/debate
• 8 Literature review
• 7 Digital or Visual Products
• 6 Review article
• 6 Exhibition
• 5 Anthology
• 5 Featured article
• 5 Working paper
• 4 Web publication/site
• 3 Conference contribution
• 2 Scholarly edition
• 2 Foreword/postscript
• 2 Conference article
• 1 Exhibition Catalogue
• 1 Other report

Research output per year

1939: Before Darkness Fell

Research output : Contribution to specialist publication › Article

Crash and Burn: Sunjeev Sahota, The Spoiled Heart

Research output : Contribution to specialist publication › Book/Film/Article review

Essayistic Personae and Personhood

Research output : Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

Arts Council Developing Your Creative Practice Grant

Robinson, S. (Recipient), 1 Sep 2021

Prize : Prize (including medals and awards)

Awarded an honorary prize of £5000 in December 2007 by the Freedom of Expression Foundation, Oslo, for work on Norwegian literature and language.

Garton, Janet (Recipient), 2007

BBC Audio Drama Awards 2023

Waters, Steve (Recipient), 19 Mar 2023

Prize : National/international honour

• 100 Participation in conference
• 86 Public lecture/debate/seminar
• 58 Festival/Exhibition/Performance
• 39 Publication editorial role
• 29 Participation in workshop or seminar
• 27 Examination
• 27 N​etwork, W​o​r​k​i​n​g G​r​o​u​p or Professional Association
• 26 Invited talk
• 24 Publication peer-review
• 19 Committee
• 16 P​e​e​r ​r​e​v​i​e​w ​p​a​n​e​l
• 13 Visiting an external academic institution
• 7 Schools engagement
• 7 Social or cultural organisation
• 3 Workshop with external stakeholders/organisations
• 3 Public/government panel or group
• 3 Research and teaching at external organisation
• 1 Internal CPD provision or delivery of course
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• 1 Industry panel or group
• 1 Visiting Appointment

Activities per year

A Caso dos Poetas

Andrea Holland (Presenter)

Activity : Other activity types › Other

Queer and Feminist Perspectives on Japanese Popular Cultures Symposium

Sarah Jessica Darley (Speaker), Aurélie Petit (Organiser), Megan Catherine Rose (Organiser) & Edmond Ernest dit Alban (Organiser)

Activity : Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference

The Ethics of Translation

Cecilia Rossi (Speaker)

Activity : Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop or seminar

Press/Media

Uea academics receive freedom of the city of london for impactful work.

Darrell Green & Claire Jowitt

1 Media contribution

Press/Media : Press / Media

London Book Fair 2024: How Will AI Change Life for Literary Translators?

Duncan Large

1 item of Media coverage

Celebrating 50 Years of Creative Writing at UEA

A message from Director of Creative Writing at UEA, Henry Sutton.

Posted on 1 October 2020

Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia is 50 years old!

We are excited to share with you our programme to celebrate the UK’s oldest and most prestigious degree in creative writing.  Beginning on October 1 st we launch a series of innovative events to celebrate the past and look forward to the future – not only of our writing programme, but of imaginative writing.

View the celebratory booklet which outlines our plans for this anniversary year.

Our plans include:

Our new International Chair of Creative Writing and Global Voices Scholarship programme, which celebrates leading writers from around the globe while continuing UEA’s tradition of nurturing the world’s most promising emerging writers. Its first chair will be the internationally acclaimed Zimbabwean novelist, playwright and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga , whose novel This Mournable Body has just been shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize.

A suite of specially-commissioned videos celebrating the incredible accomplishments of graduates of our courses and casting forward to the future. Made entirely during the strict lockdown period that prevailed from March to June of this year, this is a personal look at the course and its literary legacy from Ian McEwan, Tracy Chevalier, Louise Doughty, Tash Aw and Ayanna Gillian Lloyd .

See our CW50 video at: https://tinyurl.com/y373k78o

As well as looking back to our impressive legacy, UEA is looking forward to the future of imaginative writing. With Arts Council England funding and backing from regional cultural and educational organisations, we are pleased to announce our Future and Form project. Over nine months, six emerging and established writers – Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, Mona Arshi, Tash Aw, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Mitch Johnson and James McDermott – will work alongside creative technologists, local young people, schools and cultural organisations to find new ways to create, share and experience literature and storytelling through immersive and interactive technologies. The works will be displayed online and in a region-wide exhibition in Norwich in spring 2021.

UEA Live is the new name and direction of the renowned UEA Literary Festival. Our CW50 year line-up offers inclusive, challenging and engaging voices. Its autumn 2020 event series is launched online, featuring literary legends Lee Child, Ian McEwan, Diana Evans and Bernardine Evaristo .

Finally, we recognise the challenges we are all experiencing this year, across the literary and cultural sectors and indeed society at large, and we thank you for your support and interest in our birthday celebrations under difficult circumstances. We hope to see you online at one of these stimulating and thought-provoking events soon, and look forward to being in touch into the future.

Henry Sutton

Director of Creative Writing

Header Image: Malcolm Bradbury (left), Angus Wilson (right) | Credit: Archant Library

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Imogen Hermes Gowar (bottom left) | Credit: Lee Jandrell

Mitch Johnson (bottom middle) | Credit: Harriet Johnson

James McDermott (bottom right) | Credit: Abi Bansal

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MA Creative Writing Prose Fiction (Part Time)

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Course Overview

Our course will help transform you as a writer, giving you a surer sense of the imaginative, artistic and intellectual challenges involved in any act of writing.

You’ll study the craft of prose fiction with an international cohort of other excellent writers, and you’ll be taught by outstanding and committed faculty – Jean McNeil, Naomi Wood and Tessa McWatt, to name a few – alongside internationally recognised visiting writers – recent examples include Tsitsi Dangarembga, Margaret Atwood, Ali Smith, Caryl Phillips and Preti Taneja.

We’ll challenge you to explore your notions about writing and being a writer, provoking you into play, experimentation and risk, with the intention of making you the best writer you can be.

After these two intensive years, you’ll leave the course confident of technique and craft, as well as your own voice. It’s no wonder that our students’ success is unparalleled, with many of our graduates going on to publish their own work – and others moving into publishing, journalism or teaching. 

The MA in Prose Fiction at UEA is the oldest and most prestigious Creative Writing programme in the UK. Solely focused on the writing of fiction, we take a rigorous and creative approach to enable you to develop your ideas, voice, technique and craft.

You’ll experience an intensive immersion in the study of writing prose fiction. You’ll take core creative modules but can also choose from a wide range of critical modules, and benefit from our proven strengths in modernism and creative-critical studies, among others.

Graduates of our MA Creative Writing Prose Fiction have enjoyed extraordinary success in terms of publications and prizes. Our alumni include Nobel Laureate Sir Kazuo Ishiguro, fellow Booker Prize winners Ian McEwan and Anne Enright, Costa First Book Award Winners Emma Healey and Christie Watson, and many other internationally renowned novelists including Ayobami Adebayo, Naomi Alderman, Tash Aw, Stephen Buoro, Tracy Chevalier, Joe Dunthorne, Diana Evans, Mohammed Hanif, Elizabeth Macneal and Catriona Ward. The continuing success of our graduates means we are fortunate in being able to attract the best writers from around the world – writers like you.

While you are at UEA, the focus will be on exploring your creative potential, in a highly supportive and well-resourced environment.

In 2011, UEA’s Creative Writing programme was awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education in recognition of our continuing excellence in delivering innovative courses at a world-class level.

Study and Modules

The part-time MA takes place over two years, comprising four semesters and one dissertation period of six weeks. The autumn semester lasts from September to December, and the spring semester from January to April. The dissertation supervision period ends in June of your second year, and you’ll submit your final piece of work in September of your second year.

In each semester, you’ll study one module. In your first semester, you’ll take the Prose Fiction Workshop: a weekly three-hour session, during which your group will discuss your fellow students’ works-in-progress. You’ll get the chance to attend a follow-up tutorial with your class tutor each time your work is discussed in these workshops.

Each workshop group is assigned a different tutor. Teaching styles vary, but typically three students each week will have their work discussed by the group. The work-in-progress (around 5,000 words) is circulated a week in advance, and annotated copies are returned to the student at the end of the session. The emphasis is always on constructive criticism, and the expectation is that the group will gain as much from the discussion as will the individual whose work is being discussed. You can expect your writing to be workshopped multiple times over the course of the two-year programme.

In your second semester, you’ll take your Optional Module. You will choose your Optional Modules from the broad range available to you in the School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing.

Compulsory Modules

Creative writing workshop: prose 1, optional a modules, crime, mystery and the novel, ludic literature, east anglian literature, the non fiction novel, the poetics of place, creative encounters, theory and practice of fiction, creative-critical writing, adaptation and interpretation.

Whilst the University will make every effort to offer the modules listed, changes may sometimes be made arising from the annual monitoring, review and update of modules. Where this activity leads to significant (but not minor) changes to programmes and their constituent modules, the University will endeavour to consult with students and others. It is also possible that the University may not be able to offer a module for reasons outside of its control, such as the illness of a member of staff. In some cases optional modules can have limited places available and so you may be asked to make additional module choices in the event you do not gain a place on your first choice. Where this is the case, the University will inform students.

Teaching and Learning

You’ll be taught by an internationally renowned cohort of prize-winning authors who have many years of experience in teaching Creative Writing. Current staff members who have taught on the MA Prose programme include: Trezza Azzopardi, Philip Langeskov, Giles Foden, Jean McNeil, Tessa McWatt, Julianne Pachico, and Naomi Wood.

You’ll also be taught via one-to-one tutorials with your workshop leader to enrich your understanding of the key insights to come out of your workshop.

Independent study

One of the great benefits of this course is that you will have ample time to read and write on your own. Some students use their independent study time to write a draft of a whole novel; others want to experiment over the course of the year with different projects and different styles.

You’ll submit 5,000 words of original fiction at the end of the autumn semester following your creative writing workshops. For your optional module, assessment will take the form of a 5,000-word piece of creative work or an essay (requirements vary).

In your second year, you’ll take an Optional Module in your third semester, and the second Prose Fiction Workshop in your fourth semester.

In your final summer dissertation period at the end of your second year, you’ll be assigned a supervisor for individual tutorials in which you will discuss your dissertation. You will then write this independently over the summer.

CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP: PROSE 2

Creative writing research methodology conference, creative writing (prose) dissertation, the transformation of the book 1500-1700, criticism/critique, describing poetry, the art of short fiction, fiction 'after' modernism: re-reading the 20th century, the art of the novel, living modernism.

In your second year, in addition to workshops and seminars, your teaching will include one-to-one supervisions for your dissertation. These supervisions are intended to emulate the relationship that you may go on to have with an editor at a publishing house. Over the dissertation period, your tutor will be able to discuss your work and your ambitions for your project, so that you’ll be best placed to draft and then finalise your work over the summer vacation.

Your independent reading and writing will develop into sustained independent work on your dissertation, supported by discussion with your supervisor.

Your optional module will be assessed through 5,000 words of creative work or an essay (requirements vary). As your workshops continue, you’ll submit a further 5,000 words of original fiction.

For your dissertation, you’ll write 15,000 words of original fiction, to be submitted in September of your final year. All assessed work is marked and moderated by two members of the Creative Writing faculty, with the mark agreed between them.

Your work will be read and commented upon by faculty members around sixteen times over the course of the MA – this includes workshops, dissertation tutorials and the marking of assignments. Since this course and its tutors focus on prose fiction and the development of your abilities as a writer of prose fiction, we cannot workshop or assess other work you might produce, such as poetry or creative non-fiction. However, we would encourage you to circulate such work informally among your fellow students.

The part-time MA takes place over two years, comprising four semesters and one dissertation period of six weeks. The autumn semester lasts from September to December, and the spring semester from January to April. The dissertation supervision period ends in June of your second year, and you’ll submit your final piece of work in September of your second year. 

In each semester, you’ll study one module. In your first semester, you’ll take the Prose Fiction Workshop: a weekly three-hour session, during which your group will discuss your fellow students’ works-in-progress. You’ll get the chance to attend a follow-up tutorial with your class tutor each time your work is discussed in these workshops. 

There are currently three workshop groups of approximately twelve students. Each workshop group is assigned a different tutor. Teaching styles vary, but typically three students each week will have their work discussed by the group. The work-in-progress (around 5,000 words) is circulated a week in advance, and annotated copies are returned to the student at the end of the session. The emphasis is always on constructive criticism, and the expectation is that the group will gain as much from the discussion as will the individual whose work is being discussed. You can expect your writing to be workshopped at least six times over the course of the two-year programme. 

In your second semester, you’ll take your Optional Module. You will choose your Optional Modules from the broad range available to you in the School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing . 

Teaching 

You’ll be taught by an internationally renowned cohort of prize-winning authors who have many years of experience in teaching Creative Writing. Current staff members who have taught on the MA Prose programme include: Trezza Azzopardi, Philip Langeskov, Giles Foden, Jean McNeil, Tessa McWatt, Julianne Pachico, and Naomi Wood. 

You’ll also be taught via one-to-one tutorials with your workshop leader to enrich your understanding of the key insights to come out of your workshop. 

  Independent study 

One of the great benefits of this course is that you will have ample time to read and write on your own. Some students use their independent study time to write a draft of a whole novel; others want to experiment over the course of the year with different projects and different styles. 

You’ll submit 5,000 words of original fiction at the end of the autumn semester following your creative writing workshops. For your optional module, assessment will take the form of a 5,000-word piece of creative work or an essay (requirements vary). 

Entry Requirements

Applications from students whose first language is not English are welcome. We require evidence of proficiency in English (including writing, speaking, listening and reading):   

IELTS: 7.0 overall (minimum 7.0 writing and 6.0 in all other components) 

Test dates should be within 2 years of the course start date.  

We also accept a number of other English language tests. Review  our English Language Equivalencies  for a list of qualifications that we may accept to meet this requirement.  

If you do not yet meet the English language requirements for this course, INTO UEA offer a variety of English language programmes which are designed to help you develop the English skills necessary for successful undergraduate study:   

Pre-sessional English at INTO UEA    

Academic English at INTO UEA   

Promising candidates will be invited to one of our interview days, which are scheduled across the academic year. Typically a candidate will be interviewed by two members of the Creative Writing faculty and we aim to inform candidates of the outcome within five working days. Unsuccessful candidates are welcome to re-apply, though not within the same academic year. Successful candidates will either be offered a place for the forthcoming academic year or a place for the following academic year (if it is felt that they need more time to develop as a writer). Once the forthcoming year is ‘full’ candidates will be offered a place on our reserve list with the option of a place for the following academic year if a place does not become available. 

This course is open to UK and International applicants. The annual intake for this course is in September each year.

Please note that those candidates offered a place on the course will not be able to defer their offer to the next year if they are unable to take up the offer of a place, however they are welcome to reapply the next year.

Additional Information or Requirements

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.

Our Admissions Policy applies to the admissions of all postgraduate applicants. 

Fees and Funding

Tuition fees for the Academic Year 2024/25 are: 

UK Students: £11,000 (full time) 

International Students: £22, 450 (full time)

If you choose to study part-time, the fee per annum will be half the annual fee for that year, or a pro-rata fee for the module credit you are taking (only available for Home students). 

We estimate living expenses at £1,023 per month. 

Further Information on tuition fees can be found  here . 

Scholarships and Bursaries 

The University of East Anglia offers a range of  Scholarships ; please click the link for eligibility, details of how to apply and closing dates.

The University of East Anglia offers a range of Scholarships . The following have the most relevance to the MA in Creative Writing:

Annabel Abbs Scholarship The Difference scholarship Global Voices Scholarships  Kowitz Scholarship  Maggie Humm Scholarship  Miles Morland Foundation African Writers' Scholarship Seth Donaldson Memorial Bursary  Sonny Mehta India Scholarship  Sonny Mehta Scholarship for Writers  UEA Booker Prize Foundation Scholarship  UEA Crowdfunded Writers' Scholarship 

To find out more, please go to the Scholarships Finder . Select the name of the scholarship, then select ‘view more’ to see if you meet the criteria, and ‘apply here’ to make an application.  

Course Related Costs

Please see Additional Course Fees for details of course-related costs.

How to Apply

Applications for Postgraduate Taught programmes at the University of East Anglia should be made directly to the University. 

The closing date for receipt of complete applications is 1 June 2024, including the relevant supporting documents and references. 

To apply please use our  online application form . 

FURTHER INFORMATION 

If you would like to discuss your individual circumstances prior to applying, please do contact us: 

Postgraduate Admissions Office 

Tel: +44 (0)1603 591515  Email:  [email protected]  

International candidates are also encouraged to access the  International Students  section of our website. 

Employability

After the course.

You’ll graduate as a better writer, reader and editor. You will graduate knowing how to best critique others’ work and your own. Many students go on to publish, others go on to a career in publishing, journalism, or teaching.

A degree at UEA will prepare you for a wide variety of careers. We've been ranked 1st for Job Prospects by StudentCrowd in 2022.

Example of careers that you could enter include:

    Writing

    Publishing

    Journalism

    Teaching

    Advertising

    Film and television

Discover more on our Careers webpages .

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Maybe you’re a novelist.

You sit, for hours every day, pouring over your laptop screen, your keyboard struggling to keep up with the velocity of your fingers. It’s your second instalment of a seven-book series, and your fans are waiting eagerly. It’s three am. You’ve been writing for weeks.

Or perhaps you’re a poet.

After your lectures, you sit leisurely in a café, tea at the ready, articulating your weekly musings. The spine of the notebook groans, you’ve written so much, it can hold no more. The paper awaits your contemplations, your handwriting speeds up.

You could be a scriptwriter. A short-story enthusiast. You might be a writer of haikus, on bits of napkin, or letters to your granny in the highlands – or perhaps you’ve only ever written inside birthday cards. Even if you’ve only ever considered putting pen to paper, we’re asking you: do you want to write?

UEA’s Creative Writing Society is proud to exist in one of the UK’s most vibrant scenes for writing and literature. The city of Norwich is brimming with writers’ events: poetry open mics, famous authors, independent publishing houses, and we’re right in the heart of it!

Of course, we don’t just sit silently and scribble. Most of our writing workshops round off with a drink in the union bar or café, and we also collaborate with other societies, like Litsoc, Eggbox Publishing and Headucate.

But most we’re famous at UEA for our open mics, when three or four times a semester, we head out to a venue in town. Members bring friends and flatmates, grab a drink, and then get behind a mic to read, shout, sing, whisper, perform, pour water over their heads (yes, we had that once) by way of sharing their work! It’s always an amazing variation of talent, and an inspiration to see what you come up with.

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We are a top tier, research-led university and are committed to making a substantial impact on the global challenges facing society. Our postgraduate researchers have opportunities to work at the heart of active research teams, challenging boundaries and making real advances.

Staff research interests in Creative Writing include: Creative writing; Life writing and creative non-fiction; Working closely with an academic supervisor gives you the support to carry out your own independent research and make your own mark. We have a wealth of remarkable academics, but how do you know which team will be right for you?

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MA Creative Writing Prose Fiction

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MA Creative Writing Poetry

Ma creative writing scriptwriting, ma creative writing (non-fiction), mres postgraduate research in creative writing.

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• Fifteen hours of ENGL 8030 - Fiction Writing    (must be completed while enrolled in degree program) 
• Fifteen hours of English and American and World literature, and/or Rhetoric and Composition, and/or folklore. Three hours of these 15 hours may be a Creative Writing workshop in a secondary genre. 
• ENGL 8160 - Form and Theory of Literary Craft    in Fiction (3)
• ENGL 8202 - Contemporary Fiction Craft    (3)
• At least six hours of ENGL 8999 - Thesis Research    
• Graduate assistants are required to enroll for a minimum of 12 credit hours each for the fall/spring semesters and 9 credit hours for the summer semester. These credit hours will consist of courses required for the prescribed program of study, as well as additional hours of thesis research and non-thesis individual research.

Students with an M.A. in English or Creative Writing

Students who enter the M.F.A. program with an M.A. in English or creative writing must satisfy a different set of course requirements totaling 36 hours:

• Twelve hours of ENGL 8030 - Fiction Writing    (must be completed while enrolled in degree program) 
• Twelve hours of English and American and World literature, and/or Rhetoric and Composition, and/or folklore. Three hours of these 12 hours may be a Creative Writing workshop in a secondary genre.
• ENGL 8160 - Form and Theory of Literary Craft    in fiction (3)
• At least 6 hours of ENGL 8999 - Thesis Research    
• Graduate assistants are required to enroll for a minimum of 12 credit hours each for the fall/spring semesters and 9 credit hours for the summer semester. These credit hours will consist of courses required for the prescribed program of study, as well as additional hours of thesis research and non-thesis individual research.

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Academic publishing has long been based on the premise of elite scarcity. With generative AI promising to lower barriers for producing exceptional articles, Professor Matthew Grimes asks how this will change the scholarly profession.

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The academic profession, including in business schools, is like an exclusive members club. Faculty members seek tenure, promotions and greater prestige among peers based on a well-understood set of elite rules. A scholar whose article is published in the most prestigious journal, with the highest standards for acceptance and rejection, will achieve rewards in a way publication in a less-lauded journal may not. 

But this long-established code of the academic professor is based on a pivotal understanding: scarcity. The underlying premise is that there is a very limited number of truly exceptional journal articles competing for the career-advancing spots in the very best journals.  

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So what happens when generative artificial intelligence (AI) upends this understanding by allowing the creation – all within ethical academic bounds and peer-acknowledged excellence – of far more than a limited number of exceptional articles, perhaps even a virtually limitless supply of them? 

That’s the focus of an editorial, ‘From scarcity to abundance’, in the Academy of Management Journal (AMJ) – one of the most elite journals in the field of business management, co-authored by Matthew Grimes, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Futures at Cambridge Judge Business School. 

Elite academic articles often take many years to reach publication stage, but the authors say “generative AI tools now increasingly offer capabilities aimed to increase those efficiencies and the pace at which those efficiencies are realised by scholars” – a very polite way of saying that AI may seriously disrupt the entire supply chain for academic articles, which currently assumes a molasses-like speed. 

Then there’s another key question: can AI surface interesting research questions as well as the minds of human scholars? “The extent to which generative AI will augment or replace academics in the creative tasks associated with scholarship is a matter of debate (indeed, the authors of this editorial have internally expressed such debate), yet the potential should be taken seriously,” the editorial says. 

What does it now mean to be a scholar or academic journal? 

“We pose 2 questions, given the potential promise of generative AI to increase both the quantity and quality of scholarship,” says the editorial:

• What does it mean to be a scholar when the know-what’and know-how barriers to becoming one are minimised (anyone who wants to can participate in scholarship)?
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The editorial makes clear that the journal’s editors don’t have all the answers at this still-young point in the evolution of generative AI, but makes equally clear that these difficult questions need urgently to be asked. 

Asking awkward questions and prompting deep thinking of academics 

“The future of academic publishing in the age of AI poses very awkward questions for academics to be asking about ourselves, our colleagues and our profession,” says editorial co-author Professor Grimes. “We are all academics trained and working in an era where the scarcity of truly first-class research was the guiding principle, but we are looking at a rapidly advancing new era of generative AI in which the scarcity of knowledge production can no longer be assumed. 

“The editorial doesn’t attempt to curb the use of generative AI in producing scholarship: there are clearly some hazards such as well-documented ‘AI hallucinations’ (relevant but false information) and ‘deep research fakes’ (data manipulation to deceive the academic community), but there is also truly great research potential in AI in areas ranging from the creation of academic articles, to bridging the gap between academic theory and practice, to the ability to improve the peer-review system of evaluating the merits of academic literature. 

“Our purpose in writing this editorial is to prompt some deep thinking and soul searching amongst ourselves and our peers about what we want our profession to look like given the rapid advances in AI,” says Matthew. 

The authors say they don’t seek to codify the academic profession’s response to AI, but rather to examine different uncertainties that will affect scholarship. “We are merely at the beginning of a conversation we expect to be having for many years to come,” they say. 

Our purpose in writing this editorial is to prompt some deep thinking and soul searching amongst ourselves and our peers about what we want our profession to look like given the rapid advances in AI.

AI in academic journals: good faith should not be assumed 

The editorial also looks at how journals currently deal with generative AI, noting that the Academy of Management will soon publish guidelines on AI use for its suite of journals and conference submissions. 

“At the moment, however, many existing journal policies surrounding generative AI appear to be operating on the assumption that authors, reviewers, and editors will act in good faith,” the authors say. Given the risks such as “hallucinations” coupled with rapid advances in AI, “we believe such an assumption is inadequate” and that governance rules are needed such as specialised review protocols for papers that employ generative AI. 

The editorial then returns to what generative AI means for the academic profession. 

At the moment, however, many existing journal policies surrounding generative AI appear to be operating on the assumption that authors, reviewers, and editors will act in good faith … we believe such an assumption is inadequate.

Generative AI challenges the distinctive value of management scholarship 

“Our investigation of the implications of generative AI for management scholarship and for our profession is not meant as a call to arms to defend the profession and its current boundaries,” the editorial concludes. 

“Instead, in the short-term, we view this as a call to prepare ourselves, as well as our current and future PhD students, with the appropriate knowledge not only to use but, more critically, to evaluate algorithmic knowledge production.” 

“In the long term, we view this editorial as a call to rethink the distinctive value of our profession in a world of abundant management scholarship. In other words, we suspect that a plausible generative AI-led shift from scarce academic knowledge production to abundant academic knowledge production will inevitably increase the urgency around answering a fundamental question: To what problems in society is management scholarship the (unique) solution?” 

The editorial is co-authored by Professor Matthew Grimes of Cambridge Judge Business School, an editor of the AMJ, along with four of the journal’s other editors: Georg von Krogh of ETH Zurich, Stefan Feuerriegel LMU Munich, Floor Rink of the University of Groningen, and Marc Gruber of Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. 

In the long term, we view this editorial as a call to rethink the distinctive value of our profession in a world of abundant management scholarship.

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Grimes, M., von Krogh, G., Feuerriegel, S., Rink, F. and Gruber, M. (2023)  “From scarcity to abundance: scholars and scholarship in an age of generative artificial intelligence.”   Academy of Management Journal , 66(6): 1617-1624 (DOI: 10.5465/amj.2023.4006)

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  In each of Jenna Mather’s writing and publishing classes at the University of Iowa, the vast majority of her classmates have been female-identifying.

Similarly, Mather, a third-year English and creative writing major graduating this May, noticed only one male-identifying student in her intern cohort at a New York City publishing press last summer.

The female domination of the authorship and publishing industry is not unique to Mather’s experience at the UI, however. Rather, it is an anecdotal representation of the broader gender breakdown of the publishing industry in the U.S.

A 2019 study conducted by Statista revealed that 74 percent of employees in the publishing industry — including the “Big Five” publishing houses Penguin/Random House, Hachette Book Group, Harper Collins, Simon and Schuster, and Macmillan — are cisgender women; cisgender men accounted for 23 percent, while nonbinary individuals accounted for less than 5 percent.

Despite the vast female majority, the same study indicated that cis men are more likely to hold executive positions over other positions in the industry, as 80 percent of the cis women employed are in lower-level marketing or public relations positions.

While Mather attends the last few writing classes of her college career, she is unsure that the predominant female demographic in her classes will translate into leadership roles after she turns the tassel at graduation in just a few weeks.

“There has been a lot of uncertainty because graduation is coming up,” Mather said. “I would love to have a job lined up when I graduate.”

Mather hopes to secure a job in marketing, communications, or writing positions after graduating. She has also applied to some remote positions as well.

Though she has found the hiring process to be taxing, Mather came prepared. This was in part due to her collegiate coursework and the extracurricular activities she engaged in while at the UI.

As a first-year, Mather served as both the social media editor and editor-in-chief of Ink Lit Mag , the UI’s only student literary magazine run by first-years. Then, she worked with the magazine Earthwords before returning to Ink Lit on the upperclassmen management team as an assistant publisher during her third and final year.

In addition to her work with literary magazines, Mather has also gained useful insight into the job market through her courses at the UI.

She cites the class, “Iowa Chapbook Prize: Publishing Practicum,” as one that gave her the most hands-on experience with the publishing process.

“We discussed submissions, and each person selected the one that they liked best. I also had to typeset, so I got experience working with InDesign, Photoshop, and other software like that,” Mather said.

Despite her publishing endeavors, however, Mather’s career goals have shifted as she learned more about the industry.

“I’m certainly interested in publishing — I love books, but I think my perspective on working in publishing has changed a little bit,” Mather said.

One of the major drawbacks Mather sees in the publishing industry is the overlap that would exist between her job and her creative work. She said it would be nice to have some separation of the personal and professional.

“I started seeking out more marketing and communications jobs, because then I’d still be learning skills and contributing my experience, but also kind of be separate,” Mather said.

Reflecting on the job hunting process as a whole, Mather said it wasn’t what she expected. Job opportunities are determined based on the relative job market, and creative markets are not currently in high demand, she said.

“It is not like engineering or business where employers are actively searching for you,” Mather said. “So you have to go out and be actively searching on all of the job sites and going to the career fairs. I feel like I expected it to be difficult, but maybe not as difficult as it is.”

Similarly, UI third-year Abby Bishop has used internship experience to pave her way to graduation. A double major in political science and English and creative writing, Bishop plans to graduate next winter.

Though Bishop doesn’t know exactly what the future has in store, she said, she has a strong background to rely upon. Last summer, she was a writing intern for Eco Stylist, a sustainable clothing company.

While in college, Bishop has been an active part of several creative writing and reading groups, allowing her to learn how to advertise both herself and her writing.

“It was nice to be a part of groups that showed me how I can get people to read my work outside of class,” Bishop said.

Bishop also found that many of her political science and writing workshop classes helped build skills applicable to her career. “Women in Gender Studies” was one particularly influential course.

“I learned about the barriers minorities face in college, it just really helped give me perspective and helped me look beyond school,” Bishop said. “I want to be able to use my skills to make the world a better place.”

Currently, Bishop hopes to learn about online journalism and copywriting to improve her writing skills. Eventually, she hopes to fulfill her dream of receiving a Master of Fine Arts in poetry. However, a graduate program wasn’t originally in the cards for Bishop before she came to the UI.

“I never even considered getting my master’s, but working closely with professors and being so close to the writer’s workshop really changed my perspective,” Bishop said.

UI graduates are continuing their education by studying 357 different fields at 351 universities from 2020 to 2022.

For UI fourth-year student Sabrina Lacy, graduate studies were the most appealing.

“It kind of developed over time — wanting to apply to grad school. From my first year through the first half of my third year, I thought I was going to apply for psychology graduate programs, whether that be an MA or a Ph.D.,” Lacy said.

Lacy will graduate in the spring with a double major in English and creative writing and psychology.

As she progressed through college, Lacy discovered she didn’t want to dedicate five to seven years of her life to studying psychology. She still enjoyed the subject but liked it more as a secondary interest instead of the main focus of her career.

“I realized that I like creative writing. I had an epiphany my junior year and I decided — I’m going to apply to graduate programs for creative writing,” Lacy said.

Lacy ended up applying to several graduate programs between December 2023 and February 2024. Since she was applying mainly to creative writing programs, many of them wanted 40-page-long writing samples. Alongside that, she also needed letters of recommendation, as well as a personal statement that could range anywhere from one to five pages.

Lacy’s biggest advice to those wanting to begin graduate school applications is to start working on them early. She also advises students to have trusted professors, as well as others applying to schools in the same department, who can look over their applications before submission.

Relying on the community around her has been the most helpful part of Lacy’s process, as the information she has learned both from her peers and on different programs’ websites aided her when solidifying which programs to apply to.

In the end, Lacy chose to commit to Ohio University, where she will earn her Master of Arts in fiction writing.

“I wanted to have the opportunity to experience a place different from here, getting involved in the creative writing community in other places,” Lacy said.

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Meet Llayna and Saniah Maul: Twins with unique passions are Godby valedictorian, salutatorian

Llayna and Saniah Maul, 17, are identical twins, but under the surface, they are totally different.

Saniah is drawn to pinks and bright colors. Llayna loves darker hues like black.

Llayna enjoys writing creative stories about gothic horror. Saniah has a passion for fashion.

Their personalities differ but they both share a love for learning.

On May 22, the twins will graduate from Amos P. Godby High School with Llayna as valedictorian, the top-ranked student in a class, and Saniah as salutatorian, the student who ranks second highest.

"We are very intrinsically motivated," Saniah said. "A lot of people think the work I put in is for grades or the accolades but it's not. My passion for learning drives me, I just want to do the best that I can."

"I don't work for the grades, they just come on their own."

After starting high school in 2020 remotely through the Florida Virtual School, the twins transferred to Godby High in 2022 and began taking dual enrollment classes at Tallahassee Community College.

At Godby, they excelled in their academic classes and joined extracurriculars, like the theater club, and were inducted into the National Honor Society.

Their most recent joint achievement was performing at the Florida Thespian Festival in Tampa with Godby's theater troupe in the school's one-act show "Rumpelstiltskin," which won several awards.

"They are amazing individuals and creative. They are both very different even though they're twins and they're very hardworking. I am going to miss them both very much," said Randi Lundgren, Godby's theater teacher.

Their parents, James and Annie Leonard, said they got an early start on educating their girls, often playing music and reading to them while they were still in cribs.

"This isn't a surprise, because in our house the importance of family and education has always been a priority. I believe the foundation to a good education is an early start," said Annie Leonard, her husband sitting next to her.

"They really like being challenged, in a good way, of course, and I like that. They don't settle," said James Leonard, a grocery employee. "They try to learn as much as they can."

The parents, who also have two adult sons, see their daughters as an inspiration. That is why Annie, a stay-at-home mom, who also graduated from Godby High, has decided to pursue a career in teaching. She's taking classes online with Western Governor's University.

"The way they learn has inspired me to become a teacher, because I feel like the stuff I did with them when they were smaller kind of fueled their love for learning and I just want to bounce that off some more kids," she said.

The twins expressed gratitude to their parents for instilling within them an understanding that a free public education is a privilege.

"People really spend their whole lives working for things that we can learn for free, especially people from our demographic who were once barred from having access to education, so why not take advantage of it," Llayna said.

The twins are both nominated for Leon County's Best and Brightest class of 2024 , with Saniah in the arts category, and Llayna in the English language arts category. Winners will be announced May 15 during a ceremony at the Ruby Diamond Concert Hall.

Saniah Maul: The 'bubbly' one

Her parents call her their "bubbly baby," full of energy and contagious joy.

Saniah plans to start at Florida A&M University in the fall as a junior majoring in Animal Science Industry. She says she wants to be a wildlife veterinarian and, later on, a science teacher.

"I like zoology, really. Animals are just so different and I love them," Saniah said.

According to her mother, Saniah is a "doer," meaning if she has a desire to do something, she executes it immediately, no planning necessary.

She holds two Advanced Placement Scholar Awards and a community service award from Godby High.

Llayna Maul: The meticulous writer

Llayna likes structure and, before she does anything, she makes a plan which is why she hasn't decided which university she'll attend, but she knows she wants to major in psychology.

"I'm still weighing all my options," she said. "I think that learning about the science of why people do the things that they do is really interesting."

Llayna enjoys reading and writing gothic and horror stories, and as president of TCC's creative writing club, she focuses her entries on those themes. She is a recipient of the Yale Book Award, which is given to students who excel in English language arts and literature.

Their parents said they support their girls no matter what, and they know brighter things await them in the future.

"I am going to support my kids in whatever they want to do, wherever they want to go, wherever they feel like they can learn the most, because I know that learning is their first priority," James Leonard said.

Alaijah Brown covers children & families for the Tallahassee Democrat. She can be reached at  [email protected] .

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