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Former&Students’&Success: Many+of+our+students+have+gone+on+to+successful+ writing+careers+in+their+chosen+fields.+Some+examples+ of+student+successes+are+listed+below: • Eoghan+Walls:+winner+of+an+Eric+Gregory+Award;+ first+collection,+The(Salt(Harvest,(Seren,+2011. • Olive+Broderick:+winner+of+the+Hennessy+XO+ Literary+Award+(Emerging+Poet)+2009;+winner+of+ the+Templar+Poetry+Pamphlet+Competition+(2009). • Sheena+Wilkinson:+first+novel,+Taking(Flight,( published+2010+by+New+Island+Press,+winner+of+the+ Bisto+Honour+Award+for+Children’s+Book+of+the+ Year. • Helen+Madden:+winner+of+the+inaugural+nonNfiction+ GQ+Norman+Mailer+Award,+2010. • Vanessa+Pope:+winner+of+the+BBC+Tony+Doyle+ Bursary,+2010,+for+her+screenplay,+The(Eastside( Princess. • Sheila+Llewellyn:+winner+of+the+P.+J.+O’Connor+ Radio+Drama+Award,+2011,+for+The(House(on( Shareni(Street. • Patrick+Fitzsimons:+awarded+a+commission+as+part+ of+BBC+NI+TV+Drama’s+Prime(Time(slot,+2011.+ How&to&Apply&and&Funding Applicants+should+apply+for+a+place+on+the+relevant+ programme+via+the+University’s+online+application+ system+at+N+https://dap.qub.ac.uk/portal/+N+and+may+do+ so+until+3+June+2012+for+September+2013+entry.++ Applications+submitted+between+2+March+and+4+June+ 2013+will+not+be+eligible+to+be+considered+for+funding.++ The+application+requires+a+record+of+undergraduate+ academic+results,+a+sample+of+written+work,+and+two+ academic+references. The+School+of+English+commits+a+proportion+of+its+ annual+budget+to+fund+postgraduate+taught+and+ research+students.++Home+and+EU+students+are+eligible+ for+awards+from+the+Arts+&+Humanities+Research+ Council+(AHRC)+and+Department+for+Employment+&+ Learning+(DEL).++International+students+can+avail+of+ awards+from+the+University,+amongst+other+sources.++ General+information+about+postgraduate+study+at+ Queen's+is+available+at:+http://www.qub.ac.uk/home/ ProspectiveStudents/PostgraduateStudents/.++ Funding&for&September&2013&Entry Deadline+for+applications+to+be+considered+for+funding:+ February&22nd,&2013++ The+deadline+for+selfNfunding+applicants+is+June+3rd,+ 2013.+ Towards+the+end+of+my+BA+in+English+Literature+at+ Durham+University,+I+knew+I+wanted+to+go+on+to+an+MA,+ but+felt+a+desire+to+shift+the+focus+slightly+–+from+ primarily+studying+poetry,+to+primarily+writing+it.+Of+ course,+as+is+often+stressed+by+more+cynical+ commentators,+nobody+needs+a+degree+in+Creative+ Writing+in+order+to+write+creatively.+However,+I+can+ safely+say+that+during+my+MA+at+the+Seamus+Heaney+ Centre+I+felt+a+vast+improvement+in+my+understanding+ of+poetic+craft+and+technique,+and+in+my+knowledge+of+ modern+and+contemporary+poetry.+This+was+not+only+as+ a+result+of+the+intensive+nature+of+the+course+with+its+ challenging+and+thoughtNprovoking+assignments,+but+ also+thanks+to+the+culture+of+creativity+that+exists+in+the+ Heaney+Centre.+Being+taught+by+outstanding+poets,+ novelists+and+scriptwriters,+in+the+company+of+likeN minded+students,+was+nothing+short+of+inspiring.+ Towards+the+end+of+the+MA,+I+discussed+with+my+tutor+ the+option+of+applying+for+a+PhD.+I+had+never+really+ considered+doctoral+study+before.+However,+the+work+ completed+on+the+MA+course+was+so+invigorating+that+ the+PhD+suddenly+felt+like+a+natural+progression.+More+ than+anything+else,+it+presented+itself+as+a+chance+to+ expand+on+the+ideas+and+poetic+ambitions+which+the+ MA+had+fostered.+The+prospect+of+spending+three+years+ working+on+a+chosen+writing+project,+overseen+by supervisors+I+respect+and+admire,+was+–+in+short+–+ irresistible.+ At+this+stage+of+proceedings,+it+has+already+lived+up+to+ its+promise.+I+can+only+look+forward+to+what+else+is+in+ store. Ben&Maier,&a&doctoral& student&in&his&second& year,&reflects&on&why&he& chose&Creative&Writing.
For&further&information,&contact: Linda+Drain Secretary,+Postgraduate+Education School of English 2 University Square Queen’s School+of+English University Belfast Belfast BT7 1NN Queen’s+University+Belfast Belfast+BT7+1NN N.+Ireland Tel: 028 9097 3320 Fax: pgenglish@qub.ac.uk 028 9097 3334 Web: www.qub.ac.uk/english Email: pgenglish@qub.ac.uk School of English 2 University Square Queen’s University Belfast Belfast BT7 1NN Tel: 028 9097 3320 Fax: 028 9097 3334 Web: www.qub.ac.uk/english Email: pgenglish@qub.ac.uk http://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofEnglish/ProspectiveStudents/ N112666 Design: www.darraghneely.com Adapted+from+a+design+by: N112666 Design: www.darraghneely.com
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