Life after Graduation

Emma Hardy describes how she has become a full-time creative writing tutor and writer since graduating from the University of Leeds with a Creative Writing MA in 2004.

Scott Anthony charts his career as a journalist and writer since graduating from Warwick University with a Creative Writing MA in 2003.

Helen Shay writes about the challenges of balancing her writing with other commitments since graduating from Manchester Metropolitan University with a MA in Novel Writing in 2006.

Patsy Hickman writes about the joys and demands of studying for a masters and doctorate in Writing after graduating from Birkbeck College, University of London with a Creative Writing Certificate in 2003.

Anna Woodford offers her top ten survival tips for other writers who find themselves enrolling on a Creative Writing PhD as she herself did after graduating from Newcastle University with a Creative Writing MA in 2003.

Vivien Jones reflects on who and what has helped her to forge a career as a freelance writer after graduating from the University of Glasgow with a MA in Creative and Cultural Studies in 2005.

Ellie Evans looks back with a sense of achievement over the journey she's taken since starting out on a Creative Writing PhD at Bath Spa University in 2007 and considers how much her poetry has developed and benefited from its demands.

Jon Stone describes how working as a court editor has allowed him to pursue his passion for poetry since graduating from the University of East Anglia with a Creative Writing BA in 2004.

Carolyn Waudby reflects on the turning points in her career as a poet, journalist and lecturer since graduating from Sheffield Hallam University with a MA in Writing in 2003.

Carolyn Thomas reflects on how competition successes have taken her career as a writer in unexpected directions since graduating from the University of Sussex with a Postgraduate Diploma in Dramatic Writing in 2003.