William Hunter Sharpe Memorial Award

One or more scholarships are available to postgraduate students who are accepted onto the full-time MSc Creative Writing programme.

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Award

We are offering one award, for the sum of £2,400.  This award will be tenable for one academic year and will be deducted from your tuition fee. 

All award holders are expected to be energetic members of our postgraduate community, and will engage with opportunities to present their work to the wider student and staff body during the period covered by their award.  We offer our postgraduates a range of training and development opportunities appropriate to their programme of study.

Eligibility

The award will be available to new applicants who have applied for admission to the Masters Creative Writing degree programme of study at the University commencing in September 2025.

Applicants must have, or expect to obtain, the equivalent of a UK first class or 2:1 Honours degree at undergraduate level.

Applications will be considered from UK/Overseas applicants wishing to study full-time/part-time programmes.

Applying

The award deadline is the 5th May 2025.  Applicants who have an active application to the programme will be contacted after that date regarding the award application process.

Notification

Successful applicants will be notified of the outcome by the end of July 2025. 

Contact Details

Should you require further information, please contact llc.pgscholarships@ed.ac.uk

Further Information

Further information on how to apply for the MSc Creative Writing Programme can be found here: Creative Writing