Creative Writing: Portfolio

Creative Writing: Portfolio

Creative Writing: Portfolio is an exciting new one-year course that provides writers an opportunity to develop, progress and ultimately gain specialised evaluation of a portfolio of writing/long-form manuscript or novel and synopsis up to 50,000 words. Other forms are welcome including poetry, film and television, stage plays, and many other creative writing proposals.

Participants attend a weekly seminar from January to December where their writing is read and discussed regularly (This course runs adjacent to ‘Creative Writing: Single Project’).

At the end of three semesters, writers submit a long-form work or a portfolio of writings for evaluation by the course tutor in January 2023 after the course concludes. Writers may also submit an industry-level query for review.

Weekly Seminar Dates:

SEMESTER 1

Friday 21st January 2022 to Friday 8th April 2022 (10.00am- 12.00pm/3.00-5.00pm/5.30pm-7.30pm)

OR

Monday 17th January 2022 to Monday 4th April 2022  (8.00-10.00pm/3.00-5.00pm)

SEMESTER 2

Friday 29th April 2022 to Friday 15th July 2022 (10.00am- 12.00pm/3.00-5.00pm/5.30pm-7.30pm)

OR

Monday 25th April  2022 to Monday 25th July 2022  (8.00-10.00pm/3.00-5.00pm)

SEMESTER 3

Friday 23rd September 2022 to Friday 9th December 2022 (10.00am- 12.00pm/ 3.00-5.00pm/5.30pm-7.30pm)

OR

Monday 26th September 2022 to 19th December 2022 (8.00-10.00pm/3.00-5.00pm)

You can attend via FLEXI, Email, Video Conference (Zoom), Phone or Post

NO CLASSES ON BANK HOLIDAYS

*No classes on Bank Holidays

Submit Final Portfolio/Long Form Project in January 2023.

Full Editorial Response to each project

Registration fee: £570/Limited places

About the facilitator

Martin Keaveney is an Associate Lecturer in Irish Literature at NUIG. He has published several articles on Irish Literature at the intersection of Narratology in a range of leading peer-reviewed academic journals, including New Hibernia Review, Estudios Irlandeses and the Journal of Franco-Irish Studies. He has been facilitating creative writing courses at Galway Arts Centre since 2018. His second novel, The Mackon Country, will be published by Penniless Press, UK this Autumn. This follows   his  debut novel Delia Meade (2020) and his collection of stories, The Rainy Day, ( 2018) (Penniless Press). Short fiction has been published in  many literary journals in Ireland, UK and US. He has also written for the screen and his writing has been produced and exhibited at many international  film festivals and on broadcast national television.  He has a B.A. in English and Italian, an M.A in English (Writing) and a Ph.D. at NUIG (Creative Writing and Textual Studies).   He was awarded the Sparanacht Ui Eithir for his research in 2016 and the NUIG Write-Up Bursary in 2018. Martin Keaveney  is an Associate Lecturer in Irish Literature at NUIG.  See more at  www [dot] martinkeaveney [dot] com

Creative Writing Course Benefits with Martin Keaveney Creative Writing

• Weekly feedback from class tutor
• Friendly and constructive workshop with other writers
• Development and realisation of longer form projects
• Weekly tutorial on elements of writing craft
• Superb addition to CV
• Eligible for Continuing Professional Development activity
• Completion Certificate Available
• Long-lasting connections and friendships
• Post-course Editorial Response to your work
• Nourishing social activity

Testimonials

'Excellent support from tutor'
'Enormously helpful and generous writer's workshop'
'[Martin] takes a genuine interest in his students'
'An engaging speaker who listens and answers questions in a useful way'
'[Martin's] guidance is excellent'
'Very enjoyable and engaging'
'I looked forward to the class every week, each week I became more and more inspired to go home and work on my projects' [Evening Course]
'Thoroughly enjoyed the day' [One Day Course]