{"id":2346,"date":"2026-04-06T15:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/?p=2346"},"modified":"2026-04-15T12:25:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T12:25:58","slug":"celebrating-twenty-years-of-the-oxford-masters-in-creative-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/?p=2346","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating twenty years of the Oxford Master&#8217;s in Creative Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the Oxford Creative Writing MSt, we are proud to announce the publication of <em>Meridian<\/em>. A collection of poetry, prose and dramatic writing from twenty-five acclaimed alumni of the programme, curated by Amal Chatterjee, Mary Jean Chan and Barney Norris, the book includes an introduction by founding Course Director Clare Morgan, and a foreword by George Szirtes, recent recipient of the King&#8217;s Gold Medal for Poetry. 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