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Our MFA database includes essential information about low- and full-residency graduate creative writing programs in the United States and other English-speaking countries to help you decide where to apply.

  • Edinburgh, Scotland
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Fiction: David Bishop, Elizabeth Dearnley, Noelle Harrison

    Young Adult: Elizabeth Dearnley

    Graphic Novels: David Bishop

    Screenwriting: James Mavor

    Genre: Fiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 24
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions
  • Boston, MA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Christine Casson, Mary Kovaleski-Byrnes, Daniel Tobin
    Fiction: Julia Glass, Lise Haines, Kim McLarin, William Orem, Jon Papernick, Frederick Reiken, Novuyo Tshuma, Katie Williams, Mako Yoshikawa
    Nonfiction: Jabari Asim, Megan Marshall, Jerald Walker

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 45
    Deadline: 2/1/24
  • Boston, MA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Writing: Katie Williams, Margot Douaihy, Kirsten Imani Kasai, Jon Papernick, Jessica Treadway
    Literature: William Orem, Roy Kamada, Mary Kovaleski Byrnes, Adele Lee
    Publishing: Lisa Diercks, Gian Lombardo, John Rodzvilla

    Genre: Fiction
    Residency: Online
    Incoming Class Size: 45
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions
  • Fairfield, CT
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Carol Ann Davis, Celeste Doaks, Bill Patrick
    Fiction: Rachel Basch, Susan Muaddi Darraj, Eugenia Kim, Phil Klay, Karen Osborn
    Nonfiction: Sonya Huber, Phil Klay, Dinty W. Moore, Adriana Páramo, Bill Patrick, Ana Maria Spagna
    Screenwriting: Sharbari Ahmed, Kate Clark, Shelley Evans, Jennifer Vanderbes

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 13
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions
  • Madison, NJ
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: David Daniel, H. L. Hix
    Fiction: Rebecca Chace, David Grand, Rene Steinke, Padma Viswanathan
    Nonfiction: Rebecca Chace, Minna Proctor, Rosie Schaap
    Writing for Young Adults and Children: Donna Freitas, Nicole Melleby Welch, Eliot Schrefer
    Literary Translation: Harvey Hix, Idra Novey, Minna Proctor, Padma Viswanathan

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 15
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions
  • Boca Raton, FL
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Becka Mara McKay, Susan Mitchell
    Fiction: Ayşe Papatya Bucak, Jason Schwartz
    Nonfiction: Andrew Furman

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 12
    Deadline: 1/15/24
  • Miami, FL
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Richard Blanco, Denise Duhamel, Campbell McGrath
    Fiction: Lynne Barrett, Debra Dean, John Dufresne, Les Standiford
    Nonfiction: Julie Marie Wade

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 8–14
    Deadline: 1/10/24
  • Tallahassee, FL
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Barbara Hamby, James Kimbrell, David Kirby, Virgil Suarez, Jillian Weise, L. Lamar Wilson
    Fiction: Robert Olen Butler, Barbara Hamby, Skip Horack, Ravi Howard, Elizabeth Stuckey-French, Mark Winegardner
    Nonfiction: Skip Horack, Ravi Howard, Diane Roberts, Mark Winegardner

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 20-25 (MFA & PhD combined)
    Deadline: 1/15/24
  • Tallahassee, FL
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Barbara Hamby, James Kimbrell, David Kirby, Virgil Suarez, Jillian Weise, L. Lamar Wilson
    Fiction: Robert Olen Butler, Barbara Hamby, Skip Horack, Ravi Howard, Elizabeth Stuckey-French, Mark Winegardner
    Nonfiction: Skip Horack, Ravi Howard, Diane Roberts, Mark Winegardner

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 20-25 (MFA & PhD combined)
    Deadline: 1/15/24
  • Fresno, CA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Brynn Saito, Tim Skeen, Mai Der Vang
    Fiction: Venita Blackburn, Randa Jarrar
    Nonfiction: Steven Church, Brenna Womer

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 12–15
    Deadline: 3/1/24
  • Fairfax, VA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Sally Keith, Vivek Narayanan, Peter Streckfus
    Fiction: Alexia Arthurs, Courtney Brkic, Tania James, Helon Habila Ngalabak
    Nonfiction: Timothy Denevi, Kyoko Mori

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 20-24
    Deadline: 1/15/24
  • Milledgeville, GA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Kerry James Evans, Laura Newbern
    Fiction and Nonfiction: Kerry Neville, Peter Selgin, Chika Unigwe

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 7
    Deadline: 2/1/24
  • Atlanta, GA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Danielle Cadena Deulen, Beth Gylys
    Fiction: John Holman, Sheri Joseph, Josh Russell
    Nonfiction: Danielle Cadena Deulen

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 10-15 (MFA & PhD combined)
    Deadline: 2/5/24
  • Atlanta, GA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Danielle Cadena Deulen, Beth Gylys
    Fiction: John Holman, Sheri Joseph, Josh Russell
    Nonfiction: Danielle Cadena Deulen

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 10-15 (MFA & PhD combined)
    Deadline: 2/5/24
  • Plainfield, VT
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Darrah Cloud, Cynthia Cruz, Shira Dentz, Douglas Martin, Tongo Eisen-Martin, Juliana Spahr
    Fiction: Kerry Cohen, Darrah Cloud, Phillippe Diederich, Laurie Foos, Cara Hoffman, Victoria Nelson, Vanessa Veselka
    Nonfiction: Kerry Cohen, Laurie Foos, Cara Hoffman, Victoria Nelson, Richard Panek, Vanessa Veselka
    Dramatic Writing: Darrah Cloud, Eric Holmes, Arlene Hutton, Andrew Saito
    Science Fiction, Crime: Nick Mamatas

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Low, Online
    Incoming Class Size: 25
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions
  • Baltimore, MD
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Porscha Burke, Suzannah Lessard, Maggie Messitt, Michelle Orange, and Meline Toumani

    Genre: Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 25-30 per year
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions
  • St. Paul, MN
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Fiction: John Brandon
    Nonfiction: Angela Pelster-Wiebe
    Screenwriting and Multi-Genre: Richard Pelster-Wiebe

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 10-12
    Deadline: 7/1/23
  • St. Paul, MN
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Elana K. Arnold, Swati Avasthi, Coe Booth, Lisa Jahn Clough, Brandy Colbert, Erin Entrada Kelly, Minh Lê, Meg Medina, Lilliam Rivera, Laura Ruby, Aisha Saeed, Eliot Schrefer, Dashka Slater, Sherri L. Smith, Laurel Snyder

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 15
    Deadline: 9/1/23
  • Roanoke, VA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: T.J. Anderson, Matthew Burnside, Chelsea Harlan, Pauline Kaldas, Thorpe Moeckel
    Fiction: Matthew Burnside, Pauline Kaldas, C.E. Morgan, Jessie van Eerden
    Nonfiction: Matthew Burnside, Pauline Kaldas, Thorpe Moeckel, C.E. Morgan, Jessie van Eerden

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 10
    Deadline: 1/6/24
  • New York, NY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Catherine Barnett, Donna Masini, Tom Sleigh
    Fiction: Adam Haslett (Program Director), Ayana Mathis, Sigrid Nunez
    Creative Nonfiction: Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, Mychal Denzel Smith

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 18
    Deadline: 2/1/24
  • Bloomington, IN
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Catherine Bowman, Stacey Lynn Brown, Ross Gay, Adrian Matejka
    Fiction: Angela Jackson-Brown, Brando Skyhorse, Samrat Upadhyay

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 8
    Deadline: 1/2/24
  • Santa Fe, NM
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Esther Belin, Sherwin Bitsui, Abigail Chabitnoy, Joan Naviyuk Kane, Layli Long Soldier
    Fiction: Ramona Ausubel, Kelli Jo Ford, Brandon Hobson, Pam Houston, Chip Livingston, Tommy Orange, Jamie Figueroa, Morgan Talty
    Nonfiction: Kimberly Blaeser, Danielle Geller, Toni Jensen, Deborah Taffa, Dave Treuer
    Screenwriting: Geoff Harris, Brooke Swaney Pepion

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 25
    Deadline: 2/1/24
  • Ames, IA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Debra Marquart, Charissa Menefee, Romeo Oriogun, K. L. Cook
    Fiction: K. L. Cook, Barbara Haas, Christiana Langenberg, Debra Marquart
    Nonfiction: Barbara Haas, Debra Marquart, K. L. Cook
    Playwriting: Charissa Menefee
    Screenwriting: Charissa Menefee

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 9
    Deadline: 1/5/24
  • Baltimore , MD
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: James Arthur, Dora Malech, Andrew Motion, Bruce Snider, David Yezzi
    Fiction: Susan Choi, Danielle Evans, Eric Puchner, Lysley Tenorio

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 8
    Deadline: 12/15/23
  • Manhattan, KS
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Traci Brimhall, Elizabeth Dodd
    Fiction: Daniel A. Hoyt, Katherine Karlin
    Creative Nonfiction: Traci Brimhall, Elizabeth Dodd

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 5-15
    Deadline: 8/1/23

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