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MFA Programs Database

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.

  • Norwich, England
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Tiffany Atkinson, Holly Corfield Carr

    Fiction: Trezza Azzopardi, Giles Foden, Jean McNeil, Tessa McWatt, Henry Sutton, Naomi Wood

    Nonfiction: Ian Thomson

    Crime Fiction: Nathan Ashman, Tom Benn, Henry Sutton

    Scriptwriting: Sian Evans, James McDermott, Ben Musgrave, Steve Waters

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 45-60
    Deadline: 6/30/24
  • Gainesville, FL
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Michael Hofmann, William Logan, Ange Mlinko
    Fiction: Uwem Akpan, Camille Bordas, David Leavitt

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 6-12
    Deadline: 1/15/24
  • Toronto, Canada
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Canisia Lubrin, Catherine Bush, Judith Thompson, Carrianne Leung, Michael Winter, Kyo Maclear, Kevin Connolly

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 12-13
    Deadline: 12/4/23
  • Houston, TX
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Erin Belieu, Nick Flynn, francine j. harris, Kevin Prufer, Martha Serpas, Roberto Tejada
    Fiction: Robert Boswell, Audrey Colombe, Chitra Divakaruni, Antonya Nelson, Alexander Parsons, Brenda Peynado, Peter Turchi
    Nonfiction: Nick Flynn, Peter Turchi

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 8
    Deadline: 1/15/24
  • Houston, TX
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Erin Belieu, Nick Flynn, francine j. harris, Kevin Prufer, Martha Serpas, Roberto Tejada
    Fiction: Robert Boswell, Audrey Colombe, Chitra Divakaruni, Antonya Nelson, Alexander Parsons, Brenda Peynado, Peter Turchi
    Nonfiction: Nick Flynn, Peter Turchi

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 12
    Deadline: 1/15/24
  • Moscow, ID
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Michael McGriff, Alexandra Teague
    Fiction: Jess Arndt, Leah Hampton
    Nonfiction: Scott Slovic

    Recent visiting faculty includes Brian Evenson, Dorianne Laux, Maggie Nelson, Roger Reeves, Luis Alberto Urrea, Aisha Sabatini Sloan, Mary Szybist, and Kate Zambreno.

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 9
    Deadline: 1/15/24
  • Urbana, IL
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Ángel García, Janice Harrington, Christopher Kempf, Corey Van Landingham
    Fiction: Amy Hassinger, Ted Sanders, Alex Shakar, David Wright

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 6
    Deadline: 12/1/23
  • Chicago, IL
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Jennifer Ashton, Daniel Borzutzky, Christina Pugh, Luis Urrea
    Fiction: Christopher Grimes, Cris Mazza, Mary Anne Mohanraj, Luis Urrea
    Nonfiction: Mary Anne Mohanraj, Luis Urrea

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 10-20
    Deadline: 2/15/24
  • Chicago, IL
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Jennifer Ashton, Daniel Borzutzky, Christina Pugh, Luis Urrea
    Fiction: Christopher Grimes, Cris Mazza, Mary Anne Mohanraj, Luis Urrea
    Nonfiction: Mary Anne Mohanraj, Luis Urrea

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 6-10
    Deadline: 12/15/23
  • Iowa City, IA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Nonfiction: Tisa Bryant, John D’Agata, Melissa Febos, Brooks Landon, Sarah Minor, Bonnie Sunstein, Inara Verzemnieks

    Visiting Faculty includes: Andre Perry, Hanif Abdurraqib, Susan Steinberg, Kiese Laymon, Vivian Gornick, Geoff Dyer, Meghan Daum, Richard Preston, Mary Ruefle, Bernard Cooper, Honor Moore, Lia Purpura, Xu Xi, Terry Tempest Williams, Steve Kuusisto, John Edgar Wideman

    Genre: Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 10
    Deadline: 12/14/23
  • Iowa City, IA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: James Galvin, Mark Levine, Tracie Morris, Elizabeth Willis

    Fiction: Jamel Brinkley, Ethan Canin, Samantha Chang, 

    The Fall of 2023 visiting faculty includes poet Cody-Rose Clevidence, and fiction writers Kate Christensen, Tom Drury, and Carmen Maria Machado.

    The Spring 2024 visiting faculty includes poet Wendy Xu, and fiction writers Sarah Mathews and Kevin Brockmeier.

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 50
    Deadline: 12/15/23
  • Lawrence, KS
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Joe Harrington, Megan Kaminski
    Fiction: Kij Johnson, Laura Moriarty, Silvia Park
    Playwriting: Darren Canady

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 0-3
    Deadline: 1/5/24
  • Lawrence, KS
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Joseph Harrington, Megan Kaminski
    Fiction: Kij Johnson, Laura Moriarty, Silvia Park
    Playwriting: Darren Canady

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 2-6
    Deadline: 1/5/24
  • Lexington, KY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: DaMaris Hill, Julia Johnson, Shauna Morgan, Frank X Walker
    Fiction: DaMaris Hill, Andrew Milward, Hannah Pittard, Crystal Wilkinson
    Creative Nonfiction: Janet Eldred, Andrew Milward, Hannah Pittard, Erik Reece, Crystal Wilkinson

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 8
    Deadline: 1/15/24
  • College Park, MD
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Elizabeth Arnold, Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, Joshua Weiner
    Fiction: Maud Casey, Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes, Emily Mitchell, Rion Amilcar Scott

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 6
    Deadline: 12/14/23
  • Amherst, MA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Abigail Chabitnoy, Peter Gizzi
    Prose: Edie Meidav, Sabina Murray, Jeff Parker

    Visiting faculty for 2022-23 are CA Conrad and Hoa Nguyen.

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 20
    Deadline: 12/15/23
  • Boston, MA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Shangyang Fang, Jill McDonough
    Fiction: John Fulton, Askold Melnyczuk

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 11
    Deadline: 1/15/24
  • Memphis, TN
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Emily Skaja, Marcus Wicker
    Fiction: Mark Mayer, Courtney Miller Santo, Eric Schlich

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 8
    Deadline: 3/1/24
  • Coral Gables, FL
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Jaswinder Bolina, Kei Miller
    Fiction: Chantel Acevedo, Patricia Engel, M. Evelina Galang, Amina Gautier

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 5-6
    Deadline: 12/15/23
  • Ann Arbor, MI
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Linda Gregerson, Tung-hui Hu, Khaled Mattawa

    Fiction: Julie Buntin, Gabe Habash, Peter Ho Davies, Kiley Reid

    Creative Nonfiction: Aisha Sabatini Sloan

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 18
    Deadline: 12/15/23
  • Minneapolis, MN
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Aamina Ahmad, Peter Campion, V. V. Ganeshananthan, Megan Giddings, Douglas Kearney, Kathryn Nuernberger, Julie Schumacher, Kim Todd

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 9
    Deadline: 12/1/23
  • Oxford, MS
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Beth Ann Fennelly, Melissa Ginsburg, Derrick Harriell, Aimee Nezhukumatathil
    Fiction: Matthew Bondurant, Tom Franklin, Melissa Ginsberg, Sheila Sundar, Michael Wang

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

    Poetry: Aliki Barnstone, Gabriel Fried
    Fiction: Trudy Lewis, Speer Morgan, Phong Nguyen
    Nonfiction: Donald Quist

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 5-7
    Deadline: 1/1/24
  • Kansas City, MO
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Hadara Bar-Nadav
    Fiction: Christie Hodgen, Michael Pritchett, Whitney Terrell
    Nonfiction: Christie Hodgen, Whitney Terrell
    Playwriting: Frank Higgins
    Screenwriting: Mitch Brian

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 17-20
    Deadline: 1/15/24
  • St. Louis, MO
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Shane Seely
    Fiction: John Dalton

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 10
    Deadline: 3/1/24

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