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.

  • San Francisco State University

    MA Program
    San Francisco, CA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Tonya Foster, Paul Hoover, Andrew Joron
    Fiction: Michelle Carter, Nona Caspers, Joseph Cassara, May-lee Chai, Carolina De Robertis, Andrew Joron, Michael David Lukas, Chanan Tigay
    Creative Nonfiction: Joseph Cassara, May-lee Chai, Chanan Tigay
    Translation: Carolina De Robertis, Paul Hoover, Andrew Joron
    Playwriting: Michelle Carter

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 7
    Deadline: 2/15/27

  • San Francisco State University

    MFA Program
    San Francisco, CA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Tonya Foster, Paul Hoover, Andrew Joron
    Fiction: Michelle Carter, Nona Caspers, Joseph Cassara, May-lee Chai, Carolina De Robertis, Tonya Foster, Andrew Joron, Michael David Lukas, Chanan Tigay
    Creative Nonfiction: Chanan Tigay, Joseph Cassara, May-lee Chai, Chanan Tigay
    Literary Translation: Carolina De Robertis, Paul Hoover, Andrew Joron
    Playwriting: Michelle Carter

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 30
    Deadline: 2/15/27

  • San Jose State University

    MFA Program
    San Jose, CA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: J. Michael Martinez
    Fiction: Selena Anderson, Keenan Norris, Nick Taylor
    Nonfiction: Brook McClurg, Thomas Moriarty, Keenan Norris, Daniel Lanza Rivers
    Playwriting/Screenwriting: Barnaby Dallas, Matthew Spangler

    Recent Lurie Distinguished Authors-in-Residence include Faith Adiele, Ellen Bass, Marcelo Hernandez Castillo, Cristina Garcia, Don George, Andrew Sean Greer, Jean Guerrero, ZZ Packer, and Vendela Vida.

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 16
    Deadline: 2/1/27

  • Sarah Lawrence College

    MFA Program
    Bronxville, NY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Darcie Dennigan, Patricio Ferrari, Matthea Harvey, Eugenia Leigh, Dennis Nurkse, Miller Oberman, Ben Purkert, Victoria Redel, R. A. Villanueva, Afaa Michael Weaver
    Fiction and Speculative Fiction: Carolyn Ferrell, Myla Goldberg, Garth Risk Hallberg, David Hollander, Alice Sola Kim, Violet Kupersmith, Rattawut Lapcharoensap, K. Lorrel Manning, Isle McElroy, Richie Narvaez, Ben Purkert, Victoria Redel, Nelly Reifler, Domenica Ruta, David Ryan, Chandler Klang Smith, Joseph Earl Thomas, Elvia Wilk
    Nonfiction: Alissa Bennett, Heather Harpham, Timothy Kreider, Domenica Ruta, Jacob Slichter, Meredith Talusan, Joseph Earl Thomas, Clifford Thompson

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 50-60
    Deadline: 1/15/27

  • Savannah College of Art and Design

    MFA Program
    Savannah, GA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Savannah: Andrea Goto, Lee Griffith, Robert Griffith, Tish Hamilton, Shawn Kerivan, Chris Millis, Jonathan Rabb

    Atlanta: Christopher Bundy, Catherine Ramsdell, Darby Sanders

    Genre: Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full, Online
    Incoming Class Size: Atlanta: 20; Savannah: 20; Online: 20
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions

  • School of the Art Institute of Chicago

    MFA Program
    Chicago, IL
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Nathan Hoks, Jose-Luis Moctezuma, Elise Paschen, Calvin Forbes (Emeritus)
    Fiction: Anne Calcagno, Sara Levine, Beth Nugent (Emeritus)
    Nonfiction: Sara Levine, Jill Riddell, James McManus (Emeritus)
    Cross-Genre: Sally Alatalo, Mark Booth, Ruth Margraff, Janet Desaulniers (Emeritus)
    Playwriting:  Ruth Margraff, Beau O’Reilly
    Comics: Beth Hetland

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 18
    Deadline: 1/10/27

  • Seton Hill University

    MFA Program
    Greensburg, PA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Michael Arnzen, Ph.D.; Valerie Burns, M.F.A.; Rob Hart, B.A.; Will Horner, M.A.; LaQuette Holmes, M.A., R.R.T.; Kosoko Jackson, M.F.A.; Scott Johnson, M.F.A.; Gwendolyn Kiste, B.S.; Priscilla Oliveras, M.F.A.; Nicole Peeler, Ph.D., Program Director; Maria Snyder, M.A.; Sara Tantlinger, M.F.A, Program Coordinator; Jaye Wells, M.F.A.; Albert Wendland, Ph.D.

    Genre: Fiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 6-12 per residency
    Deadline: 10/5/26

  • Sewanee School of Letters

    MFA Program
    Sewanee, TN
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Nickole Brown, Tiana Clark, Vievee Francis, Rebecca Gayle Howell, Eric Smith
    Fiction: Ryan Chapman, Lee Conell, Sidik Fofana, Daniel Hornsby, Adam O’Fallon Price, Jamie Quatro, Justin Taylor
    Nonfiction: Emily Adrian, Alice Bolin, Virginia Craighill, Jessica Goudeau, Tracy O’Neill, Meera Subramanian, John Jeremiah Sullivan

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Other
    Incoming Class Size: 12-16
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions

  • Southern Connecticut State University

    MFA Program
    New Haven, CT
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Jeff Mock
    Fiction: Rachel Furey, Tim Parrish
    Memoir: Rachel Furey, Tim Parrish

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 12
    Deadline: 3/1/27

  • Southern Illinois University Carbondale

    MFA Program
    Carbondale, IL
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Judy Jordan, Allison Joseph
    Fiction: Renee Branum, Dustin M. Hoffman

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 8-10
    Deadline: 2/1/27

  • Southern New Hampshire University (Online MFA)

    MFA Program
    Manchester, NH
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Lauren A. Forry, Melissa Hart, Melissa Marr, Jason Morgan, Beth Revis, L. Marie Wood

    For full list of faculty, please see the program’s website.

    Genre: Fiction
    Residency: Online
    Incoming Class Size: 33
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions

  • St. Francis College

    MFA Program
    Brooklyn, NY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Jive Poetic, Felice Belle, Mahogany Browne, Caroline Hagood
    Fiction: Theo Gangi, Jason Starr
    Nonfiction: Chloe Cooper Jones, Caroline Hagood
    Playwriting/Screenwriting: Ben Snyder, Jason Starr
    Graphic Writing for Comic Books: Jason Starr

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 8 each year
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions

  • Stetson University

    MFA Program
    DeLand, FL
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Kenzie Allen, Derrick Austin, Terri Witek 
    Prose: Shastri Akella, Steven Dunn, Sarah LaBrie, Jeff Parker

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 13
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions

  • Stonecoast MFA, University of Southern Maine

    MFA Program
    Portland, ME
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Colin Cheney, Raina León, Debra Marquart, Cate Marvin
    Fiction: Rick Bass, Susan Conley, Ron Currie Jr., Aaron Hamburger, Elizabeth Searle
    Popular Fiction: JJ Amaworo Wilson, Tom Coash, John Florio, Alex Jennings, Robert Levy, Elizabeth Searle
    Creative Nonfiction: Faith Adiele, Rick Bass, Susan Conley, John Florio, Aaron Hamburger, Raina León, Debra Marquart
    Scriptwriting: Tom Coash, Ron Currie Jr., Elizabeth Searle

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 12-18 per residency
    Deadline: 9/1/26

  • Stony Brook University

    MFA Program
    Southampton and New York, NY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Karen Bender, Billy Collins, Molly Gaudry, Alison Fairbrother, Marlon James, Eskor Johnson, Kaylie Jones, Christine Kitano, Matthew Klam, Robert Lopez, Patricia Marx, Susan Minot, Robert Reeves, Julie Sheehan, Frederic Tuten, Lou Ann Walker, Dawnie Walton, Emma Walton Hamilton, Meg Wolitzer

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 15-25
    Deadline: 12/15/26

  • Syracuse University

    MFA Program
    Syracuse, NY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Brooks Haxton, Mary Karr, Christopher Kennedy, Bruce Smith
    Fiction: Chanelle Benz, Jonathan Dee, George Saunders, Dana Spiotta
    Teaching Faculty: Matthew Grzecki, Sarah Harwell, Christopher Brunt

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 12
    Deadline: 12/15/26

  • Temple University

    MFA Program
    Philadelphia, PA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Pattie McCarthy, Jena Osman
    Fiction: Cara Blue Adams, Liz Moore

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 15
    Deadline: 2/15/27

  • Texas State University

    MFA Program
    San Marcos, TX
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Cyrus Cassells, Ada Limón, Cecily Parks, Charlotte Pence 
    Fiction: Doug Dorst, Jennifer duBois, James Han Mattson, Tim O’Brien, Lindsey Stern

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 21
    Deadline: 2/15/27

  • The New School

    MFA Program
    New York, NY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Full-time Faculty Includes:
    J. Mae Barizo, Laura Cronk, Camonghne Felix, Mira Jacob, Luis Jaramillo, Natasha Lennard, Caron Levis, Larissa Pham, Robert Polito, John Reed, Margaret Rhee, Helen Schulman

    Part-time Faculty Includes:
    Poetry: Mark Bibbins, Laurie Sheck
    Fiction: Sidik Fofana, Ann-Marie Hood, Shelley Jackson, James Lasdun, Dale Peck
    Nonfiction: Susan Cheever, Zia Jaffrey, James Lasdun, Honor Moore, Alex Starr, Brenda Wineapple
    Arts Writing: Emily Flake
    Writing for Children and Young Adults: Coe Booth, Ann-Marie Hood, Emily X. R. Pan, Andrea Pinkney

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 75-80 across five tracks
    Deadline: 1/15/27

  • University at Albany, SUNY

    MA Program
    Albany, NY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Fiction / Creative Nonfiction / Cross-Genre: Aashish Kaul, Edward Schwarzschild, Lynne Tillman

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 10-20
    Deadline: 7/1/26

  • University at Albany, SUNY

    PhD Program
    Albany, NY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Fiction / Creative Nonfiction / Cross-Genre: Aashish Kaul, Edward Schwarzschild, Lynne Tillman

    Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 6-8
    Deadline: 1/15/27

  • University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa

    MFA Program
    Tuscaloosa, AL
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Joel Brouwer, John Estes, Kwoya Fagin Maples
    Fiction: Nana Nkweti, Kellie Wells
    Nonfiction: Brooke Champagne

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 10-15
    Deadline: 12/1/26

  • University of Alaska, Fairbanks

    MFA Program
    Fairbanks, AK
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Sara Eliza Johnson
    Fiction: Gerri Brightwell, Joseph Holt
    Nonfiction: Daryl Farmer

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 5-8
    Deadline: 1/15/27

  • University of Arizona

    MFA Program
    Tucson, AZ
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Kate Bernheimer, Susan Briante, Francisco Cantú, Bojan Louis, Farid Matuk, Ander Monson, Manuel Muñoz, Sara Sams, Johanna Skibsrud

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 7
    Deadline: 12/15/26

  • University of Arkansas

    MFA Program
    Fayetteville, AR
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Geoffrey Brock, Geffrey Davis, Rebecca Gayle Howell, Davis McCombs
    Fiction: Bryan Hurt, Toni Jensen, Padma Viswanathan
    Translation: Geoffrey Brock, Rebecca Gayle Howell, Padma Viswanathan

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Translation
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 12
    Deadline: 12/31/26

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