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.

  • University of Texas at El Paso

    MFA Program
    El Paso, TX
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Rosa Alcalá, Andrea Cote-Botero, Nelson Cárdenas, Tim Z. Hernandez, Sasha Pimentel, Jeff Sirkin
    Fiction: Sylvia Aguilar Zéleny, Daniel Chacón, Tim Z. Hernandez, José de Piérola, Lex Williford
    Nonfiction: Tim Z. Hernandez, Sasha Pimentel, Lex Williford
    Screenwriting: Nelson Cárdenas, Lex Williford
    Translation: Rosa Alcalá, José de Piérola

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
    Residency: Full, Online
    Incoming Class Size: 10
    Deadline: 2/2/26

  • University of Texas in Austin, New Writers Project

    MFA Program
    Austin, TX
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Jennifer Chang, Lisa Olstein, Roger Reeves
    Fiction: Oscar Cásares, Bret Anthony Johnston, Peter LaSalle, Elizabeth McCracken, Deb Olin Unferth

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 6
    Deadline: 12/1/25

  • University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

    MFA Program
    Edinburg, TX
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Emmy Pérez, José A. Rodríguez, Steven Schneider
    Fiction: Britt Haraway, Eric Miles Williamson
    Nonfiction: Jean Braithwaite, José A. Rodríguez
    Graphic Literature: Jean Braithwaite
    Translation: José A. Rodríguez

    Affiliate Faculty:
    Multiple Genres: David Bowles
    Poetry (Spanish): Elvia Ardalani
    Fiction (Spanish): Elvia Ardalani
    Translation: Elvia Ardalani
    Scriptwriting: David Carren

    Recent visiting writers include: Ariana Brown, Myriam Gurba, Jasminne Mendez, Gris Muñoz, John Murillo, ire'ne lara silva, and Gemini Wahhaj.

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 9
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions

  • University of Texas, James A. Michener Center for Writers

    MFA Program
    Austin, TX
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Jennifer Chang, Joanna Klink, Lisa Olstein, Roger Reeves
    Fiction: Oscar Casares, Peter LaSalle, Bret Anthony Johnston, Elizabeth McCracken, Deb Olin Unferth
    Screenwriting: Stuart Kelban, Richard Lewis, Cindy McCreery, Maya Perez
    Playwriting: Kirk Lynn, KJ Sanchez

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 12
    Deadline: 12/1/25

  • University of Utah, Salt Lake City

    MFA Program
    Salt Lake City, UT
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Katharine Coles, Jacqueline Osherow, Paisley Rekdal
    Fiction: Lindsey Drager, Michael Mejia, Rone Shavers
    Creative Nonfiction: Katharine Coles, Michael Mejia, Paisley Rekdal, Rone Shavers

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 2-4
    Deadline: 12/15/24

  • University of Utah, Salt Lake City

    PhD Program
    Salt Lake City, UT
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Katharine Coles, Jacqueline Osherow, Paisley Rekdal
    Fiction: Lindsey Drager, Michael Mejia, Rone Shavers
    Creative Nonfiction: Katharine Coles, Michael Mejia, Paisley Rekdal, Rone Shavers

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 6-8
    Deadline: 12/15/24

  • University of Victoria

    MFA Program
    Victoria, Canada
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Shane Book, Gregory Scofield
    Fiction: Lee Henderson, Wayde Compton
    Creative Nonfiction: Deborah Campbell, Danielle Geller, David Leach
    Playwriting: Kevin Kerr
    Screenwriting: Maureen Bradley, Kathryn Mockler
    Multigenre: Marita Dachsel

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 5
    Deadline: 12/1/25

  • University of Virginia

    MFA Program
    Charlottesville, VA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Sumita Chakraborty, Rita Dove, Kiki Petrosino, Lisa Russ Spaar, Brian Teare
    Fiction: Jane Alison, Jessie Ball, Anna Beecher, Jeb Livingood, Micheline Marcom, Kevin Moffett

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 8
    Deadline: 12/15/25

  • University of Washington, Bothell

    MFA Program
    Bothell, WA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry, Prose & Hybrid: Amaranth Borsuk, Ching-In Chen, Jeanne Heuving
    Cross-Disciplinary: Amaranth Borsuk, Ching-In Chen, Jeanne Heuving, Joe Milutis

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 15-19
    Deadline: 2/1/25

  • University of Washington, Seattle

    MFA Program
    Seattle, WA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Linda Bierds, Andrew Feld, Richard Kenney, Pimone Triplett
    Prose: David Bosworth, David Nikki Crouse, Rae Paris, Maya Sonenberg

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 10
    Deadline: 1/2/25

  • University of Wisconsin, Madison

    MFA Program
    Madison, WI
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Quan Barry, Sean Bishop, Nate Marshall, Erika Meitner, Alison C. Rollins, Paul Tran
    Fiction: Ron Kuka, Dantiel W. Moniz, Beth (Bich Minh) Nguyen, Porter Shreve

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 6
    Deadline: 12/15/24

  • University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

    MA Program
    Milwaukee, WI
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Rebecca Dunham, Derrick Harriell
    Fiction: Katherine Beutner, Liam Callanan, Valerie Laken

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 8-10 (MA and PhD students combined)
    Deadline: 12/15/25

  • University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

    PhD Program
    Milwaukee, WI
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Rebecca Dunham, Derrick Harriell
    Fiction: Katharine Beutner, Liam Callanan, Valerie Laken

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 8-10 (MA and PhD students combined)
    Deadline: 12/15/25

  • University of Wyoming

    MFA Program
    Laramie, WY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Fiction: Alyson Hagy
    Nonfiction: Molly Brown, Harvey Hix, Jeff Lockwood

    Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 4-9
    Deadline: 1/20/25

  • Vanderbilt University

    MFA Program
    Nashville, TN
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Rick Hilles, Didi Jackson, Major Jackson
    Fiction: Lydi Conklin, Tony Earley, Lorrie Moore, ZZ Packer

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 4
    Deadline: 12/1/25

  • Vermont College of Fine Arts–Writing

    MFA Program
    Montpelier, VT
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Richard Jackson, Philip Metres, Tomás Q. Morín, Natasha Sajé, Betsy Sholl, Leslie Ullman, Nance Van Winckel, David Wojahn

    Fiction: Connie May Fowler, Miciah Bay Gault, T. Geronimo Johnson, Ellen Lesser, Brian Leung, Bret Lott, Robin MacArthur, Clint McCown, Adam McOmber, Wanjikū wa Ngūgī, Hasanthika Sirisena, Nance Van Winckel

    Creative Nonfiction: Harrison Candelaria Fletcher, Connie May Fowler, Barbara Hurd, Bret Lott, Patrick Madden, Elena Passarello, Natasha Sajé, Sue William Silverman, Hasanthika Sirisena

    Literary Translation: Richard Jackson, Patrick Madden, Philip Metres, Natasha Sajé, Leslie Ullman

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 25-30 per semester
    Deadline: 10/1/24

  • Vermont College of Fine Arts—Writing for Children & Young Adults

    MFA Program
    Montpelier, VT
    Core Faculty Includes:

    A. R. Capetta, Sheela Chari, Melanie Crowder, Evan Griffin, Louise Hawes, Corey Ann Haydu, K. A. Holt, Varian Johnson, Cory McCarthy, Anna-Marie McLemore, Anica Mrose Rissi, An Na, Erica Perl, Matt Phelan, Mary Quattlebaum, Sara Ryan, Alex Sanchez, Liz Garton Scanlon, Laura Shovan, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Linda Urban, Jasmine Warga, Emily X. R. Pan, Jennifer Ziegler

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 18-25
    Deadline: 10/1/24

  • Virginia Commonwealth University

    MFA Program
    Richmond, VA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Geoff Bouvier, Gregory Donovan, Kathleen Graber
    Fiction: Gretchen Comba, Clint McCown, SJ Sindu
    Nonfiction: Sonja Livingston, Jessica Nelson

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 8
    Deadline: 1/15/25

  • Virginia Tech

    MFA Program
    Blacksburg, VA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Janine Joseph, Khadijah Queen, Soham Patel, Sophia Terazawa
    Fiction: Matthew Salasses, Matthew Vollmer

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 7
    Deadline: 1/6/26

  • Warren Wilson College

    MFA Program
    Asheville, NC
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Dilruba Ahmed, Sally Ball, Rita Banerjee, Zeina Hashem Beck, Oliver Baez Bendorf, Marianne Boruch, CM Burroughs, Marianne Chan, Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Daisy Fried, Jennifer Grotz, A. Van Jordan, Sally Keith, Christine Kitano, Esther Lin, Maurice Manning, Airea Matthews, Pablo Medina, Matthew Olzmann, Ben Purkert, Martha Rhodes, Jason Schneiderman, Brian Teare, Dan Tobin, Connie Voisine, Alan Williamson, Yanyi, C. Dale Young
    Fiction: Deepa Anappara, Lesley Nneka Arimah, Dean Bakopoulos, Natalie Bakopoulos, Robert Boswell, Karen Brennan, Liam Callanan, Christopher Castellani, Dan Chaon, Tessa Fontaine, Lauren Groff, David Haynes, Tim Horvath, C.J. Hribal, Vanessa Hua, T. Geronimo Johnson, Margot Livesey, Samuel Kọ́láwọlé, Akil Kumarasamy, Nina Swamidoss McConigley, Ana Menéndez, Antonya Nelson, Alix Ohlin, Peter Orner, Michael Parker, Hanna Pylväinen, Robin Romm, Carter Sickels, Marisa Silver, SJ Sindu, Dominic Smith, Mecca Jamilah Sullivan, Lysley Tenorio, Laura van den Berg
    Creative Nonfiction: Rita Banerjee, Karen Brennan, Jeremy Gavron, Fernanda Eberstadt, Pablo Medina, Peter Orner, Kirstin Valdez Quade, SJ Sindu, Debra Spark, Dan Tobin

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 15-25
    Deadline: 9/1/25

  • Washington University

    MFA Program
    Saint Louis, MO
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Mary Jo Bang, Eduardo C. Corral
    Fiction: Kathryn Davis, Danielle Dutton, Marshall Klimasewiski
    Nonfiction: G’Ra Asim, Kathleen Finneran, Edward McPherson

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 15
    Deadline: 12/1/25

  • West Virginia University

    MFA Program
    Morgantown, WV
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Jenny Johnson, Mary Ann Samyn
    Fiction: Mark Brazaitis
    Nonfiction: Brian Broome, Christa Parravani

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 7-9
    Deadline: 1/15/26

  • West Virginia Wesleyan College

    MFA Program
    Buckhannon, WV
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Sara Henning, Devon McNamara, Doug Van Gundy
    Fiction: Jonathan Corcoran, Jacinda Townsend, Robert Yune
    Nonfiction: Jessica Handler, Randon Billings Noble, Meredith McCarroll

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 5
    Deadline: 10/1/24

  • Western Colorado University

    MFA Program
    Gunnison, CO
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Byron F. Aspaas, Elizabeth Bradfield, Steve Coughlin, CMarie Fuhrman, Tyson Hausdoerffer, Gary Lilley, Cameron McGill, Erica Reid, Derek Sheffield, Maya Jewell Zeller
    Genre Fiction: Olivia Chadha, Joe Fassler, Tenea Johnson, Candace Nadon, Johanna Parkhurst, Laura Resau, Nakeesha Seneb, Cindy Skaggs, Rick Wilbur, E. Lily Yu
    Nature Writing: Karen Auvinen, Claire Boyles, Steve Coughlin, CMarie Fuhrman, Laura Pritchett, Laura Resau, Ana Maria Spagna, Maya Jewell Zeller
    Publishing: Kevin J. Anderson, Gwyneth Gibby, Allyson Longueira
    Screenwriting: Claire Boyles, Mitali Jahagirdar, Kimberlea Kressel, James Napoli, Liz Scudlo

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 45-55
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions

  • Western Connecticut State University

    MFA Program
    Danbury, CT
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Joe Ahearn, Brian Clements, Sean Thomas Dougherty, Kateri Kosek

    Fiction: Sandra Rodriguez Barron, Leslie Kirk Campbell, Jane Cleland, Oscar De Los Santos, Gwen Jones, Sarah Darer Littman, David Rich, John Roche, Lindy Ryan, Don Snyder, Karen Romano Young,

    Nonfiction: Melanie Brooks, Anthony D’Aries, Leah Carroll, Josh Pahigian, Daniel Asa Rose, Mekita Rivas, Onnesha Roychoudhuri, Gina Troisi

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 10-15 per year
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions

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