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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.
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Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Jan-Henry Gray, Maya Marshall
Prose: Katherine Hill, Igor WebbGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 6–12Deadline: 1/15/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Charles Rafferty, Paul Robichaud
Fiction: Sarah Harris Wallman
Nonfiction: Eric SchoeckGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: OnlineIncoming Class Size: 10Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Kyle Dargan, David Keplinger
Fiction: Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Stephanie Grant, Patricia Park
Nonfiction: Rachel Louise SnyderGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 15Deadline: 2/15/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Victoria Chang
Prose: Lisa LocascioGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation, Cross-GenreResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 22Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Genevieve Betts, Michelle Reale
Fiction: Stephanie Feldman, Joshua Isard, Tracey Levine, Eric Smith
Literature: Matthew Heitzman, Christopher Varlack, Elizabeth Vogel, Jo Ann WeinerGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 15Deadline: 3/1/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Genevieve Betts, Michelle Reale
Fiction: Stephanie Feldman, Joshua Isard, Tracey Levine, Eric SmithGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 15 per genreDeadline: 3/1/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Sally Ball, Natalie Diaz, Alberto Álvaro Ríos, Solmaz Sharif, Safiya Sinclair
Fiction: Matt Bell, Jenny Irish, Tara Ison, Mitchell Jackson, T. M. McNally
Creative Nonfiction: Sarah VirenGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 8-10Deadline: 1/1/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Aria Aber, Dexter Booth, Marcelo Hernandez Castillo, Kate Gale, Tess Taylor
Fiction: Kirstin Chen, Brian Conn, Edan Lepucki, Sarah Monette, Nayomi Munaweera, Naomi J. Williams
Nonfiction: Cass Donish, Kate Hopper, Lauren Markham, Lisa Nikolidakis, Terese Mailhot, Kelly Sundberg
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 15Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Jim Cihlar, Michael Kleber-Diggs
Fiction: Stephan Eirik Clark, Lindsay Starck
Nonfiction: Anika Fajardo, Kathryn Savage
Playwriting: Alice Eve Cohen, Carson Kreitzer, TyLie Shider
Screenwriting: Stephan Eirik Clark, Andy FroemkeGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 15Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Katy Didden, Mark Neely
Fiction: Cathy Day, Sarah Domet, Sean Lovelace
Nonfiction: Jill Christman, Silas Hansen
Screenwriting: Rani Deighe Crowe, Matt MullinsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 5-7Deadline: 11/1/22 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Kimberly Alidio, Mirene Arsanios, CAConrad, Anna Moschovakis, Hoa Nguyen, Christopher Rey Pérez, David Levi Strauss, Julian Talamantez Brolaski, Roberto Tejada
Fiction: Anna Moschovakis
Criticism: David Levi StraussNote: Faculty has not yet been confirmed for Summer 2023.
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 29Deadline: 1/10/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Lucy English, Carrie Etter, Tim Liardet, John Strachan, Samantha Walton, Gerard Woodward
Fiction: Gavin James Bower, Celia Brayfield, Alexia Casale, Lucy English, Nathan Filer, Aminatta Forna, Maggie Gee, Samantha Harvey, Philip Hensher, Steve Hollyman, Emma Hooper, Claire Kendal, Kate Pullinger, C.J. Skuse, Gerard Woodward
Nonfiction: Celia Brayfield, Richard Kerridge, Stephen Moss
Scriptwriting: Robin MukherjeeGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: VariesDeadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Lucy English, Carrie Etter, Tim Liardet, Gerard Woodward
Fiction: Gavin James Bower, Celia Brayfield, Nathan Filer, Aminatta Forna, Maggie Gee, Samantha Harvey, Philip Hensher, Claire Kendal, Kate Pullinger, Gerard Woodward
Nonfiction: Richard Kerridge, Stephen MossGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 40Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Mel Allen, Leanna James Blackwell, Jennifer Baker, Sari Botton, Melanie Brooks, Allison Coffelt, Jennifer DeLeon, Áine Greaney, Shahnaz Habib, Jessica Handler, Ann Hood, Susan Ito, Karol Jackowski, Yi Shun Lai, Anna Mantzaris, Meredith O’Brien, Lisa Romeo, Tom Shea, Suzanne Strempek Shea, Kate Whouley
Genre: Creative NonfictionResidency: Online, OtherIncoming Class Size: 20Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: April Bernard, Jennifer Chang, Carmen Giménez Smith, Craig Morgan Teicher, Mark Wunderlich
Fiction: Ramona Ausubel, Douglas Bauer, Monica Ferrell, David Gates, Manuel Gonzales, Amy Hempel, Alice Mattison, Jill McCorkle, Deirdre McNamer, Elizabeth McCracken, Stuart Nadler, Derek Palacio, Lynne Sharon Schwartz, Katy Simpson Smith
Nonfiction: Benjamin Anastas, Eula Biss, Jenny Boully, Susan Cheever, Hugh Ryan, Dinah Lenney, Marie Mutsuki Mockett, Clifford Thompson, Peter TrachtenbergGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 20-25 each termDeadline: 9/1/22 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Tina Chang, Leslie L. Heywood, Joseph Weil
Fiction: Thomas Glave, Liz Rosenberg, Jaimee Wriston-Colbert, Alexi Zentner
Nonfiction: Leslie L. HeywoodGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 7-15Deadline: 11/15/22 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Tina Chang, Leslie L. Heywood, Joseph Weil
Fiction: Thomas Glave, Liz Rosenberg, Jaimee Wriston-Colbert, Alexi Zentner
Nonfiction: Leslie L. HeywoodGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 3-5Deadline: 1/27/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Julie Hensley, Young Smith
Fiction: Julie Hensley, Nancy Jensen, Robert D. Johnson, Carter Sickels
Nonfiction: Nancy Jensen, Robert D. Johnson, Carter SickelsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 10-15Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Martin Corless-Smith, Sara Nicholson, Taryn Schwilling, Kerri Webster
Fiction: Mitch Wieland (Director), Anna Caritj, Mary Pauline Lowry, Brady Udall
Creative Nonfiction: Clyde MoneyhunGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 8Deadline: 1/15/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Andrea Cohen, Karl Kirchwey, Robert Pinsky, Nicole Sealey
Fiction: Leslie Epstein, Jennifer Haigh, Ha Jin, Jayne Anne PhillipsGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 18Deadline: 2/1/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Odile Cazenave, Margaret Litvin, Petrus Liu, Christopher Maurer, Roberta Micaleff, Robert Pinsky (advising), Stephen Scully, Sassan Tabatabai, J. Keith Vincent, William Waters, Anna Zielinska-Elliott
Genre: TranslationResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 9Deadline: 2/15/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Abigail Cloud, Sharona Muir, F. Dan Rzicznek, Larissa Szporluk, Jessica Zinz-Cheresnick
Fiction: Joe Celizic, Lawrence Coates, Reema Rajbanshi, Michael SchulzGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 10Deadline: 1/15/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Kimberly Johnson, Lance Larsen, Michael Lavers, John Talbot
Fiction: Chris Crowe, Spencer Hyde, Stephen Tuttle
Nonfiction: Joey Franklin, Patrick MaddenGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 10Deadline: 1/15/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Julie Agoos, Ben Lerner
Fiction: Joshua Henkin, Madeleine Thien
Playwriting: Elana Greenfield, Haruna LeeGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 30Deadline: 1/15/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Sawako Nakayasu, Eleni Sikelianos, Cole Swensen
Fiction: Colin Channer, Laird Hunt, Karan Mahajan
Cross Disciplinary & Digital Language Arts: John Cayley, Thalia Field, Sawako NakayasuGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 12–13Deadline: 12/15/22