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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: Judith Baumel, Jacqueline Jones LaMon
Fiction: Martha Cooley, Katherine Hill, Igor Webb
Nonfiction: Kermit Frazier, Katherine Hill, Igor WebbGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 6–12Deadline: 1/15/19 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Charles Rafferty, Paul Robichaud
Fiction: Sarah Harris Wallman
Nonfiction: Eric SchoeckGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: Low, OnlineIncoming Class Size: 10Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Charles Rafferty, Paul Robichaud
Fiction: Sarah Harris Wallman
Nonfiction: Eric SchoeckGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: Low, 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: 12Deadline: 1/15/19 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Jenny Factor
Fiction and Nonfiction: Steve Heller, Bernadette MurphyGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 25 per cohort (2 cohorts per year)Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Genevieve Betts, James Warner
Fiction: Paul Elwork, Stephanie Feldman, Joshua Isard, Tracey Levine, Eric Smith
Literature: Jim Casey, Kalenda Eaton, Matthew Heitzman, Elizabeth Vogel, Jo Ann WeinerGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 15Deadline: 3/1/19 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Genevieve Betts, James Warner
Fiction: Paul Elwork, Stephanie Feldman, Joshua Isard, Tracey Levine, Eric SmithGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 15 per genreDeadline: 3/1/19 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Sally Ball, Natalie Diaz, Norman Dubie, Alberto Álvaro Ríos
Fiction: Matt Bell, Jenny Irish, Tara Ison, T. M. McNallyGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 8Deadline: 1/1/19 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Angie Estes, Mark Irwin, Alex Lemon, Mark Neely, Ruth Schwartz, Kathryn Winograd
Fiction: Robin Black, William Haywood Henderson, Christian Kiefer, Erika Krouse, E. J. Levy, Nayomi Munaweera
Nonfiction: Jill Christman, Steven Harvey, Thomas Larson, Joe Mackall, Leila Philip, Robert RootGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 20-25Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Heid E. Erdrich, Cary Waterman
Fiction: Stephan Eirik Clark, Cass Dalglish, Lindsay Starck
Nonfiction: Karen Babine, Marya Hornbacher
Playwriting: Carson Kreitzer, Sarah Myers
Screenwriting: David GrantGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 15-20Deadline: 2/1/19 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Katy Didden, Mark Neely
Fiction: Cathy Day, Sean Lovelace
Nonfiction: Jill Christman, Silas Hansen
Screenwriting: Rani Deighe Crowe, Matt MullinsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 6Deadline: 1/15/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Anselm Berrigan, Robert Fitterman, Ann Lauterbach, Anna Moschovakis, Hoa Nguyen, Roberto Tejada, Matvei Yankelevich
Fiction: Renee Gladman
Nonfiction: David Levi StraussGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 29Deadline: 1/8/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Lucy English, Carrie Etter, Tim Liardet, Steve May, Gerard Woodward
Fiction: Celia Brayfield, Lucy English, Carrie Etter, Julia Green, Tessa Hadley, Steve May, Jonathan Neale, Mimi Thebo, Steve Voake, Tricia Wastvedt, Gerard Woodward
Nonfiction: Celia Brayfield, Paul Evans,Richard Kerridge, Jonathan Neale
Drama: Steve May, Jonathan NealeGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 70Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Lucy English, Carrie Etter, Tim Liardet, Steve May, Gerard Woodward
Fiction: Celia Brayfield, Lucy English, Carrie Etter, Julia Green, Tessa Hadley, Steve May, Jonathan Neale, Mimi Thebo, Steve Voake, Tricia Wastvedt, Gerard Woodward
Nonfiction: Celia Brayfield, Paul Evans, Richard Kerridge, Jonathan Neale
Drama: Steve May, Jonathan NealeGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 70Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Mel Allen, Leanna James Blackwell, Adam Braver, T. Susan Chang, Anthony D'Aries, Audrey Ferber, Aine Greaney, Shahnaz Habib, Ann Hood, Susan Ito, Karol Jackowski, Lisa Romeo, Suzanne Strempek Shea, Tom Shea, Kate Whouley
Genre: Creative NonfictionResidency: OnlineIncoming Class Size: 30Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: April Bernard, Major Jackson, Ed Ochester, Mark Wunderlich
Fiction: David Gates, Amy Hempel, Alice Mattison, Jill McCorkle, Deirdre McNamer, Askold Melnyczuk, Rachel Pastan, Lynne Sharon Schwartz
Nonfiction: Benjamin Anastas, Sven Birkerts, Susan Cheever, Dinah Lenney, Clifford Thompson, Peter TrachtenbergGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 20-25 every semesterDeadline: 9/1/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Julie Hensley, Young Smith
Fiction: Julie Hensley, Nancy Jensen, Robert D. Johnson, Carter Sickels
Nonfiction: Nancy Jensen, Robert D. Johnson
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 17Deadline: 8/1/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Martin Corless-Smith (Co-Director), Janet Holmes, Kerri Webster
Fiction: Emily Ruskovich, Brady Udall (Co-Director), Mitch WielandGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 5Deadline: 1/15/19 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Karl Kirchwey, Gail Mazur, Robert Pinsky, Nicole Sealey
Fiction: Leslie Epstein, Ha Jin, Sigrid NunezGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 18Deadline: 2/1/19 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Abigail Cloud, Sharona Muir, Larissa Szporluk
Fiction: Lawrence Coates, Theresa WilliamsGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 10Deadline: 1/15/19 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Kimberly Johnson, Lance Larsen, Michael Lavers, John Talbot
Fiction: John Bennion, Chris Crowe, Spencer Hyde, Stephen Tuttle
Nonfiction: Joey Franklin, Patrick MaddenGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 10Deadline: 1/15/19 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Julie Agoos, Ben Lerner
Fiction: Joshua Henkin, Madeleine Thien
Playwriting: Erin Courtney, Mac WellmanGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 30Deadline: 1/16/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Sawako Nakayasu, Eleni Sikelianos, Cole Swensen
Fiction: Colin Channer, Thalia Field, Laird Hunt, Karan Mahajan, Carole Maso
Digital Language Arts: John CayleyGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 12–13Deadline: 12/15/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Chris Forhan, Alessandra Lynch
Fiction: Dan Barden, Michael Dahlie, Allison Lynn, Susan Neville
Nonfiction: Hilene Flanzbaum, Andrew Levy, Susan Neville
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 15Deadline: 4/15/19 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Tonya Foster, Gloria Frym, Joseph Lease
Fiction: Tom Barbash, Gloria Frym, Aimee Phan
Nonfiction: Faith Adiele, Jasmin Darznik, Leslie Carol Roberts
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 15Deadline: Rolling Admissions