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: Michael Aderibigbe, Angela Ball, Adam Clay
Fiction: J. A. Bernstein, Olivia Clare Friedman
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 3-4Deadline: 2/1/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Cornelius Eady, Iliana Rocha
Fiction: Margaret Lazarus Dean, Christopher Hebert, Michael Knight
Nonfiction: Margaret Lazarus DeanGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 5Deadline: 12/1/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Cornelius Eady, Iliana Rocha
Fiction: Margaret Lazarus Dean, Christopher Hebert, Michael Knight
Nonfiction: Margaret Lazarus DeanGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 2Deadline: 12/1/23 -
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 PiérolaGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationResidency: Full, OnlineIncoming Class Size: 10Deadline: 2/2/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Jennifer Chang, Lisa Olstein, Roger Reeves
Fiction: Edward Carey, Oscar Cásares, Bret Anthony Johnston, Peter LaSalle, Elizabeth McCracken, Deb Olin UnferthGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 6Deadline: 12/1/23 -
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. RodríguezAffiliate Faculty:
Multiple Genres: David Bowles
Poetry (Spanish): Elvia Ardalani
Fiction (Spanish): Elvia Ardalani
Translation: Elvia Ardalani
Playwriting: David Carren
Scriptwriting: David CarrenGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 9Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Jennifer Chang, Joanna Klink, Lisa Olstein, Roger Reeves
Fiction: Edward Carey, Oscar Casares, Amy Hempel, Peter LaSalle, Bret Anthony Johnston, Elizabeth McCracken, Deb Olin Unferth
Screenwriting: Stuart Kelban, Richard Lewis, Cindy McCreery, Maya Perez
Playwriting: Annie Baker, Liz Engelman, Kirk Lynn, KJ SanchezGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 12Deadline: 12/1/23 -
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 ShaversGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 2-4Deadline: 12/15/23 -
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 ShaversGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 6-8Deadline: 12/15/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Shane Book, Gregory Scofield
Fiction: Lee Henderson
Creative Nonfiction: Deborah Campbell, Danielle Geller, David Leach
Playwriting: Kevin Kerr
Screenwriting: Maureen Bradley, Kathryn Mockler
Multigenre: Marita DachselGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 5Deadline: 12/1/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Rita Dove, Debra Nystrom, Kiki Petrosino, Lisa Russ Spaar, Brian Teare
Fiction: Rahib Alameddine, Jane Alison, Jeb Livingood, Micheline MarcomGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 10Deadline: 12/15/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry, Prose & Hybrid: Amaranth Borsuk, Ching-In Chen, Jeanne Heuving
Cross-Disciplinary: Anida Yoeu Ali, Amaranth Borsuk, Naomi Macalalad Bragin, Ching-In Chen, Jeanne Heuving, Ted Hiebert, Joe Milutis
2023-24 Visiting Faculty: Kristen Millares Young, Cedar Sigo
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 15-19Deadline: 2/1/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Linda Bierds, Andrew Feld, Richard Kenney, Pimone Triplett
Prose: David Bosworth, David Crouse, Rae Paris, Maya SonenbergGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 10Deadline: 1/2/24 -
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 ShreveGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 6Deadline: 12/15/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Brenda Cárdenas, Rebecca Dunham
Fiction: Katherine Beutner, Liam Callanan, Valerie Laken
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 8-10 (MA and PhD students combined)Deadline: 12/15/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Brenda Cárdenas, Rebecca Dunham
Fiction: Katharine Beutner, Liam Callanan, Valerie LakenGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 8-10 (MA and PhD students combined)Deadline: 12/15/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Fiction: Alyson Hagy
Nonfiction: Molly Brown, Harvey Hix, Jeff LockwoodGenre: Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 4-9Deadline: 1/20/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Rick Hilles, Didi Jackson, Major Jackson
Fiction: Lydia Conklin, Tony Earley, Lorrie Moore, ZZ Packer, Nancy ReismanGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 6Deadline: 12/15/23 -
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, T. Geronimo Johnson, Ellen Lesser, Brian Leung, Bret Lott, Clint McCown, Adam McOmber, 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
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 25-30 per semesterDeadline: 10/1/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
William Alexander, Martha Brockenbrough, Loree Griffin Burns, A. R. Capetta, Sheela Chari, Melanie Crowder, Alan Cumyn, David Macinnis Gill, Louise Hawes, Corey Ann Haydu, K. A. Holt, Varian Johnson, A. S. King, Uma Krishnaswami, Jane Kurtz, Martine Leavitt, Kekla Magoon, Deborah Marcero, Cory McCarthy, Anna-Marie McLemore, Anica Mrose Rissi, An Na, Mary Quattlebaum, Sara Ryan, Alex Sanchez, Liz Garton Scanlon, Laura Shovan, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Shelley Tanaka, Linda Urban, Jasmine Warga, Fran Wilde, Emily X. R. Pan, Jennifer Ziegler
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 18-25Deadline: 10/1/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Geoff Bouvier, Gregory Donovan, Kathleen Graber, David Wojahn
Fiction: Gretchen Comba, Clint McCown, SJ Sindu
Nonfiction: Sonja Livingston, Jessica NelsonGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 8Deadline: 1/15/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Janine Joseph, Jeffrey Mann, Khadijah Queen, Soham Patel, Sophia Terazawa
Fiction: Edward Falco, Evan Lavender-Smith, Lucinda Roy, Matthew Vollmer
Genre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 9Deadline: 1/8/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Kaveh Akbar, Debra Allbery, Sally Ball, Rita Banerjee, Oliver Baez Bendorf, Marianne Boruch, CM Burroughs, Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Daisy Fried, Brooks Haxton, Amaud Jamaul Johnson, A. Van Jordan, Sally Keith, Christine Kitano, Dana Levin, Sandra Lim, Maurice Manning, Airea D. Matthews, Matthew Olzmann, Martha Rhodes, Solmaz Sharif, Mary Szybist, Brian Teare, Dan Tobin, Connie Voisine, Alan Williamson, Yanyi, Monica Youn, C. Dale Young
Fiction: Lesley Nneka Arimah, Dean Bakopoulos, Robert Boswell, Liam Callanan, Maud Casey, Christopher Castellani, Lan Samantha Chang, Sonya Chung, Angela Flournoy, Jeremy Gavron, Lauren Groff, David Haynes, Vanessa Hua, T. Geronimo Johnson, Akil Kumarasamy, Nina McConigley, Ana Menendez, Antonya Nelson, Alix Ohlin, Peter Orner, Michael Parker, Robin Romm, Jason Schneiderman, Joan Silber, Marisa Silver, Dominic Smith, Lysley Tenorio, Peter Turchi, Laura van den Berg
Genre: Poetry, FictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 12-20Deadline: 9/1/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Mary Jo Bang, Carl Phillips
Fiction: Kathryn Davis, Danielle Dutton, Marshall Klimasewiski
Nonfiction: G’Ra Asim, Kathleen Finneran, Edward McPhersonGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 15Deadline: 12/4/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Jenny Johnson, Mary Ann Samyn
Fiction: Mark Brazaitis, Glenn Taylor
Nonfiction: Brian Broome, Christa ParravaniGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 8-10Deadline: 1/15/24