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: Sawako Nakayasu, Matthew Shenoda, Eleni Sikelianos
Fiction: Colin Channer, Laird Hunt, Karan Mahajan, Jacinda Townsend
Cross Disciplinary & Digital Language Arts: John Cayley, Thalia Field, Sawako NakayasuGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 12Deadline: 12/15/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Chris Forhan, Alessandra Lynch
Fiction: Dan Barden, Michael Dahlie
Nonfiction: Andrew Levy, Natalie LimaGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: Average 12Deadline: 5/30/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Faith Adiele, Tom Barbash, Dodie Bellamy, Rita Bullwinkel, Jasmin Darznik, Joseph Lease, Trisha Ya-Wen Low, Denise Newman, Aimee Phan, Leslie Carol Roberts
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 12Deadline: 1/15/25 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Cindy Shearer (Dept. Chair), Carolyn Cooke
Associated Faculty: Alex Burger, George Reyes, as well as guest artists each year.Genre: Cross-GenreResidency: OnlineIncoming Class Size: 8-10Deadline: 2/15/25 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Gabrielle Civil, Brian Evenson, Carribean Fragoza, Muriel Leung, Anthony McCann, Chris Santiago, Janet Sarbanes, Matias Viegener
Genre: Not Genre-SpecificResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 14–20Deadline: 1/4/25 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: David Hernandez, Bill Mohr, Patty Seyburn, Charles Webb
Prose: Lisa Glatt, Suzanne GreenbergGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 6Deadline: 2/15/25 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Richard Blanco, Gerry LaFemina, Lee Ann Roripaugh, Judith Vollmer (U.S. faculty); Jean O'Brien, Enda Wyley (Ireland faculty)
Fiction: Joseph Bathanti, Karin Lin-Greenberg, Geeta Kothari (U.S. faculty); Evelyn Conlon, Carlo Gébler, Niall Williams (Ireland faculty)
Nonfiction: Diane Glancy, Geeta Kothari, Gerry LaFemina, Sarah Shotland (U.S. faculty); Carlo Gébler, Brian Leyden (Ireland faculty)
Visiting Writers in the U.S. and Ireland: Dilruba Ahmed, Kevin Barry, Jo Ann Beard, Claire-Louise Bennett, Kevin Breathnach, Colette Bryce, Sandra Cisneros, Kit de Waal, Toi Derricotte, Anne Enright, Danielle Evans, Melissa Febos, Aracelis Girmay, Sinéad Gleeson, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Seán Hewitt, Elizabeth Kadetsky, Claire Keegan, Yusef Komunyakaa, Nick Laird, Ada Limón, Paul Lynch, Lisa McInerney, Paula Meehan, Rebecca Morgan Frank, Annemarie Ni Churreain, Kerri Ni Dochartaigh, Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Mark O’Connell, Joseph, O’Connor, Glenn Patterson, Deesha Philyaw, Francine Prose, Sam Quinones, Donal Ryan, Sapphire, Sejal Shah, Clint Smith, Patricia Smith, Tracy K. Smith, Nick White, Kate Wisel, Jenny Xie, Kao Kalia Yang, Nidhi ZakGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 20-25 per yearDeadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Heather Green, Gwyneth Lewis, Alice Miller, Ruben Quesada, David St. John, Peter Streckfus
Fiction: Robert Antoni, David Bezmozgis, Aleksandar Hemon, Dinaw Mengestu, Kate Racculia, Diana Spechler, David Heska Wambli Weiden
Nonfiction: Anna Ciezadlo, Jeffrey Greene, Aleksandar Hemon, Gwyneth Lewis, Diana SpechlerGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 10-12 per yearDeadline: 8/1/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Anna Leahy, Brian Glaser, Martin Nakell
Fiction: Mark Axelrod, Richard Bausch, Jean Ho, Alicia Kozameh, Martin Nakell
Nonfiction: Anna Leahy, Tom Zoellner
Screenwriting: Mark Axelrod, Mildred LewisGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 15–25Deadline: 2/1/25 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Heather McNaugher, Sheila Squillante
Fiction: Marc Nieson, Anjali Sachdeva
Nonfiction: Marc Nieson, Sheila SquillanteGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 15Deadline: 2/1/25 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Kelly Norman Ellis
Fiction: Cole Lavalais
Film/Television: Christine List
Publishing: Brenda E. AghahowaGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 5–10Deadline: 7/15/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: David Groff, Rosanna Young Oh, Michelle Yasmine Valladares
Fiction: Salar Abdoh, Lyn Di Iorio, Keith Gandal, Mark Mirsky, Soraya Palmer, Dalia Sofer, Emily Raboteau, Rahna Reiko Rizzuto
Nonfiction: Mikhal Dekel, David Groff, Emily Raboteau, Irvin Weathersby Jr., Yahdon Israel
YA Fiction: Mayra Cuevas
Screenwriting / Drama: Robert Barron, Marc PalmieriGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 18Deadline: 2/15/25 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Emily Rosko
Fiction: Bret Lott, Malinda McCollum, Anthony VaralloGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 12Deadline: 1/15/25 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Dan Beachy-Quick, Matthew Cooperman, Camille Dungy, Sasha Steensen
Fiction: Andrew Altschul, Ramona Ausubel, Nina McConigley
Nonfiction: Harrison Candelaria Fletcher (and a soon-to-be announced writer)Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 12-15Deadline: 1/1/25 -
Core Faculty Includes:
CM Burroughs, Don DeGrazia, Ames Hawkins, Aviya Kushner, Eric May, Joseph Meno, Alexis Pride, Shawn Shiflett, Tony Trigilio
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 8-12Deadline: 2/5/25 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Timothy Donnelly, Dorothea Lasky, Shane McCrae, Deborah Paredez, Lynn Xu
Fiction: Paul Beatty, Anelise Chen, Nicholas Christopher, Rivka Galchen, Heidi Julavits, Binnie Kirshenbaum, Victor LaValle, Sam Lipsyte, Ben Marcus, Gary Shteyngart, Alan Ziegler
Nonfiction: Chloé Cooper Jones, Jaquira Díaz, Lis Harris, Leslie Jamison, Margo Jefferson, Wendy S. Walters
Translation: Susan Bernofsky
Recent Adjunct Faculty: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Hannah Assadi, Chris Beam, Keri Bertino, Mark Bibbins, Lisa Brennan-Jobs, Matthew Burgess, Halle Butler, Eliza Callahan, James Cañon, Maisy Card, Frances Cha, Bonnie Chau, Josh Cohen, Lilly Dancyger, Matty Davis, Emma Golden, David Gordon, Benjamin Hale, Susan Hartman, Nathan Heller, Joanna Hershon, Lars Horn, Brigid Hughes, Evan James, Katrine Jensen, Nalini Jones, Madhu Kaza, John Gideon Lewis-Kraus, Tan Lin, Amy Grace Loyd, Jack Lowry, Susan Luo, Erroll McDonald, Lynn Melnick, Lincoln Michel, Michael F. Moore, Michelle Orange, Nadia Owusu, Ed Park, Heather Radke, Chase Rhys, Sarah Rothenberg, Leonard Schwartz, Yasmine Seale, Vijay Seshadri, Jesse Sheidlower, Ira Silverberg, Emily Skillings, Dinitia Smith, Jessi Jezewska Stevens, Lynn Steger Strong, Benjamin Taylor, Jeremy Tiang, Edwin Torres, Lara Vapnyar, Asiya Wadud, Alyson Waters, Adam Wilson, James Wood, Matvei Yankelevich, James Yeh, Kate ZambrenoGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 110Deadline: 1/3/25 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Sarah Ahiers, Sheldon Lee Compton, Brittany Fonte, John Jodzio, Christopher Klim, and Matt Ryan
Genre: FictionResidency: OnlineIncoming Class Size: 10-20Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Suzanne Cleary, Tyree Daye, Denise Duhamel, Rick Mulkey, Ashley M. Jones, Richard Tillinghast
Fiction: Marlin Barton, Geoff Herbach (YA fiction), Sheila O’Connor (YA Fiction), Robert Olmstead, Leslie Pietrzyk, Susan Tekulve
Nonfiction: Denise Duhamel, Robert Olmstead, Leslie Pietrzyk, Susan Tekulve, Richard TillinghastGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 22Deadline: 10/1/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Ishion Hutchinson, Valzhyna Mort, Joanie Mackowski, Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon
Fiction: Emily Fridlund, J. Robert Lennon, Ernesto Quiñonez, Nafissa Thompson-Spires, Helena Maria ViramontesGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 8Deadline: 12/15/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Richard Jones
Fiction: Dan Stolar, Rebecca Johns Trissler
Nonfiction: Barrie Jean Borich, Miles Harvey, Michele MoranoGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: Full, OnlineIncoming Class Size: 15-20Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Stephen Myers
Fiction: Patrick Crerand, Juilene Osborne-McKnight
Nonfiction: Stephen MyersGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 8-10Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Joan Baranow, Judy Halebsky, Brian Tierney
Fiction: Kim Culbertson, Lee Kravetz, Hannah Michell, Claudia Morales
Nonfiction and Memoir: Thomas Burke, Marianne RogoffGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 5-10Deadline: 12/1/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Tim Bascom, Eric Bell, Isaac Blum, Denny S. Bryce, Julie Cantrell, Paula Marantz Cohen, Kelly Creagh, J. R. Dawson, Sonali Dev, Richard Fellinger, Ted Flanagan, Tina Ann Forkner, Brandi Megan Granett, Nomi Eve, Amy Impellizzeri, Sadeqa Johnson, Karen Karbo, Mary Beth Keane, Tif Marcelo, Courtney Maum, Teresa Messeneo, Jon McGoran, Adele Myers, Rachel Pastan, Maegan Poland, Katie Rose Guest Pryal, Jason Rekulak, Alyson Richman, Aimie K. Runyan, Hank Philippi Ryan, Kelly Simmons, Eric Smith, Scott Stein, Patrick Sylvain, Belinda Huijuan Tang, John Vercher, Heather Webb, Allison Whittenberg
Genre: FictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 24Deadline: 6/1/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: David Axelrod, Christopher Howell, Christopher Kondrich
Fiction: Claire Boyles, Megan Kruse, Molly Reid, Eliot Treichel, Joe Wilkins
Nonfiction: Melissa Matthewson, Kathryn Miles, Nick Neely, Jodi Varon
Environmental Writing: David Axelrod, Claire Boyles, Christopher Kondrich, Melissa Matthewson, Kathryn Miles, Nick Neely, Molly Reid, Eliot Treichel, Joe WilkinsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 12Deadline: 2/1/25 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Allison Cobb, Laura Da’, Christopher Kondrich
Fiction: Claire Boyles, Megan Kruse, Molly Reid, Eliot Treichel, Joe Wilkins
Nonfiction: Allison Cobb, Melissa Matthewson, Nick Neely
Environmental Writing: Claire Boyles, Allison Cobb, Laura Da’, Christopher Kondrich, Melissa Matthewson, Nick Neely, Molly Reid, Eliot Treichel, Joe WilkinsGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 18-20Deadline: 2/17/25