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: Sarah Corbett, Paul Farley, Oliver Langmead, Conor O’Callaghan, Eoghan Walls, Michelene Wandor
Prose: Jenn Ashworth, Elen Caldecott, Ines Gregori Labarta, Zoe Lambert, Oliver Langmead, Okey Nzelu, Michelene Wandor
Scriptwriting: Tajinder Singh HayerGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: Full, OnlineIncoming Class Size: 20Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Sarah Corbett, Paul Farley, Oliver Langmead, Conor O’Callaghan, Eoghan Walls, Michelene Wandor
Prose: Jenn Ashworth, Elen Caldecott, Ines Gregori Labarta, Zoe Lambert, Oliver Langmead, Okey Nzelu, Michelene Wandor
Scriptwriting: Tajinder Singh HayerGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: Full, OnlineIncoming Class Size: 10-35Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Kathleen Aguero, Jose Angel Araguz, F. Douglas Brown, Nicole Terez Dutton, Ethan Gilsdorf, Jennifer Jean, Iain Haley Pollock
Fiction: Venise Berry, Gina Chung, Steven Huff, Laura Williams McCaffrey, Jennifer Murvin, Sandra Scofield, David Yoo
Creative Nonfiction: Jose Angel Araguz, F. Douglas Brown, Ethan Gilsdorf, Amy Hoffman, Jennifer Murvin, David Yoo
Writing for Young People: Laura Williams McCaffrey, David Yoo
Comics & Graphic Narratives: Jennifer Murvin, Josh NeufeldGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 5-10Deadline: 11/11/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Laura Hope-Gill
Fiction: Dale Bailey
Nonfiction: Laura Hope-Gill
Narrative Healthcare: Laura Hope-Gill
Screenwriting: Josh StolbergVisiting faculty includes: Luke Hankins, Jasmin Pittman Morrell, Dale Neal, Jamieson Ridenhour, and Jacinda Townsend.
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: Full, OnlineIncoming Class Size: 7Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Erin Belieu, Steven Cramer, Kevin Prufer
Fiction: Tony Eprile, Laurie Foos, Rachel Kadish, Hester Kaplan, Michael Lowenthal
Graphic Novel & Comics: John Rozum, Carl Antonowicz, Pamela Petro
Nonfiction: Cindy House, Rachel Manley, Kyoko Mori, Pamela Petro, Janet Pocorobba
Stage and Screen: Jami Brandli, Barry Brodsky, Ellen Lewis, Cassie Seinuk, Sinan Unel
Young People Writing: Tracey Baptiste, Sara Farizan, Michelle Knudsen, Chris Lynch, Cynthia Platt, Jason Reynolds, Sara ZarrGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 25Deadline: 11/15/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Tony D’Souza, Anothai Kaewkaen, Lisa Haag Kang, Nicole McInnes, Beth Mead,
Gillian Parrish, Kali VanBaale, Zachary Tyler Vickers, Shana YoungdahlGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: OnlineIncoming Class Size: 40Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Chris Abani, Daisy Hernández, Juan Martinez, Sarah Schulman, Charif Shanahan, Natasha Trethewey
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 4Deadline: 12/14/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Fiction: Robin Hemley, Chantelle Aimée Osman
Nonfiction: Robin Hemley, Caitlin Leffel
Translation: Gregory Racz
Publishing: Caitlin Leffel, Chantelle Aimée OsmanGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation, Cross-GenreResidency: Full, OnlineIncoming Class Size: 10Deadline: 2/1/25 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Lara Glenum, Ariel Francisco
Fiction: Jennifer S. Davis, Maurice Ruffin
Nonfiction: Joshua Wheeler
Screenwriting and New Media: Jason Buch, Zachary Godshall, Mari KornhauserGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 6–8Deadline: 1/15/25 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Jennifer Franklin, Mark Nowak, Iain Haley Pollock
Fiction: Jeff Bens
Nonfiction: Rahla Xenopoulos
Dramatic Writing: Sharbari Ahmed, Jeff BensGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 7–10Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Michael Robins, Kevin Thomason
Fiction: Vallie Lynn Watson, Michael HornerGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 5–8Deadline: 2/21/25 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Keith Tuma, Cathy Wagner, Lizzie Hutton, Emily Spencer
Fiction and Creative Nonfiction: TaraShea Nesbitt, Brian Ascalon Roley, Joseph Bates, Margaret LuongoGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 14Deadline: 12/15/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Michael Torres, Gwen Westerman
Fiction: Robin Becker, Geoff Herbach, Chris McCormick
Nonfiction: Rachael Hanel, Michael TorresGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 14Deadline: 2/1/25 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Kendall Dunkelberg, T. K. Lee, L. Lamar Wilson
Fiction: Suzanne Jamir, Mary Miller, Brandy T. Wilson
Nonfiction: Ellen Ann Fentress, Suzanne Jamir, Mary Miller, Brandy T. Wilson
Translation: Kendall Dunkelberg
Playwriting: T. K. LeeGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation, Cross-GenreResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 10-15 per yearDeadline: 3/1/25 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Mihaela Moscaliuc
Fiction: Alex Gilvarry, Alena Graedon, Kenneth WomackGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 10Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: JoAnna Novak, Johnny Payne
Fiction: Juana Moriel-Payne, JoAnna Novak, Johnny Payne
Nonfiction: Juana Moriel-Payne
Screenwriting: Jo CarlisleGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: Low, OnlineIncoming Class Size: 20Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Fiction: Benjamin Nugent, Marcus Burke, Halle Butler, Rachel B. Glaser, Johanna Knowles, Andrew Martin, Tracy O’Neill, Nadia Owusu, Rebecca Schiff, Justin Taylor
Nonfiction: Nadia Owusu, Adrienne Raphel, Gemma SieffGenre: Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 15 per cohortDeadline: 10/30/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Amy Bobeda, Steven Dunn, Valerie Hsiung, Jeffrey Pethybridge, Michelle Naka Pierce, Andrew Schelling, Julia Seko, Anne Waldman
Genre: Not Genre-SpecificResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 10-16Deadline: 2/2/25 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Amy Bobeda, Mairead Case, Steven Dunn, Valerie Hsiung, Jeffrey Pethybridge, Michelle Naka Pierce, Sarah Shantz, Andrew Schelling, Anne Waldman
Guest Faculty Includes: Petra Kuppers, CAConrad, Tongo Eisen-Martin, Cedar Sigo, Julie Carr, Dawn Lundy Martin, Eleni Sikelianos, and others
Genre: Not Genre-SpecificResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 5-15 each yearDeadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Debra Kang Dean, Kathleen Driskell, Lynnell Edwards, Erin Keane, Douglas Manuel, Greg Pape, Maggie Smith, Jeanie Thompson, Keith S. Wilson
Fiction: Wiley Cash, K. L. Cook, Kirby Gann, Rachel M. Harper, Roy Hoffman, Silas House, Angela Jackson-Brown, Robin Lippincott, Lee Martin, Nancy McCabe, Elaine Neil Orr, John Pipkin, Karen Salyer McElmurray, Neela Vaswani
Nonfiction: Dianne Aprile, Roy Hoffman, Jason Kyle Howard, Robin Lippincott, Lee Martin, Nancy McCabe, Elaine Neil Orr, Felicia Rose Chavez, Karen Salyer McElmurray, Neela Vaswani, Rebecca Walker
Writing for Children & Young Adults: Beth Bauman, Lamar Giles, Ellen Hagan, Leah Henderson, Lesléa Newman
Writing for TV, Screen, and Stage: Larry Brenner, Gabriel Jason Dean, Helena Kriel, Kira Obolensky, Bruce Marshall Romans, Charlie Schulman, Sam Zalutsky
Translation: Jeremy Paden
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 10-20 per residencyDeadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Paige Ackerson-Kiely, Chen Chen, Anaïs Duplan, Jennifer Militello, Andrew Morgan, Allison Titus
Fiction: Tara Ison, Leah Johnson, Anna Qu, David Ryan, Allison Titus, Chika Unigwe
Nonfiction: Anaïs Duplan, Tara Ison, Jennifer Militello, Anna Qu, David Ryan, Chika Unigwe
Writing for Stage and Screen: Tara Ison, David RyanRecent visiting writers include Alysia Abbott, Rosebud Ben-Oni, Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, Jericho Brown, Andre Dubus III, Vievee Francis, Linda Gregerson, Carmen Maria Machado, Vijay Seshadri, and Ocean Vuong.
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 15-20 each yearDeadline: 12/1/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Richard Greenfield, Connie Voisine
Fiction: Brandon Hobson, Phillip Hurst (Visiting)
Screenwriting: Amy Lanasa, Ilana LapidGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 6-8Deadline: 2/1/25 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Catherine Barnett, Alex Dimitrov, Terrance Hayes, Deborah Landau, Sharon Olds, Claudia Rankine, Matthew Rohrer, Ocean Vuong
Fiction: Jeffrey Eugenides, Jonathan Safran Foer, Garth Greenwell, Tess Gunty, Uzodinma Iweala, Jonas Hassen Khemiri, Katie Kitamura, Hari Kunzru, Raven Leilani, Joyce Carol Oates, Darin Strauss, Brandon Taylor
Creative Nonfiction: Uzodinma Iweala, Jonas Hassen Khemiri, Hari Kunzru, Valeria Luiselli, Parul Sehgal, Jonathan Safran Foer, Darin StraussGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 50-60Deadline: 12/18/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Catherine Barnett, Alex Dimitrov, Matthew Rohrer, Nicole Sealey
Fiction: Nathan Englander, Jonathan Safran Foer, Tess Gunty, Jonas Hassen Khemiri, Katie Kitamura, Hari Kunzru, Uzodinma Iweala, Leigh Newman, Darin Strauss, Brandon Taylor
Creative Nonfiction: Jonas Hassen Khemiri, Hari Kunzru, Leigh Newman, Parul Sehgal, Darin Strauss
Director: Deborah LandauGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 10-20Deadline: 9/1/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Charles Coe, Edgar Kunz
Fiction: Allen Kurzweil, Bill Roorbach, Tim Weed
Nonfiction: Alden Jones, Kate Moulton, Bernadette Murphy
Guest writers include: R. Tripp Evans, Andre Dubus III, Elizabeth StroutGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 15 each yearDeadline: Rolling Admissions