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.

  • Lancaster, England
    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 Hayer

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full, Online
    Incoming Class Size: 20
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions
  • Lancaster, England
    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 Hayer

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full, Online
    Incoming Class Size: 10-35
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions
  • Newton, MA
    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 Neufeld

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 5-10
    Deadline: 11/11/24
  • Asheville, NC
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Laura Hope-Gill
    Fiction: Dale Bailey
    Nonfiction: Laura Hope-Gill
    Narrative Healthcare: Laura Hope-Gill
    Screenwriting: Josh Stolberg

    Visiting faculty includes: Luke Hankins, Jasmin Pittman Morrell, Dale Neal, Jamieson Ridenhour, and Jacinda Townsend.

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full, Online
    Incoming Class Size: 7
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions
  • Cambridge, MA
    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 Zarr

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 25
    Deadline: 11/15/24
  • St. Charles, MO
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Tony D’Souza, Anothai Kaewkaen, Lisa Haag Kang, Nicole McInnes, Beth Mead,
    Gillian Parrish, Kali VanBaale, Zachary Tyler Vickers, Shana Youngdahl

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Online
    Incoming Class Size: 40
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions
  • Evanston, IL
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Chris Abani, Daisy Hernández, Juan Martinez, Sarah Schulman, Charif Shanahan, Natasha Trethewey

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 4
    Deadline: 12/14/24
  • Brooklyn, NY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Fiction: Robin Hemley, Chantelle Aimée Osman
    Nonfiction: Robin Hemley, Caitlin Leffel
    Translation: Gregory Racz
    Publishing: Caitlin Leffel, Chantelle Aimée Osman

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full, Online
    Incoming Class Size: 10
    Deadline: 2/1/25
  • Baton Rouge, LA
    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 Kornhauser

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 6–8
    Deadline: 1/15/25
  • Purchase, NY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Jennifer Franklin, Mark Nowak, Iain Haley Pollock
    Fiction: Jeff Bens
    Nonfiction: Rahla Xenopoulos 
    Dramatic Writing: Sharbari Ahmed, Jeff Bens

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 7–10
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions
  • Lake Charles, LA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Michael Robins, Kevin Thomason
    Fiction: Vallie Lynn Watson, Michael Horner

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 5–8
    Deadline: 2/21/25
  • Oxford, OH
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Keith Tuma, Cathy Wagner, Lizzie Hutton, Emily Spencer
    Fiction and Creative Nonfiction: TaraShea Nesbitt, Brian Ascalon Roley, Joseph Bates, Margaret Luongo

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 14
    Deadline: 12/15/24
  • Mankato, MN
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Michael Torres, Gwen Westerman
    Fiction: Robin Becker, Geoff Herbach, Chris McCormick
    Nonfiction: Rachael Hanel, Michael Torres

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 14
    Deadline: 2/1/25
  • Columbus, MS
    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. Lee

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 10-15 per year
    Deadline: 3/1/25
  • West Long Branch, NJ
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Mihaela Moscaliuc
    Fiction: Alex Gilvarry, Alena Graedon, Kenneth Womack

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 10
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions
  • Los Angeles, CA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry:  JoAnna Novak, Johnny Payne
    Fiction: Juana Moriel-Payne, JoAnna Novak, Johnny Payne
    Nonfiction: Juana Moriel-Payne
    Screenwriting: Jo Carlisle

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low, Online
    Incoming Class Size: 20
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions
  • Manchester, NH
    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 Sieff

    Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 15 per cohort
    Deadline: 10/30/24
  • Boulder, CO
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Amy Bobeda, Steven Dunn, Valerie Hsiung, Jeffrey Pethybridge, Michelle Naka Pierce, Andrew Schelling, Julia Seko, Anne Waldman

    Genre: Not Genre-Specific
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 10-16
    Deadline: 2/2/25
  • Boulder, CO
    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-Specific
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 5-15 each year
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions
  • Louisville, KY
    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 Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 10-20 per residency
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions
  • Henniker, NH
    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 Ryan

    Recent 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-Genre
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 15-20 each year
    Deadline: 12/1/24
  • Las Cruces, NM
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Richard Greenfield, Connie Voisine
    Fiction: Brandon Hobson, Phillip Hurst (Visiting)
    Screenwriting: Amy Lanasa, Ilana Lapid

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 6-8
    Deadline: 2/1/25
  • New York, NY
    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 Strauss

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 50-60
    Deadline: 12/18/24
  • New York, NY
    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 Landau

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 10-20
    Deadline: 9/1/24
  • Newport, RI
    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 Strout

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 15 each year
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions

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