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: Wendy Chen, Claudia Keelan
Fiction: Maile Chapman, Douglas Unger
Literary Nonfiction: Roberto Lovato, David J. MorrisGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 2Deadline: 1/15/25 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Wendy Chen, Claudia Keelan
Fiction: Maile Chapman, Douglas Unger
Literary Nonfiction: Roberto Lovato, David J. MorrisGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 14Deadline: 1/15/25 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Steve Gehrke, Ann Keniston, Jared Stanley
Fiction: Christopher CoakeA new faculty member will be joining in 2025.
Genre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 6-10Deadline: 12/15/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Rick Campbell, Cathy Linh Che, Lee Herrick, Faylita Hicks, Laura McCullough, Gailmarie Pahmeier, Brynn Saito, Brian Turner
Fiction: Brendan Basham, Alan Heathcock, Patrick Hicks, Rebecca Makkai, Peter Mountford, Lidia Yuknavitch
Nonfiction: Gayle Brandeis, Gina Frangello, Leta McCollough, Suzanne Roberts, Kristal Sital, Lidia Yuknavitch, Arianne Zwartjes
WCYA: Pablo Cartaya, Traci Chee, Joe McGee, Isabel Quintero, Kathryn Reiss, Jess Rinker, Lilliam Rivera
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 12Deadline: 10/1/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: David Blair
Fiction: Jaed Coffin, Thomas Payne, Ann Joslin Williams
Nonfiction: Jaed Coffin, Susan Hertz
Visiting Writer for poetry is Diannely Antigua.
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 15-18Deadline: 1/15/25 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Lisa D. Chavez, Diane Thiel
Fiction: Andrew Bourelle, Daniel Mueller
Nonfiction: Gregory Martin
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 6-8Deadline: 1/15/25 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: John Gery, Carolyn Hembree
Fiction: Fredrick Barton, Barb Johnson, Joanna Leake, M. O. Walsh
Nonfiction: Anne Giselson, Juyanne James
Playwriting: Justin MaxwellGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 20Deadline: 2/1/25 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: John Gery, Carolyn Hembree
Fiction: Frederick Barton, Barb Johnson, M. O. Walsh
Nonfiction: Anne Giselson, Juyanne JamesGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: OnlineIncoming Class Size: 10Deadline: 10/1/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Stuart Dischell, Terry Kennedy, Emilia Phillips
Fiction: Xhenet Aliu, Holly Goddard Jones, Derek Palacio, Jessie Van RheenanGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 10-12Deadline: 12/15/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Mark Cox, Melissa Crowe, Malena Mörling
Fiction: Sarah Domet, Nina de Gramont, Rebecca Lee, Jason Mott
Nonfiction: Sayantani Dasgupta, Clyde Edgerton, David Gessner, Rebecca Lee, Michael Ramos
Editing/Publishing: Anna Lena Phillips Bell, Michelle Donahue, KaToya Ellis Fleming, Emily Louise Smith
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 22Deadline: 1/15/25 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Jehanne Dubrow, Tarfia Faizullah, Corey Marks,
Fiction: Daniel Peña, Miroslav Penkov, John Tait
Nonfiction: Jill Talbot, Sarah PerryGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 7-10Deadline: 1/1/25 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Jehanne Dubrow, Tarfia Faizullah, Corey Marks
Fiction: Daniel Peña, Miroslav Penkov, John Tait
Nonfiction: Jill Talbot, Sarah PerryGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 7-10Deadline: 1/1/25 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Johannes Göransson, Joyelle McSweeney
Fiction: Dionne Irving Bremyer, Xavier Navarro Aquino, Roy Scranton, Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi
Nonfiction: Roy ScrantonGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 8Deadline: 1/15/25 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Daniel Anderson, Geri Doran, Garrett Hongo, Matthew Dickman (Visiting Assistant Professor, 2024–2025)
Fiction: Jason Brown, Marjorie Celona, Mat Johnson, Karen Thompson WalkerGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 10Deadline: 12/15/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Diana Khoi Nguyen, Joy Priest
Fiction: Angie Cruz, William Lychack, Irina Reyn
Nonfiction: Jeanne Marie Laskas, Michael Meyer
Digital Narrative: Erin AndersonPast visiting writers include poets Jenny Johnson and Rickey Laurentiis and fiction writers Mary Gaitskill and Allison Amend.
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 9Deadline: 1/7/25 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: D. A. Powell, Maw Shein Win, Shelley Wong
Fiction: Stephen Beachy, Rita Bullwinkel, Lewis Buzbee, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Kate Folk, Vanessa Hua, Miah Jeffra, Laleh Khadivi, R. O. Kwon, Lauren Markham, K. M. Soehnlein, Susan Steinberg, Monica West
Creative Nonfiction: Vanessa Hua, Miah Jeffra, Dave Madden, Lauren MarkhamVisiting Writers include Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Cristina García, Aya de Leon, and Monica West.
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 30Deadline: 1/31/25 -
Core Faculty Includes:
The core faculty includes Jeanette Lynes. The contributing faculty includes Jon Bath and Sheheryar Sheikh.
The faculty also includes other professional mentors from the writing community and faculty members from the division of Humanities and Fine Arts.
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 7Deadline: 1/31/25 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Samuel Amadon, Liz Countryman, Fred Dings, Nikky Finney
Fiction: David Bajo, Elise Blackwell, Claire Jiménez
Nonfiction: Jim BarillaGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 8Deadline: 1/15/25 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Julie Koets, Natalie Scenters-Zapico, Heather Sellers. Ajibola Tolase
Fiction: John Henry Fleming, Micah Hicks, Brenda Peynado, Jarod Roselló, Jake Wolff
Nonfiction: Julie Koets, Heather Sellers, Jake Wolff
Comics: Jarod RosellóGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 11-12Deadline: 1/1/25 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Mark Irwin, Anna Journey, Robin Coste Lewis, Susan McCabe, David St. John
Fiction: Aimee Bender, Percival Everett, Dana Johnson
Nonfiction: Geoff Dyer, Maggie Nelson, Danzy Senna, David TreuerGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 8-10Deadline: 12/1/24 -
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: 10-12Deadline: 2/1/24 -
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: 12/1/24 -
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: 2Deadline: 12/1/24 -
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: 2/2/25