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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.

  • University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop

    MFA Program
    Iowa City, IA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Mark Levine, Tracie Morris, Elizabeth Willis, Margaret Ross
    Fiction: Jamel Brinkley, Ethan Canin, Samantha Chang

    2025-2026 visiting faculty includes Jack Jung, Cristina Henríquez, Farnoosh Fathi, Tom Drury, Carmen Maria Machado, Tony Tulathimutte, Jenny Zhang, and Kevin Brockmeier.

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 45
    Deadline: 12/15/25

  • University of Kansas

    PhD Program
    Lawrence, KS
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Fiction: Laura Moriarty, Silvia Park
    Playwriting: Darren Canady

    Genre: Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 0-3
    Deadline: 1/5/27

  • University of Kansas

    MFA Program
    Lawrence, KS
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Fiction: Laura Moriarty, Silvia Park
    Playwriting: Darren Canady

    Genre: Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 2-6
    Deadline: 1/5/27

  • University of Kentucky

    MFA Program
    Lexington, KY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Shauna Morgan, Frank X Walker
    Fiction: Andrew Milward, Hannah Pittard, Crystal Wilkinson, Melissa Scholes Young
    Creative Nonfiction: Janet Eldred, Andrew Milward, Hannah Pittard, Erik Reece, Crystal Wilkinson

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 15
    Deadline: 1/15/27

  • University of Maryland

    MFA Program
    College Park, MD
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, Joshua Weiner
    Fiction: Maud Casey, Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes, Emily Mitchell, Rion Amilcar Scott

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 6-8
    Deadline: 12/9/26

  • University of Massachusetts, Amherst

    MFA Program
    Amherst, MA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Desiree C. Bailey, Abigail Chabitnoy, Peter Gizzi
    Prose: Gabriel Bump, Edie Meidav, Sabina Murray, Jeff Parker

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 16
    Deadline: 12/15/26

  • University of Massachusetts, Boston

    MFA Program
    Boston, MA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Jill McDonough
    Fiction: John Fulton, Askold Melnyczuk

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 10
    Deadline: 2/1/27

  • University of Memphis

    MFA Program
    Memphis, TN
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Emily Skaja, Marcus Wicker
    Prose: Courtney Miller Santo, Eric Schlich

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 8
    Deadline: 3/1/27

  • University of Miami

    MFA Program
    Coral Gables, FL
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Jaswinder Bolina, Kei Miller, Kimberly Reyes
    Fiction: Chantel Acevedo, Patricia Engel, M. Evelina Galang, Amina Gautier

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 5-6
    Deadline: 1/15/26

  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

    MFA Program
    Ann Arbor, MI
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Aaron Coleman, Kelly Hoffer, Khaled Mattawa
    Fiction: Julie Buntin, Gabe Habash, Peter Ho Davies
    Creative Nonfiction: Aisha Sabatini Sloan

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 18
    Deadline: 12/10/26

  • University of Minnesota

    MFA Program
    Minneapolis, MN
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Aamina Ahmad, Peter Campion, V. V. Ganeshananthan, Megan Giddings, Douglas Kearney, Kathryn Nuernberger, Julie Schumacher, Kim Todd

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 9
    Deadline: 12/1/26

  • University of Mississippi, Oxford

    MFA Program
    Oxford, MS
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Beth Ann Fennelly, Melissa Ginsburg, Aimee Nezhukumatathil
    Fiction: Matthew Bondurant, Tom Franklin, Melissa Ginsburg, Sheila Sundar, Michael Wang

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 11
    Deadline: 12/15/26

  • University of Missouri

    PhD Program
    Columbia, MO
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Gabriel Fried
    Fiction: Trudy Lewis, Speer Morgan, Phong Nguyen
    Nonfiction: Donald Quist

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 3-6
    Deadline: 1/1/27

  • University of Missouri, Kansas City

    MFA Program
    Kansas City, MO
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Hadara Bar-Nadav, Jennifer Maritza McCauley
    Fiction: Christie Hodgen, Jennifer Maritza McCauley, Michael Pritchett, Whitney Terrell
    Nonfiction: Christie Hodgen, Whitney Terrell
    Playwriting: Collin Vorbeck
    Screenwriting: Lyn Elliot

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 15-20
    Deadline: 1/15/27

  • University of Missouri, St. Louis

    MFA Program
    St. Louis, MO
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Shane Seely
    Fiction: John Dalton

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 8-10
    Deadline: 3/1/27

  • University of Montana, Missoula

    MFA Program
    Missoula, MT
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Brian Blanchfield, Sean Hill
    Fiction: Emily Ruskovich
    Nonfiction: Chris Dombrowski

    2026–2027 Visiting Faculty: Jules Ohman (Fiction), Sahsa LaPointe (Nonfiction)

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 18-20
    Deadline: 1/6/27

  • University of Nebraska, Lincoln

    PhD Program
    Lincoln, NE
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: James Brunton, Saddiq Dzukogi, Hope Wabuke, Stacey Waite
    Prose: Joy Castro, Timothy Schaffert, Pascha Sotolongo Stevenson

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 6-8
    Deadline: 12/1/26

  • University of Nebraska, Lincoln

    MA Program
    Lincoln, NE
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: James Brunton, Saddiq Dzukogi, Hope Wabuke, Stacey Waite
    Prose: Joy Castro, Timothy Schaffert, Pascha Sotolongo Stevenson

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 6
    Deadline: 12/1/26

  • University of Nebraska, Omaha

    MFA Program
    Nebraska City, NE
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Graham Foust, Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh, Elizabeth Powell, Miles Waggener, Teri Youmans, Theodora Ziolkowski
    Fiction and Creative Nonfiction: Katya Apekina, Teresa Carmody, Rachel Carter, Kevin Clouther, John Copenhaver, Charlene Donaghy, Chris Harding Thornton, Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh, A. Rafael Johnson, Patricia Lear, Kristen-Paige Madonia, Jessica Hendry Nelson,  Catherine Texier, Teri Youmans, Theodora Ziolkowski
    Playwriting and Screenwriting: Charlene Donaghy, Christina Ham, Michael Kinghorn, Michael Oatman, Samuel Brett Williams

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 6-18 per semester
    Deadline: 11/1/26

  • University of Nevada, Las Vegas

    PhD Program
    Las Vegas, NV
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Wendy Chen, Claudia Keelan
    Fiction: Maile Chapman, Douglas Unger
    Literary Nonfiction: Roberto Lovato, David J. Morris

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 2
    Deadline: 1/15/26

  • University of Nevada, Las Vegas

    MFA Program
    Las Vegas, NV
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Wendy Chen, Claudia Keelan
    Fiction: Maile Chapman, Douglas Unger
    Literary Nonfiction: Roberto Lovato, David J. Morris

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 14
    Deadline: 1/15/26

  • University of Nevada, Reno

    MFA Program
    Reno, NV
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Steve Gehrke, Ann Keniston, Jared Stanley
    Fiction: Christopher Coake, Afsheen Farhadi

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 6-10
    Deadline: 12/15/26

  • University of Nevada, Reno at Tahoe

    MFA Program
    Incline Village, NV
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry:  Rick Campbell, Cathy Linh Che, Faylita Hicks, Gailmarie Pahmeier, Brynn Saito, Daniel Summerhill, Brian Turner
    Fiction: Brendan Basham, Alan Heathcock, Patrick Hicks, Naseem Jamnia, Michael Kardos, Peter Mountford, Claire Stanford, Lidia Yuknavitch
    Nonfiction: Gayle Brandeis, Grant Faulkner, Gina Frangello, Suzanne Roberts, Leta McCollough Seletzky, Kristal Sital, Lidia Yuknavitch, Arianne Zwartjes
    WCYA: Traci Chee, Marie Myung-Ok Lee, Isabel Quintero, Kathryn Reiss, Jess Rinker, Lilliam Rivera, Abby White

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 11
    Deadline: 11/1/26

  • University of New Hampshire

    MFA Program
    Durham, NH
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: David Blair, Elizabeth Powell
    Fiction/Hybrid Nonfiction: Tom Paine, Jaed Coffin, Sam Seal

    Nossrat Yassini Visiting Writer for poetry this year is Elizabeth Powell.

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 15-18
    Deadline: 1/15/27

  • University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

    MFA Program
    Albuquerque, NM
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Lisa D. Chavez, Jake Skeets, Diane Thiel
    Fiction: Andrew Bourelle, Daniel Mueller
    Nonfiction: Stephen Benz, Gregory Martin

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 6-8
    Deadline: 1/15/27

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