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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.
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Core Faculty Includes:
Anne Bluethenthal, Carolyn Cooke, and Cindy Shearer
Genre: Cross-GenreResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 10-12 each semesterDeadline: 5/1/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Tisa Bryant, Brian Evenson, Doug Kearney, Janet Sarbanes, Matias Viegener, Jon Wagner, Christine Wertheim
Genre: Cross-GenreResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 15–20Deadline: 12/1/17 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: David Hernandez, Bill Mohr, Patty Seyburn, Charles Webb
Fiction: Stephen Cooper, Lisa Glatt, Suzanne Greenberg, Rafael ZepedaGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 12Deadline: 1/15/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Richard Blanco (US faculty), Jean O'Brien (Ireland faculty)
Fiction: Joseph Bathanti (US faculty); Evelyn Conlon and Carlo Gébler (Ireland faculty)
Nonfiction: Diane Glancy (US faculty); Carlo Gébler and Brian Leyden (Ireland faculty)Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 30 per yearDeadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Jeffrey Greene, Gwyneth Lewis, Peter Streckfus, Kathryn Rhett
Fiction: Keija Parssinen, Robert Antoni, Aleksandar Hemon, Karan Mahajan, Jake Lamar, Diana Spechler, Dinaw Mengestu, David Bezmozgis
Nonfiction: Kathryn Rhett, Jason Wilson, Gwyneth Lewis, Jeffrey GreeneGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 10-12 per yearDeadline: 4/1/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Anna Leahy
Fiction: Mark Axelrod, Richard Bausch, Jim Blaylock, Alicia Kozameh, Martin Nakell
Nonfiction: Tom ZoellnerGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 24Deadline: 2/1/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Heather McNaugher, Sheila Squillante, Sheryl St. Germain
Fiction: Sherrie Flick, Marc Nieson, Sarah Shotland
Nonfiction: Marc Nieson, Sheryl St. GermainGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 40Deadline: 4/1/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Dilruba Ahmed, Heather McNaugher, Sheila Squillante
Fiction: Karen Bender, Sherrie Flick, Derek Green, Elise Levine, Marc Nieson
Nonfiction: Mel Fox, Suzanne Roberts, Sheila Squillante, Sheryl St. GermainRecent/Visiting Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Camille Dungy, Julia Spicher Kasdorf, Jeff Oaks
Fiction: Christopher Barzak, Wiley Cash, Sherrie Flick, Tim Parrish
Nonfiction: Lori Jakiela, BK Loren, Kathryn Miles, Dinty W. MooreGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 7-10Deadline: 4/15/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Kelly Norman Ellis, Sandra Jackson-Opoku, Quraysh Ali Lansana
Fiction: Sandra Jackson-Opoku, Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
Nonfiction: Brenda E. AghahowaGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 7–10Deadline: 3/15/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: David Groff, Michelle Valladares
Fiction: Salar Abdoh, Mark Mirsky, Emily Raboteau
Nonfiction: David Groff, Emily Raboteau
YA Fiction: Pam LaskinGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 102Deadline: 2/1/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Gary Jackson, Emily Rosko
Fiction: Lindsey Drager, Bret Lott, Anthony VaralloGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 12Deadline: 2/1/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Fiction: Steven Hobbs, Mitchell Jackson, Sophie McManus, Bushra Rehman, Jackson Taylor
Nonfiction: Amy Bass, David Goewey, Nereida Seguro Rico, Nick Smart, Daniel SmithGenre: Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 16Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Dan Beachy-Quick, Matthew Cooperman, Camille Dungy, Sasha Steensen
Fiction: Andrew Altschul, Leslee Becker, Judy Doenges, E. J. Levy
Nonfiction: Harrison Candelaria Fletcher, E. J. Levy, Deborah ThompsonGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 8–12Deadline: 1/1/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Jenny Boully, CM Burroughs, Lisa Fishman, Matthew Shenoda, Tony Trigilio, David Trinidad
Fiction: Don DeGrazia, Aleksandar Hemon, Garnett Kilberg-Cohen, Patricia Ann McNair, Joseph Meno, Alexis Pride, Sam Weller
Nonfiction: Jenny Boully, T Fleischmann, Aleksandar Hemon, Aviya Kushner, David Lazar, Patricia Ann McNair, Sam WellerThe Liberal Arts and Sciences Emerging Writer-in-Residence for 2015–2018 is nonfiction writer T Fleischmann.
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 36Deadline: 6/30/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Lucie Brock-Broido, Timothy Donnelly, Dorothea Lasky, Deborah Paredez
Fiction: Paul Beatty, Nicholas Christopher, Deborah Eisenberg, Richard Ford, Heidi Julavits, Binnie Kirshenbaum, Victor LaValle, Sam Lipsyte, Ben Marcus, Ben Metcalf, Orhan Pamuk, Elissa Schappell, Gary Shteyngart, Alan Ziegler
Nonfiction: Hilton Als, Lis Harris, Leslie Jamison, Margo Jefferson, Richard Locke, Phillip Lopate, Simon Schama
Translation: Susan BernofskyGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 135Deadline: 1/5/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Fiction: Brittany Fonte, John Jodzio, Christopher Klim, Matt Ryan
Creative Nonfiction: Debra Beilke, Eric Dregni, Rachel MoritzGenre: Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: OnlineIncoming Class Size: 20-30Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Suzanne Cleary, Denise Duhamel, Albert Goldbarth, Rick Mulkey, Richard Tillinghast
Fiction: Marlin Barton, C. Michael Curtis, Tommy Hays (YA fiction), Cary Holladay, Robert Olmstead, Leslie Pietrzyk, Susan Tekulve
Nonfiction: C. Michael Curtis, Jim Minick, Susan Tekulve, Richard Tillinghast, Dan WakefieldGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 14-16Deadline: 10/1/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Alice Fulton, Ishion Hutchinson, Joanie Mackowski, Robert Ray Morgan, Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon
Fiction: John Robert Lennon, Ernesto Quiñonez, Stephanie Vaughn, Helena Maria ViramontesGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 8Deadline: 12/15/17 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Alice Fulton, Ishion Hutchinson, Joanie Mackowski, Robert Ray Morgan, Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon
Fiction: John Robert Lennon, Ernesto Quiñonez, Stephanie Vaughn, Helena Maria ViramontesGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 10Deadline: 12/15/17 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Trey Moody
Fiction: David Philip Mullins, Brent Spencer
Nonfiction: Brent SpencerGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 12Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Richard Jones
Fiction: Dan Stolar, Rebecca Johns Trissler
Nonfiction: Ted Anton, Barrie Jean Borich, Miles Harvey, Michele MoranoGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 20-30Deadline: 1/15/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Joan Baranow, Judy Halebsky
Fiction: Thomas Burke
Nonfiction: Perry GuevaraGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 15-20Deadline: 5/1/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Aracelis Girmay, Alicia Ostriker, Sean Nevin, Mihaela Moscaliuc, Sarah Vap, Judith Vollmer, Michael Waters, Ellen Doré Watson, Afaa Michael Weaver
Genre: PoetryResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 15 each yearDeadline: 4/15/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: David Axelrod, Jennifer Boyden, James Crews, Christopher Howell
Fiction: Barry Kitterman, Megan Kruse, James Stolen
Nonfiction: Justin Hocking, Jodi Varon
Wilderness Writing: David Axelrod, Justin Hocking, James StolenGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 12Deadline: -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Christopher Howell, Jonathan Johnson
Fiction: Samuel Ligon, Gregory Spatz
Nonfiction: Natalie Kusz, Rachel ToorGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 30Deadline: 2/16/18