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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 University

    MA Program
    Lancaster, England
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Oliver Langmead, Eoghan Walls
    Prose: Jenn Ashworth, Elen Caldecott, Ines Gregori Labarta, Zoe Lambert, Oliver Langmead, Okey Nzelu
    Scriptwriting: Tajinder Singh Hayer

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

  • Lasell University’s Solstice MFA in Creative Writing Program

    MFA Program
    Newton, MA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Amy M. Alvarez, Kathleen Aguero, Jose Angel Araguz, Tara Betts, F. Douglas Brown, Nicole Terez Dutton, Ethan Gilsdorf, Jennifer Jean, Kevin McLellan, Iain Haley Pollock
    Fiction: Venise Berry, Gina Chung, Steven Huff, Laura Williams McCaffrey, Jennifer Murvin, Adi Rule, 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, Adi Rule, David Yoo Comics & Graphic Narratives: Jennifer Murvin, Josh Neufeld

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 5-10
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions

  • Lenoir-Rhyne University

    MFA Program
    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

  • Lindenwood University

    MFA Program
    St. Charles, MO
    Core Faculty Includes:

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

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Online
    Incoming Class Size: 40
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions

  • Litowitz MFA+MA in Creative Writing at Northwestern University

    MFA Program, MA Program
    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: 3
    Deadline: 12/15/26

  • Louisiana State University

    MFA Program
    Baton Rouge, LA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Adam Clay, Ariel Francisco
    Fiction: Jennifer S. Davis, Maurice Ruffin
    Nonfiction: Joshua Wheeler
    Screenwriting and New Media: Jason Buch, Zachary Godshall

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

  • Manhattanville University

    MFA Program
    Purchase, NY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Jennifer Franklin, Mark Nowak, Iain Haley Pollock
    Fiction: Jeff Bens
    Nonfiction: Nina Sharma, Rahla Xenopoulos 
    Screenwriting: Sharbari Ahmed, Jeff Bens

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 7-10
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions

  • McNeese State University

    MFA Program
    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: 6-10
    Deadline: 2/21/27

  • Minnesota State University, Mankato

    MFA Program
    Mankato, MN
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Michael Torres
    Fiction: Robin Becker, Geoff Herbach
    Nonfiction: Rachael Hanel, Michael Torres

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 14
    Deadline: 2/1/27

  • Mississippi University for Women

    MFA Program
    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: 3/1/27

  • Monmouth University

    MFA Program, MA Program
    West Long Branch, NJ
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Mihaela Moscaliuc
    Fiction: Alena Graedon, John Vercher, Kenneth Womack

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 10
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions

  • Mount St. Mary’s University

    MFA Program
    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

  • Mountainview Low-Residency MFA at Southern New Hampshire University

    MFA Program
    Manchester, NH
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Fiction: Marcus Burke, Rachel B. Glaser, Jo Knowles, Andrew Martin, David Moloney, Benjamin Nugent, Tracy O’Neill, Justin Taylor, Jenny Zhang
    Nonfiction: Nadia Owusu, Adrienne Raphel, Gemma Sieff

    Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 15 per cohort
    Deadline: 11/1/26

  • Naropa University, Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics

    MFA Program
    Boulder, CO
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Amy Bobeda, Mairead Case, Stella Corso, Steven Dunn, Valerie Hsiung, Bo Hwang, Quartz Klapp, Jeffrey Pethybridge, Michelle Naka Pierce, Sarah Elizabeth Shantz, Andrew Schelling, Julia Seko, Sara Veglahn

    Genre: Not Genre-Specific
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 10-16
    Deadline: 2/2/27

  • Naropa University, Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics

    MFA Program
    Boulder, CO
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Amy Bobeda, Mairead Case, Stella Corso, Steven Dunn, Valerie Hsiung, Bo Hwang, Quartz Klapp, Jeffrey Pethybridge, Michelle Naka Pierce, Sarah Elizabeth Shantz, Andrew Schelling, Julia Seko, Sara Veglahn

    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

  • Naslund-Mann Graduate School of Writing at Spalding University

    MFA Program
    Louisville, KY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Debra Kang Dean, Kathleen Driskell, Lynnell Edwards, Erin Keane, Jennie Malboeuf, Douglas Manuel, Greg Pape, Danni Quintos, Maggie Smith, Keith S. Wilson
    Fiction: Whitney Collins, K. L. Cook, Willie Davis, Nathan Gower, 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, Erin Keane, Robin Lippincott, Lee Martin, Nancy McCabe, Elaine Neil Orr, Karen Salyer McElmurray
    Writing for Children & Young Adults: Beth Bauman, Ellen Hagan, Leah Henderson, Lesléa Newman
    Writing for TV, Screen, and Stage: Larry Brenner, 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

  • New England College

    MFA Program
    Henniker, NH
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Paige Ackerson-Kiely, Chen Chen, Jennifer Militello, Andrew Morgan, Allison Titus
    Fiction/YA: Tara Ison, Anna Qu, David Ryan, Allison Titus, Moses Ose Utomi
    Nonfiction: Tara Ison, Jennifer Militello, Anna Qu, David Ryan
    Writing for Stage and Screen: Aaron Chung, Tara Ison, Diandra Pendleton-Thompson

    Recent visiting writers include Jericho Brown, Victoria Chang, Andre Dubus III, Vievee Francis, Carmen Maria Machado, and Ocean Vuong.

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 15-20 each year
    Deadline: 11/1/26

  • New Mexico State University

    MFA Program
    Las Cruces, NM
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Richard Greenfield, Connie Voisine, Joni Wallace
    Fiction: Jessica Alexander, Brandon Hobson, Kelly Krumrie
    Playwriting and Screenwriting: Dana Kroos, Amy Lanasa, Ilana Lapid

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 6-8
    Deadline: 2/1/27

  • New York University

    MFA Program
    New York, NY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Hala Alyan, Catherine Barnett, Terrance Hayes, Marie Howe, Deborah Landau, Claudia Rankine, Matthew Rohrer, Ocean Vuong 
    Fiction: Jeffrey Eugenides, Jonathan Safran Foer, Garth Greenwell, Tess Gunty, Isabella Hammad, Jonas Hassen Khemiri, Katie Kitamura, Hari Kunzru, Rachel Kushner, Darin Strauss, Brandon Taylor 
    Creative Nonfiction:  Nuar Alsadir, Jonathan Safran Foer, Jonas Hassen Khemiri, Hari Kunzru, Valeria Luiselli, Parul Sehgal, Darin Strauss
    Director: Deborah Landau

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 50-60
    Deadline: 12/18/26

  • New York University in Paris

    MFA Program
    Paris, France
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Hala Alyan, Catherine Barnett, Matthew Rohrer
    Fiction: Nathan Englander, Jonathan Safran Foer, Tess Gunty, Isabella Hammad, Jonas Hassen Khemiri, Katie Kitamura, Hari Kunzru, 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: 10-25
    Deadline: 9/1/26

  • Newport MFA at Salve Regina University

    MFA Program
    Newport, RI
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Edgar Kunz, Mary-Kim Arnold
    Fiction: Tim Weed, Alden Jones, Francesco Sedita
    Nonfiction: Katie Moulton, Bernadette Murphy, Allen Kurzweil

    Guest writers include: Andre Dubus III, Major Jackson, and Alice Hoffman. Visit our website for the full list.

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

  • North Carolina State University

    MFA Program
    Raleigh, NC
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Meg Day, Diamond Forde
    Fiction: Belle Boggs, Carter Sickels, LaTanya McQueen
    MFA Administrative Director: Chelsea Krieg

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 12
    Deadline: 2/1/27

  • Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts (NEOMFA)

    MFA Program
    Akron, Cleveland, and Kent, OH
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Mary Biddinger, Caryl Pagel, Catherine Wing
    Fiction: Hilary Plum, Imad Rahman, Anthony Tognazzini
    Creative Nonfiction: David Giffels, Caryl Pagel, Hilary Plum
    Playwriting: Mike Geither

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

  • Northern Arizona University

    MFA Program
    Flagstaff, AZ
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Sherwin Bitsui, Oscar Mancinas, Nicole Walker
    Fiction: Geetha Iyer, Lawrence Lenhart, Oscar Mancinas
    Nonfiction: Geetha Iyer, Lawrence Lenhart, KT Thompson, Nicole Walker

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 12
    Deadline: 2/1/27

  • Northern Michigan University

    MFA Program
    Marquette, MI
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Lynn Domina, Patricia Killelea
    Fiction: Jon Billman, Jennifer A. Howard, Monica McFawn
    Nonfiction/Hybrid: Matthew Gavin Frank

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 6
    Deadline: 2/1/27

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