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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.

  • Arcadia University

    MFA Program, MA Program
    Glenside, PA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Genevieve Betts, Michelle Reale
    Fiction: Stephanie Feldman, Joshua Isard, Tracey Levine, Eric Smith
    Literature: Matthew Heitzman, Christopher Varlack, Elizabeth Vogel, Jo Ann Weiner

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 15
    Deadline: 3/1/27

  • Ball State University

    MA Program
    Muncie, IN
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Katy Didden, Mark Neely
    Fiction: Cathy Day, Sean Lovelace
    Nonfiction: Jill Christman, Silas Hansen
    Screenwriting: Rani Deighe Crowe, Matt Mullins

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 5-7
    Deadline: 1/31/27

  • Bath Spa University

    MA Program
    Bath, England
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Lucy English, Tim Liardet, Declan Ryan, Gerard Woodward
    Fiction: Jane Borodale, Gavin James Bower, Celia Brayfield, Anna-Marie Crowhurst, Nathan Filer, Aminatta Forna, Melanie Golding, Samantha Harvey, Philip Hensher, Claire Kendal, Natasha Pulley, Kate Pullinger, Gerard Woodward
    Nonfiction: Lily Dunn, Samantha Harvey, Richard Kerridge

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

  • Binghamton University

    MA Program
    Binghamton, NY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Tina Chang, Joseph Weil
    Fiction: Amir Ahmdi Arian, Thomas Glave, Liz Rosenberg
    Nonfiction: Amir Ahmdi Arian, Leslie L. Heywood

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 7-15
    Deadline: 1/27/27

  • DePaul University

    MFA Program, MA Program
    Chicago, IL
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Richard Jones
    Fiction: Muriel Leung, Dan Stolar, Rebecca Johns Trissler
    Nonfiction: Barrie Jean Borich, Miles Harvey, Michele Morano

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full, Online
    Incoming Class Size: 15-20
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions

  • Edinburgh Napier University

    MA Program
    Edinburgh, Scotland
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Fiction: David Bishop, Nicholas Binge, Elizabeth Dearnley, Noelle Harrison
    Young Adult: Elizabeth Dearnley
    Graphic Novels: David Bishop
    Screenwriting: James Mavor

    Genre: Fiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 24
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions

  • Kansas State University

    MA Program
    Manhattan, KS
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Traci Brimhall
    Fiction: Daniel A. Hoyt
    Creative Nonfiction: Daniel A. Hoyt, Traci Brimhall

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 5-15
    Deadline: 8/1/26

  • Kingston University

    MA Program
    London, England
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Adam Baron, Steven Fowler, Dr. James Miller

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full, Low
    Incoming Class Size: 12
    Deadline: 8/31/26

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Nottingham Trent University

    MA Program
    Nottingham, England
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Andrew Taylor, Rory Waterman
    Fiction: Eve Makis
    Creative Nonfiction: Anthony Cropper, Eve Makis, Jenni Ramone, Rory Waterman
    Screenwriting: Anthony Cropper

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 15-25
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions

  • Ohio University

    MA Program
    Athens, OH
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Mark Halliday
    Fiction: Patrick O’Keeffe, Casey Plett
    Nonfiction: Eric LeMay

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 3-4
    Deadline: 2/1/27

  • San Francisco State University

    MA Program
    San Francisco, CA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Tonya Foster, Paul Hoover, Andrew Joron
    Fiction: Michelle Carter, Nona Caspers, Joseph Cassara, May-lee Chai, Carolina De Robertis, Andrew Joron, Michael David Lukas, Chanan Tigay
    Creative Nonfiction: Joseph Cassara, May-lee Chai, Chanan Tigay
    Translation: Carolina De Robertis, Paul Hoover, Andrew Joron
    Playwriting: Michelle Carter

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 7
    Deadline: 2/15/27

  • University at Albany, SUNY

    MA Program
    Albany, NY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Fiction / Creative Nonfiction / Cross-Genre: Aashish Kaul, Edward Schwarzschild, Lynne Tillman

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 10-20
    Deadline: 7/1/26

  • University of Central Oklahoma

    MA Program
    Edmond, OK
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Dr. Matt Hollrah, Dr. Tobias Wray
    Fiction: Dr. Constance Squires
    Nonfiction: Emily Maloney (Artist in Residence)
    Screenwriting: Milos Ajdinovic

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

  • University of East Anglia

    MA Program
    Norwich, England
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Tiffany Atkinson, Holly Corfield Carr, Andrea Holland
    Fiction: Trezza Azzopardi, Stephanie Bishop, Giles Foden, Jean McNeil, Tessa McWatt, Julianne Pachico, Henry Sutton, Naomi Wood
    Nonfiction: Claire Hynes, Ian Thomson
    Crime Fiction: Nathan Ashman, Tom Benn, Henry Sutton
    Scriptwriting: Sian Evans, Richard Hand, James McDermott, Steve Waters

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 15-60 (depending on program)
    Deadline: 7/31/26

  • University of Illinois, Chicago

    MA Program
    Chicago, IL
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Daniel Borzutzky, Christina Pugh, Luis Urrea
    Fiction: Christopher Grimes, Mary Anne Mohanraj, Luis Urrea
    Nonfiction: Mary Anne Mohanraj, Luis Urrea

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 10-20
    Deadline: 2/15/27

  • 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 North Texas

    MA Program
    Denton, TX
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Jehanne Dubrow, Tarfia Faizullah, Corey Marks
    Fiction: Daniel Peña, Miroslav Penkov, John Tait
    Nonfiction: Kimberly Grey

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 5-7
    Deadline: 12/15/26

  • University of Southern Mississippi

    MA Program
    Hattiesburg, MS
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Nicholas Pierce, Angela Ball
    Fiction: J. A. Bernstein, Olivia Clare Friedman

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 3-4
    Deadline: 2/10/27

  • University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

    MA Program
    Milwaukee, WI
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Rebecca Dunham, Derrick Harriell
    Fiction: Katherine Beutner, Valerie Laken

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 8-10 (MA and PhD students combined)
    Deadline: 12/15/26

  • Wilkes University

    MFA Program, MA Program
    Wilkes-Barre, PA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Phil Brady, Christine Gelineau, Shanta Lee
    Fiction: Ru Freeman, Kaylie Jones, Traci L. Jones, Nancy McKinley, Robert Mooney, Taylor Polites, Nisha Sharma, Allison Saft, Marisa de los Santos, Jeff Talarigo, Rachel Weaver, Fran Wilde
    Creative Nonfiction: Beverly Donofrio, Jessica Goudeau, J. Michael Lennon, Robin Micah McCrary, Alexis Paige
    Playwriting: Bonnie Culver, Christine Renee Miller, Nicole Pandolfo, Dania Ramos
    Screenwriting: Gabrielle D’Amico, Ross Klavan, Jennifer Mayer, Richard Uhlig
    Spoken Word: Angelique Palmer
    Writing for Television: Alice O’Neill

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Spoken Word
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 38
    Deadline: 12/1/26