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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.

  • 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: 3/1/24
  • 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: 11/1/23
  • Bath, England
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Lucy English, Carrie Etter, Tim Liardet, Gerard Woodward
    Fiction: Gavin James Bower, Celia Brayfield, Nathan Filer, Aminatta Forna, Maggie Gee, Samantha Harvey, Philip Hensher, Claire Kendal, Kate Pullinger, Gerard Woodward
    Nonfiction: Richard Kerridge, Stephen Moss

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 40
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions
  • Binghamton, NY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Tina Chang, Joseph Weil
    Fiction: Thomas Glave, Leslie L. Heywood, Liz Rosenberg, Jaimee Wriston-Colbert, Alexi Zentner
    Nonfiction: Leslie L. Heywood

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 7-15
    Deadline: 11/15/23
  • Chicago, IL
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Richard Jones
    Fiction: Dan Stolar, Rebecca Johns Trissler
    Nonfiction: Ted Anton, 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, Scotland
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Fiction: David Bishop, 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
  • Manhattan, KS
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Traci Brimhall, Elizabeth Dodd
    Fiction: Daniel A. Hoyt, Katherine Karlin
    Creative Nonfiction: Traci Brimhall, Elizabeth Dodd

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 5-15
    Deadline: 8/1/23
  • London, England
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Steven J. Fowler
    Fiction: Diran Adebayo, Adam Baron, Meg Jensen, James Miller, Wendy Vaizey
    Nonfiction: Meg Jensen, Wendy Vaizey

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full, Low
    Incoming Class Size: 12
    Deadline: 8/31/23
  • Lancaster, England
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Sarah Corbett, Jane Draycott, Paul Farley, Oliver Langmead, Conor O’Callaghan, Eoghan Walls, Michelene Wandor
    Prose: Jenn Ashworth, Elen Caldecott, Zoe Lambert, Oliver Langmead, Okey Nzelu, Michelene Wandor
    Scriptwriting: Tajinder Singh Hayer

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full, Online
    Incoming Class Size: 10-35
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions
  • 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: 4-6
    Deadline: 12/14/23
  • West Long Branch, NJ
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Mihaela Moscaliuc
    Fiction: Alex Gilvarry, Alena Graedon, Kenneth Womack
    Nonfiction: Mary Kate Azcuy

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 8
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions
  • Nottingham, England
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Andrew Taylor, Rory Waterman
    Fiction: David Belbin, Eve Makis
    Screenwriting: Anthony Cropper, William Ivory

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 15-25
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions
  • Athens, OH
    Core Faculty Includes:

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

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 3-4
    Deadline: 2/1/24
  • San Francisco, CA
    Core Faculty Includes:

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

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 7
    Deadline: 2/1/24
  • Albany, NY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Fiction: Aashish Kaul, Edward Schwarzschild, Lynne Tillman

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 10-20
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions
  • Edmond, OK
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Fiction: Constance Squires
    Poetry: Toby Wray
    Screenwriting: Milos Ajdinovic

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 5-10
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions
  • Norwich, England
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Tiffany Atkinson, Holly Corfield Carr

    Fiction: Trezza Azzopardi, Giles Foden, Jean McNeil, Tessa McWatt, Henry Sutton, Naomi Wood

    Nonfiction: Ian Thomson

    Crime Fiction: Nathan Ashman, Tom Benn, Henry Sutton

    Scriptwriting: Sian Evans, James McDermott, Ben Musgrave, Steve Waters

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 45-60
    Deadline: 6/30/24
  • Chicago, IL
    Core Faculty Includes:

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

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 10-20
    Deadline: 2/15/24
  • Lincoln, NE
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Kwame Dawes, Hope Wabuke, Stacey Waite
    Prose: Joy Castro, Chigozie Obioma, Timothy Schaffert

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 6-8
    Deadline: 12/1/23
  • Denton, TX
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Jehanne Dubrow, Tarfia Faizullah, Corey Marks
    Fiction: Daniel Peña, Miroslav Penkov, John Tait
    Nonfiction: Jill Talbot, Sarah Perry

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 7-10
    Deadline: 1/1/24
  • Hattiesburg, MS
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Michael Aderibigbe, Angela Ball, Adam Clay

    Fiction: J. A. Bernstein, Olivia Clare Friedman

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 10-12
    Deadline: 2/1/24
  • Milwaukee, WI
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Brenda Cárdenas, Rebecca Dunham

    Fiction: Katherine Beutner, Liam Callanan, Valerie Laken

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 8-10 (MA and PhD students combined)
    Deadline: 12/15/23
  • Wilkes-Barre, PA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Rashidah Ismaili AbuBakr, Phil Brady, Christine Gelineau, Shanta Lee

    Fiction: Ru Freeman, Kaylie Jones, Ken Liu, Nancy McKinley, Robert Mooney, Taylor Polites, Nisha Sharma, Jeff Talarigo, Rachel Weaver

    Creative Nonfiction: Beverly Donofrio, Jessica Goudeau, Laurie Jean, J. Michael Lennon, Robin Micah McCrary, Kao Kalia Yang

    Playwriting: Bonnie Culver, Gregory Fletcher, Christine Renee Miller, Nicole Pandolfo, Dania Ramos

    Screenwriting: Susan Cartsonis, 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: 48
    Deadline: 12/1/23