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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:
Poetry: Genevieve Betts, Michelle Reale
Fiction: Stephanie Feldman, Joshua Isard, Tracey Levine, Eric Smith
Literature: Matthew Heitzman, Christopher Varlack, Elizabeth Vogel, Jo Ann WeinerGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 15Deadline: 3/1/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Katy Didden, Mark Neely
Fiction: Cathy Day, Sean Lovelace
Nonfiction: Jill Christman, Silas Hansen
Screenwriting: Rani Deighe Crowe, Matt MullinsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 5-7Deadline: 11/1/23 -
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 MossGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 40Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Tina Chang, Joseph Weil
Fiction: Thomas Glave, Leslie L. Heywood, Liz Rosenberg, Jaimee Wriston-Colbert, Alexi Zentner
Nonfiction: Leslie L. HeywoodGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 7-15Deadline: 11/15/23 -
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: Full, OnlineIncoming Class Size: 15-20Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Fiction: David Bishop, Elizabeth Dearnley, Noelle Harrison
Young Adult: Elizabeth Dearnley
Graphic Novels: David Bishop
Screenwriting: James Mavor
Genre: Fiction, Cross-GenreResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 24Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Traci Brimhall, Elizabeth Dodd
Fiction: Daniel A. Hoyt, Katherine Karlin
Creative Nonfiction: Traci Brimhall, Elizabeth DoddGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 5-15Deadline: 8/1/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Steven J. Fowler
Fiction: Diran Adebayo, Adam Baron, Meg Jensen, James Miller, Wendy Vaizey
Nonfiction: Meg Jensen, Wendy VaizeyGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: Full, LowIncoming Class Size: 12Deadline: 8/31/23 -
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 HayerGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: Full, OnlineIncoming Class Size: 10-35Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Chris Abani, Daisy Hernández, Juan Martinez, Sarah Schulman, Charif Shanahan, Natasha Trethewey
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 4-6Deadline: 12/14/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Mihaela Moscaliuc
Fiction: Alex Gilvarry, Alena Graedon, Kenneth Womack
Nonfiction: Mary Kate AzcuyGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 8Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Andrew Taylor, Rory Waterman
Fiction: David Belbin, Eve Makis
Screenwriting: Anthony Cropper, William IvoryGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Cross-GenreResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 15-25Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Mark Halliday
Fiction: Patrick O’Keeffe
Nonfiction: Eric LeMayGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 3-4Deadline: 2/1/24 -
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 CarterGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 7Deadline: 2/1/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Fiction: Aashish Kaul, Edward Schwarzschild, Lynne Tillman
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Cross-GenreResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 10-20Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Fiction: Constance Squires
Poetry: Toby Wray
Screenwriting: Milos AjdinovicGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 5-10Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
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 NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 45-60Deadline: 6/30/24 -
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 UrreaGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 10-20Deadline: 2/15/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Kwame Dawes, Hope Wabuke, Stacey Waite
Prose: Joy Castro, Chigozie Obioma, Timothy SchaffertGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 6-8Deadline: 12/1/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Jehanne Dubrow, Tarfia Faizullah, Corey Marks
Fiction: Daniel Peña, Miroslav Penkov, John Tait
Nonfiction: Jill Talbot, Sarah PerryGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 7-10Deadline: 1/1/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Michael Aderibigbe, Angela Ball, Adam Clay
Fiction: J. A. Bernstein, Olivia Clare Friedman
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 10-12Deadline: 2/1/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Brenda Cárdenas, Rebecca Dunham
Fiction: Katherine Beutner, Liam Callanan, Valerie Laken
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 8-10 (MA and PhD students combined)Deadline: 12/15/23 -
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 WordResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 48Deadline: 12/1/23