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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: Judith Baumel, Jan-Henry Gray
Fiction: Martha Cooley, Katherine Hill, Igor Webb
Nonfiction: Katherine Hill, Igor WebbGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 6–12Deadline: 1/15/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Charles Rafferty, Paul Robichaud
Fiction: Sarah Harris Wallman
Nonfiction: Eric SchoeckGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: OnlineIncoming Class Size: 10Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Kyle Dargan, David Keplinger
Fiction: Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Stephanie Grant, Patricia Park
Nonfiction: Rachel Louise SnyderGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 15Deadline: 1/15/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Victoria Chang
Prose: Lisa LocascioGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 20 per cohort (2 cohorts per year)Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Genevieve Betts, Michelle Reale
Fiction: Paul Elwork, Stephanie Feldman, Joshua Isard, Tracey Levine, Eric Smith
Literature: Jim Casey, Matthew Heitzman, Elizabeth Vogel, Jo Ann WeinerGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 15Deadline: 3/1/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Genevieve Betts, Michelle Reale
Fiction: Paul Elwork, Stephanie Feldman, Joshua Isard, Tracey Levine, Eric SmithGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 15 per genreDeadline: 3/1/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Sally Ball, Natalie Diaz, Norman Dubie, Alberto Álvaro Ríos, Solmaz Sharif
Fiction: Matt Bell, Jenny Irish, Tara Ison, T. M. McNallyGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 6-8Deadline: 1/1/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Dexter Booth, Marcelo Hernandez Castillo, Kate Gale
Fiction: Kirstin Chen, Brian Conn, Christian Kiefer, Sarah Monette, Nayomi Munaweera, Derek Palacio, Matthew Salesses, Naomi J. Williams
Nonfiction: Christopher Feliciano Arnold, Garrard Conley, Kate Hopper, Lauren Markham, Angela Morales, Katherine Standefer, Kelly Sundberg
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 15Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Jim Cihlar, Heid E. Erdrich, Cary Waterman
Fiction: Stephan Eirik Clark, Lindsay Starck
Nonfiction: Anika Fajardo, Kathryn Savage
Playwriting: Alice Cohen, Carson Kreitzer, Sarah Myers
Screenwriting: Stephan Eirik Clark, Andy FroemkeGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 15Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Anselm Berrigan, Robert Fitterman, Carla Harryman, Ann Lauterbach, Anna Moschovakis, Cedar Sigo, Mónica de la Torre, Simone White, Matvei Yankelevich
Fiction: Anna Moschovakis, Cedar Sigo
Playwriting: Carla Harryman
Criticism: Mónica de la TorreGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 29Deadline: 1/7/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Mel Allen, Leanna James Blackwell, Sari Botton, Adam Braver, Charles Coe, Jennifer DeLeon, Áine Greaney, Shahnaz Habib, Ann Hood, Allan Hunter, Susan Ito, Karol Jackowski, Yi Shun Lai, Anna Mantzaris, Dinty W. Moore, Lisa Romeo, Tom Shea, Suzanne Strempek Shea, Kate Whouley.
Genre: Creative NonfictionResidency: Online, OtherIncoming Class Size: 20Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: April Bernard, Jenny Boully, Jennifer Chang, Carmen Giménez Smith, Mark Wunderlich
Fiction: David Gates, Manuel Gonzales, Amy Hempel, Alice Mattison, Jill McCorkle, Deirdre McNamer, Stuart Nadler, Derek Palacio, Lynne Sharon Schwartz, Claire Vaye Watkins
Nonfiction: Benjamin Anastas, Douglas Bauer, Susan Cheever, Chelsea Hodson, Dinah Lenney, Gregory Pardlo, Clifford Thompson, Peter TrachtenbergGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 20-25 every semesterDeadline: 9/1/20 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Julie Hensley, Young Smith
Fiction: Julie Hensley, Nancy Jensen, Robert D. Johnson, Carter Sickels
Nonfiction: Nancy Jensen, Robert D. Johnson, Carter SickelsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 17Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Martin Corless-Smith (Co-Director), Kerri Webster
Fiction: Emily Ruskovich, Brady Udall (Co-Director), Mitch WielandGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 5Deadline: 1/15/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Karl Kirchwey, Gail Mazur, Robert Pinsky, Nicole Sealey
Fiction: Leslie Epstein, Ha Jin, Sigrid NunezGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 18Deadline: 2/1/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Odile Cazenave, Margaret Litvin, Patrus Liu, Christopher Maurer, Roberta Micaleff, Robert Pinsky (advising), Stephen Scully, Sunil Sharma, J. Keith Vincent, William Waters, Anna Zielinska-Elliott
Genre: TranslationResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 6Deadline: 2/15/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Abigail Cloud, Sharona Muir, Dan Rzicznek, Larissa Szporluk
Fiction: Jackson Bliss, Lawrence Coates, Theresa WilliamsGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 10Deadline: 1/15/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Kimberly Johnson, Lance Larsen, Michael Lavers, John Talbot
Fiction: John Bennion, Chris Crowe, Spencer Hyde, Stephen Tuttle
Nonfiction: Joey Franklin, Patrick MaddenGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 10Deadline: 1/15/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Julie Agoos, Ben Lerner
Fiction: Joshua Henkin, Madeleine Thien
Playwriting: Erin Courtney, Mac WellmanGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 30Deadline: 1/15/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Sawako Nakayasu, Eleni Sikelianos, Cole Swensen
Fiction: Colin Channer, Laird Hunt, Karan Mahajan, Carole Maso
Cross Disciplinary & Digital Language Arts: John Cayley, Thalia FieldGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 12–13Deadline: 12/15/20 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Chris Forhan, Alessandra Lynch
Fiction: Dan Barden, Michael Dahlie, Susan Neville
Nonfiction: Hilene Flanzbaum, Andrew Levy, Susan Neville
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 15Deadline: 4/2/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Tonya Foster, Joseph Lease
Fiction: Tom Barbash, Jasmin Darznik, Aimee Phan
Nonfiction: Faith Adiele, Jasmin Darznik, Leslie Carol Roberts, Judith SerinGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 15Deadline: 1/10/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Carolyn Cooke and Cindy Shearer (Dept. Chair)
Associated Faculty: Kris Brandenburger, Alex Burger, Judy Grahn, Pireeni Sundaralingam, as well as guest artists each year
Genre: Cross-GenreResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 10-12 each semesterDeadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Tisa Bryant, Gabrielle Civil, Brian Evenson, Michael Leong, Anthony McCann, Janet Sarbanes, Matias Viegener, Jon Wagner
Genre: Not Genre-SpecificResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 15–20Deadline: 1/4/21 -
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: 1/15/21