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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.

  • Stonecoast MFA, University of Southern Maine

    MFA Program
    Portland, ME
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Colin Cheney, Raina León, Debra Marquart, Cate Marvin
    Fiction: Rick Bass, Susan Conley, Ron Currie Jr., Aaron Hamburger, Elizabeth Searle
    Popular Fiction: JJ Amaworo Wilson, Tobias Bucknell, Tom Coash, John Florio, candice iloh, Alex Jennings, Robert Levy, Elizabeth Searle
    Creative Nonfiction: Faith Adiele, Rick Bass, Susan Conley, John Florio, Aaron Hamburger, Raina León, Debra Marquart
    Scriptwriting: Tom Coash, Ron Currie Jr., Elizabeth Searle

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 12-18 per residency
    Deadline: 9/1/25

  • Stony Brook University

    MFA Program
    Southampton and New York, NY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Karen Bender, Billy Collins, Molly Gaudry, Alison Fairbrother, Amy Hempel, Eskor Johnson, Kaylie Jones, Christine Kitano, Matthew Klam, Robert Lopez, Patricia Marx, Susan Scarf Merrell, Susan Minot, Robert Reeves, Julie Sheehan, Frederic Tuten, Lou Ann Walker, Dawnie Walton, Emma Walton Hamilton, Meg Wolitzer

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 15-25
    Deadline: 1/8/26

  • Syracuse University

    MFA Program
    Syracuse, NY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Brooks Haxton, Mary Karr, Christopher Kennedy, Bruce Smith
    Fiction: Mona Awad, Chanelle Benz, Jonathan Dee, George Saunders, Dana Spiotta
    Teaching Faculty: Matthew Grzecki, Sarah Harwell, Christopher Blunt

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 12
    Deadline: 12/15/25

  • Temple University

    MFA Program
    Philadelphia, PA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Jena Osman, Pattie McCarthy
    Fiction: Cara Blue Adams, Liz Moore

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 20
    Deadline: 2/15/26

  • Texas State University

    MFA Program
    San Marcos, TX
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Charlotte Pence, Cyrus Cassells, Naomi Shihab Nye, Cecily Parks, Steve Wilson
    Fiction: Doug Dorst, Jennifer duBois, Lindsey Stern, Debra Monroe, Tim O’Brien

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 21
    Deadline: 11/1/25

  • The New School

    MFA Program
    New York, NY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Full-time Faculty Includes:
    Poetry: J. Mae Barizo, Laura Cronk, Camonghne Felix, Robert Polito, John Reed, Margaret Rhee
    Fiction: Mira Jacob, Luis Jaramillo, John Reed, Helen Schulman, Siddhartha Debb
    Nonfiction: Laura Cronk, Camonghne Felix, Mira Jacob, Robert Polito, John Reed, Siddhartha Debb
    Dual Track: All
    Arts writing: J. Mae Barizo, Robert Polito, John Reed, Margaret Rhee

    Part-time Faculty Includes:
    Poetry: Mark Bibbins, Laurie Sheck
    Fiction: Sidik Fofana, Ann-Marie Hood, Shelley Jackson, James Lasdun, Sharon M Mesmer, Dale Peck, Cleyvis Natera 
    Nonfiction: Susan Cheever, Zia Jaffrey, James Lasdun, Susan Lessard, Honor Moore, Brenda Wineapple, Larissa Pham
    Dual Track: All 
    Arts writing: Emily Flake, Dale Peck
    Writing for Children and Young Adults: Coe Booth, Caron Levis, Emily X.R. Pan, Andrea Pinkney, Ann-Marie Hood

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 60 (all tracks)
    Deadline: 1/15/26

  • University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa

    MFA Program
    Tuscaloosa, AL
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Joel Brouwer, John Estes, Kwoya Fagin Maples
    Fiction: Nana Nkweti, Kellie Wells
    Nonfiction: Taylor Brorby, Brooke Champagne

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 10-15
    Deadline: 12/1/25

  • University of Alaska, Fairbanks

    MFA Program
    Fairbanks, AK
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Sara Eliza Johnson
    Fiction: Gerri Brightwell, Joseph Holt
    Nonfiction: Daryl Farmer

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

  • University of Arizona

    MFA Program
    Tucson, AZ
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Kate Bernheimer, Susan Briante, Francisco Cantú, Bojan Louis, Farid Matuk, Ander Monson, Manuel Muñoz, Sara Sams, Johanna Skibsrud

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 7
    Deadline: 12/15/25

  • University of Arkansas

    MFA Program
    Fayetteville, AR
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Geoffrey Brock, Geffrey Davis, Rebecca Gayle Howell, Davis McCombs
    Fiction: Bryan Hurt, Toni Jensen, Padma Viswanathan
    Translation: Geoffrey Brock, Rebecca Gayle Howell, Padma Viswanathan

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Translation
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 12
    Deadline: 12/1/25

  • University of Arkansas, Monticello

    MFA Program
    Monticello, AR
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Gregory Borse, Steve Heller, Sheyene Heller, Mary Meriam, Jeanetta Mish, Terry Nugent, Craig Olsen, Mark Spencer, Kate Stewart

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Online
    Incoming Class Size: 8-10
    Deadline: 8/1/25

  • University of Baltimore

    MFA Program
    Baltimore, MD
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Steven Leyva
    Fiction: Betsy Boyd, Jane Delury
    Nonfiction: D. Watkins, Marion Winik

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

  • University of British Columbia

    MFA Program
    Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Keith Maillard, Cecily Nicholson, Bronwen Tate, Sheryda Warrener
    Fiction: Anosh Irani, Nancy Lee, Annabel Lyon, Keith Maillard, Maureen Medved, Alix Ohlin, A.E. Osworth, Emily Pohl-Weary, Linda Svendsen, Timothy Taylor, John Vigna
    Nonfiction: Mandy Catron, Alex Marzano-Lesnevich, Timothy Taylor
    Writing for Children/YA: Emily Pohl-Weary, Jordan Scott, Tanya Kyi
    Writing for Television: Linda Svendsen
    Screenwriting: Sharon McGowan
    Playwriting: Sara Graefe, Frances Koncan
    Indigenous Writing: Billy-Ray Belcourt
    Graphic Novel: Sarah Leavitt
    Lyric & Libretto: Tariq Hussain
    Speculative Fiction: Nalo Hopkinson
    New Media: Jen Moss

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 26
    Deadline: 1/6/26

  • University of British Columbia (Distance MFA)

    MFA Program
    Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Susan Musgrave, Cecily Nicholson, Bronwen Tate
    Fiction: Anosh Irani, Nancy Lee, Annabel Lyon, Maureen Medved, Alix Ohlin, A. E. Osworth, Linda Svendsen, Timothy Taylor, John Vigna
    Children/YA: Emily Pohl-Weary, Jordan Scott, Tanya Kyi
    Nonfiction: Mandy Catron, Alex Marzano-Lesnevich
    Graphic Novel: Sarah Leavitt
    Screenwriting: Sara Graefe
    Playwriting: Frances Koncan
    Writing for Television: Zac Hug
    Speculative Fiction: Nalo Hopkinson
    Indigenous Writing: Billy-Ray Belcourt
    New Media: Jen Moss

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Online
    Incoming Class Size: 26
    Deadline: 1/6/26

  • University of California, Davis

    MFA Program
    Davis, CA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Katie Peterson, Margaret Ronda, Joe Wenderoth
    Fiction: Zinzi Clemmons, Lucy Corin, Pam Houston
    Nonfiction: Zinzi Clemmons, Pam Houston
    Hybrid: Lucy Corin, Katie Peterson

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 9-10
    Deadline: 1/5/26

  • University of California, Irvine

    MFA Program
    Irvine, CA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Natalie Shapero, Monica Youn
    Fiction: Michelle Latiolais, Claire Vaye Watkins

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 6 (for Poetry course), 6 (for Fiction course)
    Deadline: 12/13/25

  • University of California, Riverside

    MFA Program
    Riverside, CA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Allison Hedge Coke, Katie Ford, Allison Benis White, Juan Herrera
    Fiction: Charmaine Craig, Josh Emmons, Steve Erickson, Alex Espinoza, Michael Jayme, John Jennings, Laila Lalami, Goldberry Long, Susan Straight, Andrew Winer
    Nonfiction: Reza Aslan, Emily Rapp Black, Tom Lutz
    Playwriting/Screenwriting: Charles Evered, Donatella Galella, Kimberly Guerrero, Rickerby Hinds, Erith Jaffe-Berg, Stu Krieger, Robin Russin, Annika Speer, Megan Tabaque

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

  • University of California, Riverside (Palm Desert)

    MFA Program
    Palm Desert, CA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Jill Alexander Essbaum

    Fiction: Elizabeth Crane, Alex Espinoza, Jill Alexander Essbaum, Tod Goldberg, Gabino Iglesias, Rob Roberge, Mark Haskell Smith, Ivy Pochoda

    Nonfiction: Emily Rapp Black, David L. Ulin

    Screenwriting: William Rabkin, Joshua Malkin, John Schimmel

    Playwriting: Mickey Birnbaum

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 15-20 per application period
    Deadline: 8/1/25

  • University of California, San Diego

    MFA Program
    La Jolla, CA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Kazim Ali, Amy Sara Carroll, Ben Doller, Camille F. Forbes, Lily Hoàng, Jac Jemc, Casandra López, Brandon Som, Anna Joy Springer, Marco Wilkinson

    Genre: Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 4
    Deadline: 12/3/25

  • University of Central Arkansas

    MFA Program
    Conway, AR
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Acie Clark, Sandy Longhorn
    Fiction: M. Shelly Conner, Thais Miller, Stephanie Vanderslice
    Nonfiction: Jennie Case, M. Shelly Conner, Stephanie Vanderslice

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 5-8
    Deadline: 2/1/26

  • University of Central Florida

    MFA Program
    Orlando, FL
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Rochelle Hurt
    Fiction: David Lerner Schwartz, Chrissy Kolaya, David James Poissant
    Nonfiction: Jocelyn Bartkevicius, Rochelle Hurt

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 12-14
    Deadline: 1/1/26

  • University of Colorado Boulder

    MFA Program
    Boulder, CO
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Julie Carr, Ruth Ellen Kocher, Rajiv Mohabir
    Fiction: Jeffrey DeShell, Marcia Douglas, Stephen Graham Jones, Elisabeth Sheffield

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 6-10
    Deadline: 1/3/26

  • University of Florida

    MFA Program
    Gainesville, FL
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Michael Hofmann, William Logan, Ange Mlinko
    Fiction: Uwem Akpan, David Leavitt

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 4-6
    Deadline: 12/15/25

  • University of Guelph

    MFA Program
    Toronto, Canada
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Catherine Bush, Kevin Connolly, Alicia Elliott, Carrianne Leung, Canisia Lubrin, Kyo Maclear, Judith Thompson, Blain Watters, Michael Winter

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 12-13
    Deadline: 12/2/25

  • University of Houston

    MFA Program
    Houston, TX
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Erin Belieu, Nick Flynn, francine j. harris, Kevin Prufer, Martha Serpas, Roberto Tejada, Hayan Charara (visiting)
    Fiction: Robert Boswell, Chitra Divakaruni, Antonya Nelson, Alexander Parsons, Peter Turchi, Hayan Charara (visiting)
    Nonfiction: Nick Flynn, Peter Turchi

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 6-8
    Deadline: 1/15/26

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