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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.

  • The New School

    MFA Program
    New York, NY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Full-time Faculty Includes:
    J. Mae Barizo, Laura Cronk, Camonghne Felix, Mira Jacob, Luis Jaramillo, Natasha Lennard, Caron Levis, Larissa Pham, Robert Polito, John Reed, Margaret Rhee, Helen Schulman

    Part-time Faculty Includes:
    Poetry: Mark Bibbins, Laurie Sheck
    Fiction: Sidik Fofana, Ann-Marie Hood, Shelley Jackson, James Lasdun, Dale Peck
    Nonfiction: Susan Cheever, Zia Jaffrey, James Lasdun, Honor Moore, Alex Starr, Brenda Wineapple
    Arts Writing: Emily Flake
    Writing for Children and Young Adults: Coe Booth, Ann-Marie Hood, Emily X. R. Pan, Andrea Pinkney

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 75-80 across five tracks
    Deadline: 1/15/27

  • 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: Brooke Champagne

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 10-15
    Deadline: 12/1/26

  • 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: 1/15/27

  • 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: 12/15/26

  • 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: 12/31/26

  • 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: 8/1/26

  • 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: Cecily Nicholson, Bronwen Tate, Sheryda Warrener
    Fiction: Anosh Irani, Nancy Lee, Annabel Lyon, 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: Tanya Kyi, Emily Pohl-Weary, Jordan Scott
    Writing for Television: Linda Svendsen
    Screenwriting: Zac Hug, Sharon McGowan
    Playwriting: Sara Graefe, Frances Koncan
    Indigenous Writing: Billy-Ray Belcourt
    Graphic Novel: Sarah Leavitt
    Lyric & Libretto: Tariq Hussain
    Speculative Fiction: Whitney French, Nalo Hopkinson
    New Media: Jen Moss

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 26
    Deadline: 1/6/27

  • University of British Columbia (Distance MFA)

    MFA Program
    Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Cecily Nicholson, Bronwen Tate, Sheryda Warrener
    Fiction: Anosh Irani, Nancy Lee, Annabel Lyon, 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: Tanya Kyi, Emily Pohl-Weary, Jordan Scott
    Writing for Television: Linda Svendsen
    Screenwriting: Sharon McGowan, Zac Hug
    Playwriting: Sara Graefe, Frances Koncan
    Indigenous Writing: Billy-Ray Belcourt
    Graphic Novel: Sarah Leavitt
    Lyric & Libretto: Tariq Hussain
    Speculative Fiction: Whitney French, Nalo Hopkinson
    New Media: Jen Moss

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Online
    Incoming Class Size: 26
    Deadline: 1/6/27

  • University of California, Davis

    MFA Program
    Davis, CA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Katie Peterson, André Naffis-Sahely, Cindy Ok, Margaret Ronda 
    Fiction: Zinzi Clemmons, Lucy Corin, Pam Houston, Maceo Montoya 
    Nonfiction: Zinzi Clemmons, Pam Houston, Maceo Montoya 
    Hybrid: Lucy Corin, Maceo Montoya, Katie Peterson

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 7-9
    Deadline: 1/5/27

  • 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: 5 (for Poetry course), 5 (for Fiction course)
    Deadline: 12/11/26

  • University of California, Riverside

    MFA Program
    Riverside, CA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Allison Hedge Coke, Katie Ford, Juan Herrera, Allison Benis White
    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: Donatella Galella, Kimberly Guerrero, Rickerby Hinds, Erith Jaffe-Berg, Joshua Malkin, Robin Russin, Annika Speer, Megan Tabaque

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 9 (Creative Writing) and 7 (Performing Arts)
    Deadline: 1/15/27

  • 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, Ivy Pochoda, Rob Roberge
    Nonfiction: Emily Rapp Black, David L. Ulin
    Screenwriting: Joshua Malkin, William Rabkin, John Schimmel
    Playwriting: Mickey Birnbaum

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 15-20 per application period
    Deadline: 8/1/26

  • 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: 12/2/26

  • University of Central Arkansas

    MFA Program
    Conway, AR
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Jennie Case, Acie Clark, M Shelly Conner, Sandy Longhorn, Thaïs Miller

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 5-8
    Deadline: 2/1/27

  • University of Central Florida

    MFA Program
    Orlando, FL
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Siew Hii
    Fiction: Chrissy Kolaya, David James Poissant, David Lerner Schwartz
    Nonfiction: Jocelyn Bartkevicius

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 12-14
    Deadline: 1/1/27

  • 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: 1/3/27

  • University of Florida

    MFA Program
    Gainesville, FL
    Core Faculty Includes:

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

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 12
    Deadline: 12/15/26

  • 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: 12/1/26

  • University of Houston

    MFA Program
    Houston, TX
    Core Faculty Includes:

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

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 6-8
    Deadline: 1/15/27

  • University of Idaho

    MFA Program
    Moscow, ID
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Michael McGriff, Alexandra Teague
    Fiction: Chris Drangle, Leah Hampton
    Nonfiction: Thomas Dai

    Recent visiting faculty includes Brian Evenson, Dorianne Laux, Maggie Nelson, Roger Reeves, Luis Alberto Urrea, Aisha Sabatini Sloan, Mary Szybist, and Kate Zambreno.

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 9
    Deadline: 1/15/27

  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    MFA Program
    Urbana, IL
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Marianne Chan, Ángel García, Christopher Kempf, Corey Van Landingham
    Fiction: Gabriela Garcia, Amy Hassinger, Ted Sanders, Alex Shakar, David Wright Faladé

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 6
    Deadline: 12/1/26

  • University of Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program

    MFA Program
    Iowa City, IA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Tisa Bryant, John D’Agata, Melissa Febos, Sarah Minor, Elena Passarello, Inara Verzemnieks

    Visiting Faculty includes: Hanif Abdurraqib, Dodie Bellamy, Jenny Boully, Bernard Cooper, Meghan Daum, Geoff Dyer, Vivian Gornick, Steve Kuusisto, Kiese Laymon, Honor Moore, Richard Preston, Lia Purpura, Paisely Rekdal, Mary Ruefle, Susan Steinberg, Terry Tempest Williams, Xu Xi

    Genre: Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 10
    Deadline: 12/14/26

  • University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop

    MFA Program
    Iowa City, IA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Mark Levine, Margaret Ross, Elizabeth Willis
    Fiction: Jamel Brinkley, Kevin Brockmeier, Ethan Canin, Lan Samantha Chang, Carmen Maria Machado, Matthew Neill Null

    2026–27 visiting faculty includes Geoffrey Nutter, Julian Talamantez Brolaski, Tony Tulathimutte, and Ada Zhang

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 45
    Deadline: 12/15/26

  • University of Kansas

    MFA Program
    Lawrence, KS
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Fiction: Laura Moriarty, Silvia Park
    Playwriting: Darren Canady

    Genre: Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 2-6
    Deadline: 1/5/27

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