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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: Shauna Morgan, Frank X Walker
Fiction: Andrew Milward, Hannah Pittard, Crystal Wilkinson, Melissa Scholes Young
Creative Nonfiction: Janet Eldred, Andrew Milward, Hannah Pittard, Erik Reece, Crystal WilkinsonGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 15Deadline: 1/15/27 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, Joshua Weiner
Fiction: Maud Casey, Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes, Emily Mitchell, Rion Amilcar ScottGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 6-8Deadline: 12/9/26 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Desiree C. Bailey, Abigail Chabitnoy, Peter Gizzi
Prose: Gabriel Bump, Edie Meidav, Sabina Murray, Jeff ParkerGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 16Deadline: 12/15/26 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Jill McDonough
Fiction: John Fulton, Askold MelnyczukGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 10Deadline: 2/1/27 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Emily Skaja, Marcus Wicker
Prose: Courtney Miller Santo, Eric SchlichGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 8Deadline: 3/1/27 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Jaswinder Bolina, Kei Miller, Kimberly Reyes
Fiction: Chantel Acevedo, Patricia Engel, M. Evelina Galang, Amina GautierGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 5-6Deadline: 1/15/27 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Aaron Coleman, Kelly Hoffer, Khaled Mattawa
Fiction: Julie Buntin, Gabe Habash, Peter Ho Davies
Creative Nonfiction: Aisha Sabatini SloanGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 18Deadline: 12/10/26 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Aamina Ahmad, Peter Campion, V. V. Ganeshananthan, Megan Giddings, Douglas Kearney, Kathryn Nuernberger, Julie Schumacher, Kim Todd
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 9Deadline: 12/1/26 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Beth Ann Fennelly, Melissa Ginsburg, Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Fiction: Matthew Bondurant, Tom Franklin, Melissa Ginsburg, Sheila Sundar, Michael WangGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 11Deadline: 12/15/26 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Hadara Bar-Nadav, Jennifer Maritza McCauley
Fiction: Christie Hodgen, Jennifer Maritza McCauley, Michael Pritchett, Whitney Terrell
Nonfiction: Christie Hodgen, Whitney Terrell
Playwriting: Collin Vorbeck
Screenwriting: Lyn ElliotGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 15-20Deadline: 1/15/27 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Shane Seely
Fiction: John DaltonGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 8-10Deadline: 3/1/27 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Brian Blanchfield, Sean Hill
Fiction: Emily Ruskovich
Nonfiction: Chris Dombrowski2026–2027 Visiting Faculty: Jules Ohman (Fiction), Sahsa LaPointe (Nonfiction)
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 18-20Deadline: 1/6/27 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Graham Foust, Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh, Elizabeth Powell, Miles Waggener, Teri Youmans, Theodora Ziolkowski
Fiction and Creative Nonfiction: Katya Apekina, Teresa Carmody, Rachel Carter, Kevin Clouther, John Copenhaver, Charlene Donaghy, Chris Harding Thornton, Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh, A. Rafael Johnson, Patricia Lear, Kristen-Paige Madonia, Jessica Hendry Nelson, Catherine Texier, Teri Youmans, Theodora Ziolkowski
Playwriting and Screenwriting: Charlene Donaghy, Christina Ham, Michael Kinghorn, Michael Oatman, Samuel Brett WilliamsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 6-18 per semesterDeadline: 11/1/26 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Wendy Chen, Claudia Keelan
Fiction: Maile Chapman, Douglas Unger
Literary Nonfiction: Roberto LovatoGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 14Deadline: 1/15/27 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Steve Gehrke, Ann Keniston, Jared Stanley
Fiction: Christopher Coake, Afsheen FarhadiGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 6-10Deadline: 12/15/26 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Rick Campbell, Cathy Linh Che, Faylita Hicks, Gailmarie Pahmeier, Brynn Saito, Daniel Summerhill, Brian Turner
Fiction: Brendan Basham, Alan Heathcock, Patrick Hicks, Naseem Jamnia, Michael Kardos, Peter Mountford, Claire Stanford, Lidia Yuknavitch
Nonfiction: Gayle Brandeis, Grant Faulkner, Gina Frangello, Suzanne Roberts, Leta McCollough Seletzky, Kristal Sital, Lidia Yuknavitch, Arianne Zwartjes
WCYA: Traci Chee, Marie Myung-Ok Lee, Isabel Quintero, Kathryn Reiss, Jess Rinker, Lilliam Rivera, Abby WhiteGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 11Deadline: 11/1/26 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: David Blair, Elizabeth Powell
Fiction/Hybrid Nonfiction: Jaed Coffin, Tom Paine, Sam SealNossrat Yassini Visiting Writer for poetry this year is Elizabeth Powell.
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 15-18Deadline: 1/15/27 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Lisa D. Chavez, Jake Skeets, Diane Thiel
Fiction: Andrew Bourelle, Daniel Mueller
Nonfiction: Stephen Benz, Gregory MartinGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 6-8Deadline: 1/15/27 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: John Gery, Carolyn Hembree
Fiction: M. O. Walsh, T. Clark
Nonfiction: Anne Giselson, Juyanne James
Playwriting: Justin MaxwellGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 20Deadline: 2/1/27 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: John Gery, Carolyn Hembree
Fiction: M. O. Walsh, T. Clark
Nonfiction: Anne Giselson, Juyanne JamesGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: OnlineIncoming Class Size: 10Deadline: 10/1/26 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Taneum Bambrick, Terry Kennedy, Emilia Phillips
Fiction: Xhenet Aliu, Holly Goddard Jones, Derek Palacio, Jessie Van RheenanGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 10-12Deadline: 12/15/26 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Chad Abushanab, Melissa Crowe, Malena Mörling
Fiction: Sarah Domet, Nathan Gower, Nina de Gramont, Rebecca Lee, Jason Mott
Nonfiction: Sayantani Dasgupta, David Gessner, Michael Ramos
Editing/Publishing: Anna Lena Phillips Bell, Michelle Donahue, KaToya Ellis Fleming, Emily Louise SmithGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 22Deadline: 1/15/27 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Johannes Göransson, Joyelle McSweeney
Fiction: Dionne Irving Bremyer, Xavier Navarro Aquino, Roy Scranton, Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi
Nonfiction: Roy ScrantonGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 8Deadline: 1/15/27 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Daniel Anderson, Geri Doran, Garrett Hongo
Fiction: Jason Brown, Marjorie Celona, Mat Johnson, Jan Verberkmoes, Karen Thompson WalkerGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 10Deadline: 1/15/27 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Gary Jackson, Diana Khoi Nguyen, Joy Priest
Fiction: William Lychack, Irina Reyn
Nonfiction: Maggie Jones, Jeanne Marie Laskas, Michael Meyer
Digital Narrative: Erin AndersonPast visiting writers include poets Toi Derricotte and Rickey Laurentiis, as well as fiction writers Mary Gaitskill and Allison Amend.
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 7Deadline: 1/7/27