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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.

  • University of New Orleans

    MFA Program
    New Orleans, LA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: John Gery, Carolyn Hembree
    Fiction: Frederick Barton, Barb Johnson, M. O. Walsh
    Nonfiction: Anne Giselson, Juyanne James

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

  • University of North Carolina, Greensboro

    MFA Program
    Greensboro, NC
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Terry Kennedy, Emilia Phillips
    Fiction: Xhenet Aliu, Holly Goddard Jones, Derek Palacio, Jessie Van Rheenan

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

  • University of North Carolina, Wilmington

    MFA Program
    Wilmington, NC
    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 Smith

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 22
    Deadline: 1/15/26

  • University of Notre Dame

    MFA Program
    Notre Dame, IN
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Johannes Göransson, Joyelle McSweeney
    Fiction: Dionne Irving Bremyer, Xavier Navarro Aquino, Roy Scranton, Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi
    Nonfiction: Roy Scranton

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

  • University of Oregon, Eugene

    MFA Program
    Eugene, OR
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Daniel Anderson, Geri Doran, Garrett Hongo
    Fiction: Jason Brown, Marjorie Celona, Mat Johnson, Karen Thompson Walker

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 10
    Deadline: 12/15/25

  • University of Pittsburgh

    MFA Program
    Pittsburgh, PA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Diana Khoi Nguyen, Joy Priest, Gary Jackson
    Fiction: Angie Cruz, William Lychack, Irina Reyn
    Nonfiction: Jeanne Marie Laskas, Michael Meyer, Maggie Jones
    Digital Narrative: Erin Anderson
    AY 26-27 writer-in-residence: Clare Beams

    Past visiting writers include poets Toi Derricotte and Rickey Laurentiis, as well as fiction writers Mary Gaitskill and Allison Amend.

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 6
    Deadline: 1/7/26

  • University of San Francisco

    MFA Program
    San Francisco, CA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: MK Chavez, D. A. Powell, Maw Shein Win
    Fiction: Stephen Beachy, Lewis Buzbee, Kate Folk, Miah Jeffra, Laleh Khadivi, Nancy Jooyoun Kim, Lauren Markham, K. M. Soehnlein, Susan Steinberg
    Nonfiction: Susan Kiyo Ito, Miah Jeffra, Dave Madden, Lauren Markham

    Visiting Writers include Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Cristina García, Aya de Leon, and Monica West.

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 30
    Deadline: 1/31/26

  • University of Saskatchewan

    MFA Program
    Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
    Core Faculty Includes:

    The core faculty includes Jeanette Lynes and Sheri Benning. The contributing faculty includes Sheheryar Sheikh.

    The faculty also includes other professional mentors from the writing community and faculty members from the division of Humanities and Fine Arts.

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 7
    Deadline: 1/31/26

  • University of South Carolina, Columbia

    MFA Program
    Columbia, SC
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Samuel Amadon, Liz Countryman, Fred Dings, Nikky Finney
    Fiction: David Bajo, Elise Blackwell, Claire Jiménez
    Nonfiction: Jim Barilla

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

  • University of South Florida

    MFA Program
    Tampa, FL
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Julie Koets, Natalie Scenters-Zapico, Heather Sellers. Ajibola Tolase
    Fiction: John Henry Fleming, Micah Hicks, Brenda Peynado, Jarod Roselló, Jake Wolff
    Nonfiction: Julie Koets, Heather Sellers, Jake Wolff
    Comics: Jarod Roselló

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 11-12
    Deadline: 1/1/26

  • University of Tennessee, Knoxville

    MFA Program
    Knoxville, TN
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Cornelius Eady, Iliana Rocha
    Fiction: Margaret Lazarus Dean, Christopher Hebert, Michael Knight
    Nonfiction: Margaret Lazarus Dean

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 5
    Deadline: 12/1/25

  • University of Texas at El Paso

    MFA Program
    El Paso, TX
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Rosa Alcalá, Andrea Cote-Botero, Nelson Cárdenas, Tim Z. Hernandez, Sasha Pimentel, Jeff Sirkin
    Fiction: Sylvia Aguilar Zéleny, Daniel Chacón, Tim Z. Hernandez, José de Piérola, Lex Williford
    Nonfiction: Tim Z. Hernandez, Sasha Pimentel, Lex Williford
    Screenwriting: Nelson Cárdenas, Lex Williford
    Translation: Rosa Alcalá, José de Piérola

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
    Residency: Full, Online
    Incoming Class Size: 10
    Deadline: 2/2/26

  • University of Texas in Austin, New Writers Project

    MFA Program
    Austin, TX
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Jennifer Chang, Lisa Olstein, Roger Reeves
    Fiction: Oscar Cásares, Bret Anthony Johnston, Peter LaSalle, Elizabeth McCracken, Deb Olin Unferth

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 6
    Deadline: 12/1/25

  • University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

    MFA Program
    Edinburg, TX
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Emmy Pérez, José A. Rodríguez, Steven Schneider
    Fiction: Britt Haraway, Eric Miles Williamson
    Nonfiction: Jean Braithwaite, José A. Rodríguez
    Graphic Literature: Jean Braithwaite
    Translation: José A. Rodríguez

    Affiliate Faculty:
    Multiple Genres: David Bowles
    Poetry (Spanish): Elvia Ardalani
    Fiction (Spanish): Elvia Ardalani
    Translation: Elvia Ardalani
    Scriptwriting: David Carren

    Recent visiting writers include: Ariana Brown, Myriam Gurba, Jasminne Mendez, Gris Muñoz, John Murillo, ire'ne lara silva, and Gemini Wahhaj.

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 9
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions

  • University of Texas, James A. Michener Center for Writers

    MFA Program
    Austin, TX
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Jennifer Chang, Joanna Klink, Lisa Olstein, Roger Reeves
    Fiction: Oscar Casares, Peter LaSalle, Bret Anthony Johnston, Elizabeth McCracken, Deb Olin Unferth
    Screenwriting: Stuart Kelban, Richard Lewis, Cindy McCreery, Maya Perez
    Playwriting: Kirk Lynn, KJ Sanchez

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

  • University of Utah, Salt Lake City

    MFA Program
    Salt Lake City, UT
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Katharine Coles, Jacqueline Osherow, Paisley Rekdal
    Fiction: Lindsey Drager, Michael Mejia, Rone Shavers
    Creative Nonfiction: Katharine Coles, Michael Mejia, Paisley Rekdal, Rone Shavers

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 2-4
    Deadline: 12/15/25

  • University of Victoria

    MFA Program
    Victoria, Canada
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Shane Book, Gregory Scofield
    Fiction: Lee Henderson, Wayde Compton
    Creative Nonfiction: Deborah Campbell, Danielle Geller, David Leach
    Playwriting: Kevin Kerr
    Screenwriting: Maureen Bradley, Kathryn Mockler
    Multigenre: Marita Dachsel

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 5
    Deadline: 12/1/25

  • University of Virginia

    MFA Program
    Charlottesville, VA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Sumita Chakraborty, Rita Dove, Kiki Petrosino, Lisa Russ Spaar, Brian Teare
    Fiction: Jane Alison, Jessie Ball, Anna Beecher, Jeb Livingood, Micheline Marcom, Kevin Moffett

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 8
    Deadline: 12/15/25

  • University of Washington, Bothell

    MFA Program
    Bothell, WA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry, Prose & Hybrid: Amaranth Borsuk, Ching-In Chen, Jeanne Heuving
    Cross-Disciplinary: Amaranth Borsuk, Ching-In Chen, Jeanne Heuving, Joe Milutis

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 12-16
    Deadline: 2/1/26

  • University of Washington, Seattle

    MFA Program
    Seattle, WA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Linda Bierds, Andrew Feld, Richard Kenney, Pimone Triplett
    Prose: David Bosworth, David Nikki Crouse, Rae Paris, Maya Sonenberg

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 10
    Deadline: 1/2/26

  • University of Wisconsin, Madison

    MFA Program
    Madison, WI
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Quan Barry, Sean Bishop, Nate Marshall, Erika Meitner, Alison C. Rollins, Paul Tran
    Fiction: Ron Kuka, Dantiel W. Moniz, Beth (Bich Minh) Nguyen, Porter Shreve

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

  • University of Wyoming

    MFA Program
    Laramie, WY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Fiction: Alyson Hagy, Blake Sanz
    Nonfiction: Molly Brown, Harvey Hix, Jeff Lockwood

    Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 4-9
    Deadline: 1/20/26

  • Vanderbilt University

    MFA Program
    Nashville, TN
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Rick Hilles, Didi Jackson, Major Jackson
    Fiction: Lydi Conklin, Tony Earley, Lorrie Moore, ZZ Packer

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 4
    Deadline: 12/1/25

  • Vermont College of Fine Arts–Writing

    MFA Program
    Montpelier, VT
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Richard Jackson, Philip Metres, Tomás Q. Morín, Natasha Sajé, Betsy Sholl, Leslie Ullman, Nance Van Winckel, David Wojahn

    Fiction: Connie May Fowler, Miciah Bay Gault, T. Geronimo Johnson, Ellen Lesser, Brian Leung, Bret Lott, Robin MacArthur, Clint McCown, Adam McOmber, Wanjikū wa Ngūgī, Hasanthika Sirisena, Nance Van Winckel

    Creative Nonfiction: Harrison Candelaria Fletcher, Connie May Fowler, Barbara Hurd, Bret Lott, Patrick Madden, Elena Passarello, Natasha Sajé, Sue William Silverman, Hasanthika Sirisena

    Literary Translation: Richard Jackson, Patrick Madden, Philip Metres, Natasha Sajé, Leslie Ullman

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 25-30 per semester
    Deadline: 10/1/25

  • Vermont College of Fine Arts—Writing for Children & Young Adults

    MFA Program
    Montpelier, VT
    Core Faculty Includes:

    A. R. Capetta, Sheela Chari, Melanie Crowder, Evan Griffin, Louise Hawes, Corey Ann Haydu, K. A. Holt, Varian Johnson, Cory McCarthy, Anna-Marie McLemore, Anica Mrose Rissi, An Na, Erica Perl, Matt Phelan, Mary Quattlebaum, Sara Ryan, Alex Sanchez, Liz Garton Scanlon, Laura Shovan, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Linda Urban, Jasmine Warga, Emily X. R. Pan, Jennifer Ziegler

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

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