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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 Saint Thomas, Houston

    MFA Program
    Houston, TX
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Sally Thomas, James Matthew Wilson, Ryan Wilson
    Fiction: Katy Carl, Joshua Hren, Brigid Pasulka

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low, Online
    Incoming Class Size: 30
    Deadline: 8/10/26

  • 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: 1/31/27

  • 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: 1/31/27

  • 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: 12/15/26

  • 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: 1/1/27

  • University of Tennessee, Knoxville

    MFA Program
    Knoxville, TN
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Rochelle Hurt, Iliana Rocha
    Fiction: Margaret Lazarus Dean, Christopher Hebert, Michael Knight
    Nonfiction: Margaret Lazarus Dean

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 5
    Deadline: 12/1/26

  • 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: 15 (residential)
    Deadline: 2/2/27

  • 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: 12/1/26

  • University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

    MFA Program
    Edinburg, TX
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Emmy Pérez, José A. Rodríguez, Steven Schneider
    Fiction: Britt Haraway, Robert Paul Moreira, Eric Miles Williamson
    Nonfiction: José A. Rodríguez
    Translation: José A. Rodríguez

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

    Recent visiting writers include: Sandra Cisneros, Raquel Gutiérrez, Mona Susan Power, 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, Kevin Moffett, 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: 12/1/26

  • 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: 12/15/26

  • 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
    Playwriting: Kevin Kerr
    Screenwriting: Mo Bradley, Kathryn Mockler
    Multi-genre: Marita Dachsel, David Leach
    Journalism: Diane Dakers

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 5
    Deadline: 11/30/26

  • 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, Micheline Marcom

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 8
    Deadline: 12/15/26

  • 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: 2/1/27

  • 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: 1/2/27

  • 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: 12/15/26

  • University of Wyoming

    MFA Program
    Laramie, WY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Fiction: Blake Sanz
    Nonfiction: Harvey Hix, Jeff Lockwood

    Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 4-9
    Deadline: 1/20/27

  • Vanderbilt University

    MFA Program
    Nashville, TN
    Core Faculty Includes:

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

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

  • Vermont College of Fine Arts–Writing

    MFA Program
    Montpelier, VT
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: edwin bodney, Richard Jackson, Vandana Khanna, Philip Metres, David Wojahn
    Fiction: C. L. Clark, Miciah Bay Gault, Ellen Lesser, Robin MacArthur, Adam McOmber, Wanjikū wa Ngūgī, Hasanthika Sirisena, Ira Sukrungruang
    Nonfiction: Chachi Hauser, Patrick Madden, Sue William Silverman, Hasanthika Sirisena, Ira Sukrungruang, Clifford Thompson

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 25-30 per semester
    Deadline: 10/1/26

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

    MFA Program
    Montpelier, VT
    Core Faculty Includes:

    William Alexander, Kathi Appelt, Loree Griffin Burns, Sheela Chari, Evan Griffith, Louise Hawes, Corey Ann Haydu, Veera Hiranandani, K. A. Holt, Varian Johnson, Martine Leavitt, Anna-Marie McLemore, Anica Mrose Rissi, Erica Perl, Matt Phelan, Mary Quattlebaum, Anica Mrose Rissi, 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: 5-15
    Deadline: 10/1/26

  • Virginia Commonwealth University

    MFA Program
    Richmond, VA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Geoff Bouvier, Kathleen Graber, Edgar Kunz, Devon Walker-Figueroa
    Fiction: Gretchen Comba, SJ Sindu
    Nonfiction: Sonja Livingston, Jessica Nelson

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

  • Virginia Tech

    MFA Program
    Blacksburg, VA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Janine Joseph, Soham Patel, Khadijah Queen
    Fiction: Matthew Salesses, Sophia Terazawa, Matthew Vollmer

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 9
    Deadline: 1/19/27

  • Warren Wilson College

    MFA Program
    Asheville, NC
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Dilruba Ahmed, Sally Ball, Rita Banerjee, Zeina Hashem Beck, Oliver Baez Bendorf, Marianne Boruch, CM Burroughs, Marianne Chan, Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Daisy Fried, Jennifer Grotz, Jane Huffman, A. Van Jordan, Sally Keith, Christine Kitano, Steven Kleinman, Esther Lin, Maurice Manning, Airea Matthews, Pablo Medina, Matthew Olzmann, Ben Purkert, Nicholas Regiacorte, Martha Rhodes, Jason Schneiderman, Alan Shapiro, Brian Teare, Dan Tobin, Alan Williamson, Connie Voisine, Yanyi, C. Dale Young
    Fiction: Deepa Anappara, Lesley Nneka Arimah, Dean Bakopoulos, Natalie Bakopoulos, Robert Boswell, Karen Brennan, Liam Callanan, Christopher Castellani, Dan Chaon, Tessa Fontaine, Lauren Groff, David Haynes, Tim Horvath, Vanessa Hua, T. Geronimo Johnson, Samuel Kọ́láwọlé, Akil Kumarasamy, Margot Livesey, Edie Meidav, Nina Swamidoss McConigley, Ana Menéndez, Antonya Nelson, Alix Ohlin, Peter Orner, Michael Parker, Elizabeth Poliner, Hanna Pylväinen, Robin Romm, Carter Sickels, Marisa Silver, SJ Sindu, Dominic Smith, Mecca Jamilah Sullivan, Lysley Tenorio, Nafissa Thompson-Spires, Laura van den Berg
    Creative Nonfiction: Rita Banerjee, Stephanie Grant, Alex Marzano-Lesnevich, Jessica Hendry Nelson, Elena Passarello, Sarah Perry, Alysia Li Ying Sawchyn, Mike Scalise

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 15-30
    Deadline: 9/1/26

  • Washington University

    MFA Program
    Saint Louis, MO
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Mary Jo Bang, Eduardo C. Corral
    Fiction: Danielle Dutton, Marshall Klimasewiski
    Nonfiction: G’Ra Asim, Kathleen Finneran, Edward McPherson

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

  • West Virginia University

    MFA Program
    Morgantown, WV
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Jenny Johnson, Mary Ann Samyn
    Fiction: Mark Brazaitis
    Nonfiction: Brian Broome, Christa Parravani

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 7-9
    Deadline: 1/15/27

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