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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.

  • University of Nevada, Reno

    MFA Program
    Reno, NV
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Steve Gehrke, Ann Keniston, Jared Stanley
    Fiction: Christopher Coake, Claire Stanford

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 6-10
    Deadline: 12/15/23

  • University of Nevada, Reno at Tahoe

    MFA Program
    Incline Village, NV
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Brian Turner, Lee Herrick, Laura McCullough, Gailmarie Pahmeier, Rick Campbell, Faylita Hicks, Brynn Saito

    Fiction: Alan Heathcock, Brendan Basham, Tim Hernandez, Patrick Hicks, Rebecca Makkai, Peter Mountford, Sunil Yapa, Lidia Yuknavitch

    Nonfiction: Gayle Brandeis, Gina Frangello, Leta McCollough, Suzanne Roberts, Kristal Sital, Lidia Yuknavitch, Arianne Zwartjes

    WCYA: Pablo Cartaya, Joe McGee, Jess Rinker, Traci Chee, Isabel Quintero, Kathryn Reiss, Lilliam Rivera

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 12
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions

  • University of New Hampshire

    MFA Program
    Durham, NH
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: David Blair

    Fiction: Jaed Coffin, Thomas Payne, Ann Joslin Williams

    Nonfiction: Jaed Coffin, Susan Hertz

    Visiting Writer for poetry is Joan Kane.

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 15-18
    Deadline: 1/15/24

  • University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

    MFA Program
    Albuquerque, NM
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Lisa D. Chavez, Diane Thiel

    Fiction: Andrew Bourelle, Daniel Mueller

    Nonfiction: Gregory Martin

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 6-8
    Deadline: 1/15/24

  • University of New Orleans

    MFA Program
    New Orleans, LA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: John Gery, Carolyn Hembree
    Fiction: Fredrick Barton, Barb Johnson, Joanna Leake, M. O. Walsh
    Nonfiction: Randy Bates, Richard Goodman
    Playwriting: Justin Maxwell

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 20
    Deadline: 2/1/24

  • 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: Randy Bates, Richard Goodman

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Online
    Incoming Class Size: 10
    Deadline: 10/1/23

  • University of North Carolina, Greensboro

    MFA Program
    Greensboro, NC
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Stuart Dischell, 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: 12/15/23

  • University of North Carolina, Wilmington

    MFA Program
    Wilmington, NC
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Mark Cox, Melissa Crowe, Malena Mörling

    Fiction: Sarah Domet, Nina de Gramont, Clyde Edgerton, Rebecca Lee, Jason Mott

    Nonfiction: Sayantani Dasgupta, Clyde Edgerton, David Gessner, Rebecca Lee, Melody Moezzi

    Editing/Publishing: Anna Lena Phillips Bell, Michelle Donahue, KaToya Ellis Fleming, Michael Ramos, Emily Louise Smith

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 22
    Deadline: 1/7/24

  • University of Notre Dame

    MFA Program
    Notre Dame, IN
    Core Faculty Includes:

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

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 10
    Deadline: 1/15/24

  • 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: 9-10
    Deadline: 12/15/23

  • University of Pittsburgh

    MFA Program
    Pittsburgh, PA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Diana Khoi Nguyen, Joy Priest
    Fiction: Angie Cruz, William Lychack, Irina Reyn
    Nonfiction: Jeanne Marie Laskas, Michael Meyer
    Digital Narrative: Erin Anderson

    Past visiting writers include poets Jenny Johnson and Rickey Laurentiis and fiction writers Mary Gaitskill and Allison Amend.

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 9
    Deadline: 1/7/24

  • University of San Francisco

    MFA Program
    San Francisco, CA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: D. A. Powell
    Fiction: Stephen Beachy, Lewis Buzbee, Laleh Khadivi, Nina Schuyler, K. M. Soehnlein, Susan Steinberg
    Creative Nonfiction: Dave Madden

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

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 34
    Deadline: 1/15/24

  • University of Saskatchewan

    MFA Program
    Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
    Core Faculty Includes:

    The core faculty includes Jeanette Lynes. The contributing faculty includes Jon Bath and Sheri Benning.

    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: 6
    Deadline: 1/31/24

  • 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: 1/1/24

  • University of South Florida

    MFA Program
    Tampa, FL
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Julie Koets, Natalie Scenters-Zapico, Heather Sellers
    Fiction: John Henry Fleming, Jarod Roselló, Jake Wolff
    Nonfiction: Julie Koets, Heather Sellers, Jake Wolff
    Comics: Jarod Roselló

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 9
    Deadline: 1/1/24

  • 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: 12/1/23

  • 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: 2/2/24

  • University of Texas in Austin, New Writers Project

    MFA Program
    Austin, TX
    Core Faculty Includes:

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

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 6
    Deadline: 12/1/23

  • 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
    Playwriting: David Carren
    Scriptwriting: David Carren

    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: Edward Carey, Oscar Casares, Amy Hempel, Peter LaSalle, Bret Anthony Johnston, Elizabeth McCracken, Deb Olin Unferth
    Screenwriting: Stuart Kelban, Richard Lewis, Cindy McCreery, Maya Perez
    Playwriting: Annie Baker, Liz Engelman, Kirk Lynn, KJ Sanchez

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 12
    Deadline: 12/1/23

  • 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: 12/15/23

  • University of Victoria

    MFA Program
    Victoria, Canada
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Shane Book, Gregory Scofield
    Fiction: Lee Henderson
    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: 12/1/23

  • University of Virginia

    MFA Program
    Charlottesville, VA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Rita Dove, Debra Nystrom, Kiki Petrosino, Lisa Russ Spaar, Brian Teare
    Fiction: Rahib Alameddine, Jane Alison, Jeb Livingood, Micheline Marcom

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 10
    Deadline: 12/15/23

  • University of Washington, Bothell

    MFA Program
    Bothell, WA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry, Prose & Hybrid: Amaranth Borsuk, Ching-In Chen, Jeanne Heuving

    Cross-Disciplinary: Anida Yoeu Ali, Amaranth Borsuk, Naomi Macalalad Bragin, Ching-In Chen, Jeanne Heuving, Ted Hiebert, Joe Milutis

    2023-24 Visiting Faculty: Kristen Millares Young, Cedar Sigo

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 15-19
    Deadline: 2/1/24

  • University of Washington, Seattle

    MFA Program
    Seattle, WA
    Core Faculty Includes:

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

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 10
    Deadline: 1/2/24

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