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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.

  • Virginia Tech

    MFA Program
    Blacksburg, VA
    Core Faculty Includes:

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

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

  • 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, A. Van Jordan, Sally Keith, Christine Kitano, Esther Lin, Maurice Manning, Airea Matthews, Pablo Medina, Matthew Olzmann, Ben Purkert, Martha Rhodes, Jason Schneiderman, Brian Teare, Dan Tobin, Connie Voisine, Alan Williamson, 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, C.J. Hribal, Vanessa Hua, T. Geronimo Johnson, Margot Livesey, Samuel Kọ́láwọlé, Akil Kumarasamy, Nina Swamidoss McConigley, Ana Menéndez, Antonya Nelson, Alix Ohlin, Peter Orner, Michael Parker, Hanna Pylväinen, Robin Romm, Carter Sickels, Marisa Silver, SJ Sindu, Dominic Smith, Mecca Jamilah Sullivan, Lysley Tenorio, Laura van den Berg

    Creative Nonfiction: Rita Banerjee, Karen Brennan, Jeremy Gavron, Fernanda Eberstadt, Pablo Medina, Peter Orner, Kirstin Valdez Quade, SJ Sindu, Debra Spark, Dan Tobin

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 15-25
    Deadline: 9/1/25

  • Washington University

    MFA Program
    Saint Louis, MO
    Core Faculty Includes:

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

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 15
    Deadline: 12/1/25

  • 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: 1/15/26

  • West Virginia Wesleyan College

    MFA Program
    Buckhannon, WV
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Sara Henning, Devon McNamara, Doug Van Gundy
    Fiction: Jonathan Corcoran, Jacinda Townsend, Robert Yune
    Nonfiction: Randon Billings Noble, Meredith McCarroll, Sydney Tammarine

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 5
    Deadline: 10/1/25

  • Western Colorado University

    MFA Program
    Gunnison, CO
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Byron F. Aspaas, Elizabeth Bradfield, Steve Coughlin, CMarie Fuhrman, Tyson Hausdoerffer, Gary Lilley, Cameron McGill, Erica Reid, Derek Sheffield, Maya Jewell Zeller
    Genre Fiction: Olivia Chadha, Joe Fassler, Tenea Johnson, Candace Nadon, Johanna Parkhurst, Laura Resau, Nakeesha Seneb, Cindy Skaggs, Rick Wilbur, E. Lily Yu
    Nature Writing: Karen Auvinen, Claire Boyles, Steve Coughlin, CMarie Fuhrman, Laura Pritchett, Laura Resau, Ana Maria Spagna, Maya Jewell Zeller
    Publishing: Kevin J. Anderson, Gwyneth Gibby, Allyson Longueira
    Screenwriting: Claire Boyles, Mitali Jahagirdar, Kimberlea Kressel, James Napoli, Liz Scudlo

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 45-55
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions

  • Western Connecticut State University

    MFA Program
    Danbury, CT
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Brian Clements, Sean Thomas Dougherty, Kateri Kosek, Lisa Siedlarz. 
    Fiction: Jason Mott, Jane Cleland, Oscar De Los Santos, Gwen Jones, Sarah Darer Littman, David Rich, John Roche, Lindy Ryan, Stephanie Gallagher, Karen Romano Young
    Nonfiction: Melanie Brooks, Anthony D’Aries, Erik Ofgang, Sonja Mongar

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 10-15 per year
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions

  • Western Michigan University

    MFA Program
    Kalamazoo, MI
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Alen Hamza, Shonda Buchanan, Richard Katrovas
    Fiction: Richard Katrovas, Thisbe Nissen
    Nonfiction: Shonda Buchanan, Richard Katrovas
    Playwriting: Steve Feffer

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 4-10
    Deadline: 1/15/26

  • Western Washington University

    MFA Program
    Bellingham, WA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Katherine Anderson, Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi, Nicole Brown, Anthony Celaya, Felicia Cosey, Jeremy Cushman, Noam Dorr, Jenny Forsythe, Allison Giffen, Sean Golden, Melissa Guadrón, Carol Guess, Stefania Heim, Laura Laffrado, Jean Lee, Christopher Loar, Andrew Lucchesi, William Lyne, Kelly Magee, Eren Odabasi, Lysa Rivera, José Roach-Orduña, Jamie Rogers, Ely Shipley, Kathryn Trueblood, Steven VanderStaay, Kathryn Vulic, Theresa Warburton, Cori Winrock, Christopher Wise, Jane Wong, Greg Youmans

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 7
    Deadline: 1/15/26

  • Wichita State University

    MFA Program
    Wichita, KS
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Adam Scheffler, Sam Taylor
    Fiction: Jason Allen, Margaret Dawe

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 5-10
    Deadline: 2/1/26

  • Wilkes University

    MFA Program, MA Program
    Wilkes-Barre, PA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Phil Brady, Christine Gelineau, Shanta Lee, Angelique Palmer
    Fiction: Ru Freeman, Kaylie Jones, Traci L. Jones, Ken Liu, Nancy McKinley, Robert Mooney, Taylor Polites, Nisha Sharma, Marisa de los Santos, Jeff Talarigo, Rachel Weaver
    Creative Nonfiction: Beverly Donofrio, Jessica Goudeau, J. Michael Lennon, Robin Micah McCrary, Alexis Paige
    Playwriting: Bonnie Culver, Gregory Fletcher, Christine Renee Miller, Nicole Pandolfo, Dania Ramos
    Screenwriting: Susan Cartsonis, Gabrielle D’Amico, Ross Klavan, Jennifer Mayer, Richard Uhlig
    Spoken Word: Angelique Palmer
    Writing for Television: Alice O’Neill

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Spoken Word
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 39
    Deadline: 12/1/25

  • William Paterson University

    MFA Program
    Wayne, NJ
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Christopher Salerno
    Fiction: John Parras, Martha Witt
    Nonfiction: David Borkowski, Judith Broome

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 6
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions

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