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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.

  • 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: 18-25
    Deadline: 10/1/24

  • Virginia Commonwealth University

    MFA Program
    Richmond, VA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Geoff Bouvier, Gregory Donovan, Kathleen Graber
    Fiction: Gretchen Comba, Clint McCown, SJ Sindu
    Nonfiction: Sonja Livingston, Jessica Nelson

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 8
    Deadline: 1/15/25

  • Virginia Tech

    MFA Program
    Blacksburg, VA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Janine Joseph, Jeffrey Mann, Khadijah Queen, Soham Patel, Sophia Terazawa
    Fiction: Evan Lavender-Smith, Lucinda Roy, Matthew Vollmer

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 8
    Deadline: 1/6/25

  • Warren Wilson College

    MFA Program
    Asheville, NC
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Debra Allbery, Sally Ball, Rita Banerjee, Zeina Hashem Beck, Oliver Baez Bendorf, Marianne Boruch, CM Burroughs, Marianne Chan, Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Daisy Fried, Brooks Haxton, A. Van Jordan, Sally Keith, Christine Kitano, Sandra Lim, Maurice Manning, Pablo Medina, Matthew Olzmann, Martha Rhodes, Jason Schneiderman, Brian Teare, Dan Tobin, Connie Voisine, Alan Williamson, Yanyi, C. Dale Young

    Fiction: Lesley Nneka Arimah, Dean Bakopoulos, Robert Boswell, Liam Callanan, Maud Casey, Christopher Castellani, Lan Samantha Chang, Sonya Chung, Angela Flournoy, Lauren Groff, David Haynes, Vanessa Hua, T. Geronimo Johnson, Margot Livesey, Akil Kumarasamy, Nina McConigley, Ana Menéndez, Antonya Nelson, Alix Ohlin, Peter Orner, Michael Parker, Hanna Pylväinen, Robin Romm, Marisa Silver, Dominic Smith, Mecca Jamilah Sullivan, Lysley Tenorio, Peter Turchi, Laura van den Berg

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 12-20
    Deadline: 9/1/24

  • 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: 12/1/24

  • West Virginia University

    MFA Program
    Morgantown, WV
    Core Faculty Includes:

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

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 7-9
    Deadline: 1/15/25

  • 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: Jessica Handler, Randon Billings Noble, Meredith McCarroll

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 5
    Deadline: 10/1/24

  • Western Colorado University

    MFA Program
    Gunnison, CO
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Byron F. Aspaas, Steve Coughlin, CMarie Fuhrman, Carol Guerrero-Murphy, Tyson Hausdoerffer, Julie Kane, Gary Lilley, Cameron McGill, Erica Reid, Derek Sheffield, Maya Jewell Zeller

    Genre Fiction: Julie Czerneda, Tenea Johnson, Candace Nadon, Johanna Parkhurst, Laura Resau, 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, Geoffrey Geib, Mitali Jahagirdar, Kimberlea Kressel, James Napoli, Ligiah Villalobos Rojas, 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: Joe Ahearn, Brian Clements, Sean Thomas Dougherty, Kateri Kosek

    Fiction: Sandra Rodriguez Barron, Leslie Kirk Campbell, Jane Cleland, Oscar De Los Santos, Gwen Jones, Sarah Darer Littman, David Rich, John Roche, Lindy Ryan, Don Snyder, Karen Romano Young,

    Nonfiction: Melanie Brooks, Anthony D’Aries, Leah Carroll, Josh Pahigian, Daniel Asa Rose, Mekita Rivas, Onnesha Roychoudhuri, Gina Troisi

    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, Richard Katrovas
    Fiction: Richard Katrovas, Thisbe Nissen
    Playwriting: Steve Feffer

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 4-10
    Deadline: 1/15/25

  • 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, Marc Geisler, Allison Giffen, Carol Guess, Stefania Heim, Laura Laffrado, Jean Lee, Christopher Loar, Andrew Lucchesi, William Lyne, Kelly Magee, Eren Odabasi, Lysa Rivera, José Roach-Orduña, 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: 7-9
    Deadline: 1/15/25

  • 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: 2/1/25

  • Wilkes University

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

    Poetry: Rashidah Ismaili AbuBakr, Phil Brady, Christine Gelineau, Shanta Lee

    Fiction: Ru Freeman, Kaylie Jones, Ken Liu, Nancy McKinley, Robert Mooney, Taylor Polites, Nisha Sharma, Jeff Talarigo, Ursula Villarreal-Moura, Rachel Weaver

    Creative Nonfiction: Beverly Donofrio, Jessica Goudeau, Laurie Jean, J. Michael Lennon, Robin Micah McCrary, Alexis Paige, Kao Kalia Yang

    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: 37
    Deadline: 12/1/24

  • 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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