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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.

  • 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: 10/1/26

  • 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: 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: Jane Cleland, Oscar De Los Santos, Stephanie Gallagher, Gwen Jones, Sarah Darer Littman, Jason Mott, David Rich, John Roche, Lindy Ryan, Karen Romano Young
    Nonfiction: Melanie Brooks, Anthony D’Aries, Sonja Mongar, Erik Ofgang

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

  • Western Michigan University

    MFA Program
    Kalamazoo, MI
    Core Faculty Includes:

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

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 4-10
    Deadline: 1/15/27

  • Western Washington University

    MFA Program
    Bellingham, WA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi, Noam Dorr, Stefania Heim, Kelly Magee, Caitlin Roach-Orduña, José Roach-Orduña, Cori Winrock, Jane Wong

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

  • 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: 2/1/27

  • Wilkes University

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

    Poetry: Phil Brady, Christine Gelineau, Shanta Lee
    Fiction: Ru Freeman, Kaylie Jones, Traci L. Jones, Nancy McKinley, Robert Mooney, Taylor Polites, Nisha Sharma, Allison Saft, Marisa de los Santos, Jeff Talarigo, Rachel Weaver, Fran Wilde
    Creative Nonfiction: Beverly Donofrio, Jessica Goudeau, J. Michael Lennon, Robin Micah McCrary, Alexis Paige
    Playwriting: Bonnie Culver, Christine Renee Miller, Nicole Pandolfo, Dania Ramos
    Screenwriting: 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: 38
    Deadline: 12/1/26

  • William Paterson University

    MFA Program
    Wayne, NJ
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Christopher Salerno
    Fiction: John Parras, Martha Witt
    Nonfiction: David Borkowski, Chris Weaver

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

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