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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.
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Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: JoAnna Novak, Johnny Payne
Fiction: Margarita Borrero, Johnny Payne, JoAnna Novak
Nonfiction: Lisa Fetchko, David ShookGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: Low, OnlineIncoming Class Size: 20Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Fiction: Marcus Burke, Wiley Cash, Jo Knowles, Benjamin Nugent, Lydia Peelle, Justin Taylor, Katherine Towler, Robin Wasserman, Mitch Wieland
Nonfiction: Richard Adams Carey, Craig Childs, Amy Irvine, Mark SundeenThe visiting faculty for 2017-2018 includes Zia Haider Rahman and Leslie Jamison.
Genre: Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 15-16 per cohortDeadline: 10/15/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Nickole Brown, Blas Falconer, Gary Jackson, Jeff Skinner
Fiction: Lynn Pruett, Dale Ray Phillips, Julia Watts, Allen Wier
Creative Nonfiction: Karen Salyer McElmurray, Christina OlsonGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 10-15Deadline: 4/1/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Reed Bye, J’Lyn Chapman, Jeffrey Pethybridge, Michelle Naka Pierce, Chris Pusateri, Sara Veglahn, Christopher Rosales, Gabrielle Civil, and Anne Waldman.
The guest faculty for the 2017–2018 academic year includes Laird Hunt and Mei-mei Berssenbruge.
Genre: Not Genre-SpecificResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 5-15Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
J’Lyn Chapman, Jeffrey Pethybridge, Michelle Naka Pierce, Christopher David Rosales, Andrew Schelling, Anne Waldman
Guest Faculty Includes: Anne Boyer, Cecilia Vicuña, Lisa Robertson, Tracie Morris, Mariko Ngaio, Eleni Sikelianos, CAConrad, Tongo-Eisen Martin, Selah Saterstrom, Hoa Nguyen, Dawn Lundy Martin, Eileen Myles, Fred Moten, Layli Long Soldier, Thurston Moore, Margaret Randall, Simone White, Laird Hunt, Renee Gladman, TC Tolbert
Genre: Not Genre-SpecificResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 12-24Deadline: 1/15/19 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Frank Montesonti
Fiction: Amina Cain
Nonfiction: Colin Dickey
Screenwriting: Michael ZimmerGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: OnlineIncoming Class Size: 40Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Paige Ackerson-Kelly, Jennifer Militello, Allison Titus
Fiction: Lily Hoang, Andrew Morgan, David Ryan
Nonfiction: Lily HoangGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 10-15Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: MRB Chelko, Ryan Flaherty
Prose: Charlotte Bacon, Joni B. Cole, Tim Horvath, Eric Pinder, Mark Sleiter, Justin Taylor
Narrative Theory: Monica BilsonGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 6Deadline: 5/1/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Richard Greenfield, Connie Voisine
Fiction: Camille Acker (Visiting Assistant Professor), Rus Bradburd, Casey Gray, Craig HoldenGenre: Not Genre-Specific, Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 3–4Deadline: 2/1/19 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Richard Greenfield, Connie Voisine
Fiction: Camille Acker (Visiting Assistant Professor), Rus Bradburd, Casey Gray, Craig HoldenGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 8–10Deadline: 1/15/19 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Catherine Barnett, Anne Carson, Terrance Hayes, Ed Hirsch, Yusef Komunyakaa, Deborah Landau, Sharon Olds, Matthew Rohrer
Fiction: Nathan Englander, Jeffrey Eugenides, Jonathan Safran Foer, Katie Kitamura, Joyce Carol Oates, Zadie Smith, Darin StraussGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 40-60Deadline: 12/18/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Catherine Barnett, Mark Doty, Ishion Hutchinson, Nick Laird, Robin Coste Lewis, Meghan O'Rourke, Matthew Rohrer
Fiction: Chris Adrian, Geoff Dyer, Nathan Englander, John Freeman, Myla Goldberg, Aleksander Hemon, Katie Kitamura, Hari Kunzru, Helen Schulman, Darin Strauss, Matthew Thomas, Zadie SmithGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 10-20Deadline: 10/15/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Edgar Kunz
Fiction: Alden Jones, Allen Kurzweil, Taylor Polites, Danielle Trussoni, Tim Weed
Nonfiction: Alden Jones, Danielle TrussoniGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 20 each yearDeadline: 9/15/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Dorianne Laux, Eduardo C. Corral
Fiction: Wilton Barnhardt, Belle Boggs, John KesselGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 12–13Deadline: 2/1/19 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Mary Biddinger, Phil Brady, Caryl Pagel, Craig Paulenich, Steven Reese, Catherine Wing
Fiction: Chris Barzak, Robert Miltner, Varley O’Connor, Imad Rahman, Eric Wasserman
Nonfiction: Phil Brady, David Giffels, Robert Miltner, Varley O’ConnorGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 20Deadline: 1/15/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Justin Bigos, Nicole Walker
Fiction: Justin Bigos, Ann Cummins, Chelsey Johnson, Lawrence Lenhart, Erin Stalcup
Nonfiction: Justin Bigos, Lawrence Lenhart, Erin Stalcup, Kara Thompson, Nicole WalkerGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 16Deadline: 2/1/19 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Austin Hummell, Patricia Killelea
Fiction: Jon Billman, Jennifer A. Howard, Monica McFawn
Nonfiction: Matthew Gavin Frank, Rachel May
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 6Deadline: 2/1/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Reginald Gibbons, Simone Muench, Ed Roberson
Fiction: Chris Abani, Stuart Dybek, Rebecca Makkai, Juan Martinez, Shauna Seliy, Christine Sneed
Nonfiction: Eula Biss, Steve Bogira, Audrey Petty, Peggy ShinnerGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 10-15Deadline: 4/15/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Reginald Gibbons, Simone Muench, Ed Roberson
Fiction: Chris Abani, Stuart Dybek, Rebecca Makkai, Juan Martinez, Shauna Seliy, Christine Sneed
Nonfiction: Eula Biss, Steve Bogira, Audrey Petty, Peggy ShinnerGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 10-15Deadline: 4/15/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Sarah Jackson, Andrew Taylor, Rory Waterman
Fiction: David Belbin
Screenwriting: Georgina LockGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 10-20Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Kathy Fagan, Marcus Jackson
Fiction: Michelle Herman, Lee Martin, Nick White
Nonfiction: Michelle Herman, Lee Martin, Elissa WashutaGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 12–16Deadline: 12/7/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Mark Halliday, J. Allyn Rosser, Bianca Lynne Spriggs
Fiction: Joan Connor, Patrick O’Keeffe
Nonfiction: Eric LeMay, Dinty W. MooreGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 30Deadline: 1/15/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Mark Halliday, J. Allyn Rosser, Bianca Lynne Spriggs
Fiction: Joan Connor, Patrick O’Keeffe
Nonfiction: Eric LeMay, Dinty W. MooreGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 30Deadline: 1/15/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Timothy Bradford, Kat Meads, Jeanetta Calhoun Mish
Fiction: Allison Amend, Lou Berney, Kat Meads
Nonfiction: Kerry Cohen, Kat MeadsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 6-8 per semesterDeadline: 9/15/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Janine Joseph, Lisa Lewis
Fiction: Dinah Cox, Toni Graham, Aimee Parkison
Nonfiction: Sarah Beth ChildersGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 10Deadline: 1/5/19