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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: Tonya Foster, Joseph Lease
Fiction: Tom Barbash, Jasmin Darznik, Aimee Phan
Nonfiction: Faith Adiele, Jasmin Darznik, Leslie Carol Roberts, Judith SerinGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 15Deadline: 1/31/20 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Carolyn Cooke and Cindy Shearer (Dept. Chair)
Associated Faculty: Kris Brandenburger, Alex Burger, Judy Grahn, Pireeni Sundaralingam, as well as guest artists each year
Genre: Cross-GenreResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 10-12 each semesterDeadline: 2/15/20 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Tisa Bryant, Gabrielle Civil, Brian Evenson, Janet Sarbanes, Matias Viegener, Jon Wagner
Genre: Not Genre-SpecificResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 15–20Deadline: 12/1/19 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: David Hernandez, Bill Mohr, Patty Seyburn, Charles Webb
Fiction: Stephen Cooper, Lisa Glatt, Suzanne Greenberg, Rafael ZepedaGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 12Deadline: 1/15/20 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Gerry LaFemina, Lee Ann Roripaugh (U.S. faculty) Jean O'Brien, Enda Wyley (Ireland faculty)
Fiction: Joseph Bathanti, Karin Lin-Greenberg, Geeta Kothari (U.S. faculty) Evelyn Conlon, Carlo Gebler (Ireland faculty)
Nonfiction: Diane Glancy (U.S. faculty); Carlo Gébler and Brian Leyden (Ireland faculty)Visiting Writer: Richard Blanco
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 30 per yearDeadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Jeffrey Greene, Gwyneth Lewis, Alice Miller, David St. John, Peter Streckfus
Fiction: Robert Antoni, David Bezmozgis, Aleksandar Hemon, Dinaw Mengestu, Keija Parssinen, Diana Spechler
Nonfiction: Jeffrey Greene, Aleksandar Hemon, Gwyneth Lewis, Alex Marzano-LesnevichGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 10-12 per yearDeadline: 8/1/19 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Anna Leahy, Martin Nakell
Fiction: Mark Axelrod, Richard Bausch, Jim Blaylock, Alicia Kozameh, Martin Nakell
Nonfiction: Anna Leahy, Tom Zoellner
Screenwriting: Mark Axelrod, Mildred LewisGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 20–30Deadline: 2/1/20 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Heather McNaugher, Sheila Squillante
Fiction: Sherrie Flick, Marc Nieson, Sarah Shotland
Nonfiction: Marc Nieson, Sheila SquillanteGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 15Deadline: 2/15/20 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Dilruba Ahmed, Heather McNaugher, Rachel Mennies, Sheila Squillante
Fiction: Karen Bender, Sherrie Flick, Derek Green, Marc Nieson
Nonfiction: Mel Fox, Suzanne Roberts, Sheila Squillante, Sheryl St. GermainRecent/Visiting Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Camille Dungy, Julia Spicher Kasdorf, Philip Metres, Jeff Oaks
Fiction: Christopher Barzak, Wiley Cash, Sherrie Flick, Pam Houston, Tim Parrish
Nonfiction: Kathleen Fallon, Lori Jakiela, BK Loren, Kathryn Miles, Dinty W. Moore, Ira SukrungruangGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 7-10Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Kelly Norman Ellis, Sandra Jackson-Opoku, Quraysh Ali Lansana
Fiction: Sandra Jackson-Opoku, Nnedi Okorafor
Nonfiction: Brenda E. AghahowaGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 7–10Deadline: 10/15/19 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: David Groff, Michelle Valladares
Fiction: Salar Abdoh, Lyn Di Iorio, Keith Gandal, Mark Mirsky, Emily Raboteau
Nonfiction: Amir Ahmadi Arian, David Groff, Emily Raboteau
Translation: David Unger
YA Fiction: Pam Laskin
Screenwriting / Drama: Robert Barron, Marc PalmieriGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 125Deadline: 2/15/20 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Gary Jackson, Emily Rosko
Fiction: Bret Lott, Anthony VaralloGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 12Deadline: 2/1/20 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Dan Beachy-Quick, Matthew Cooperman, Camille Dungy, Sasha Steensen
Fiction: Andrew Altschul, Ramona Ausubel, Leslee Becker, E. J. Levy
Nonfiction: Harrison Candelaria Fletcher, E. J. Levy, Sarah Sloane, Deborah ThompsonGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 8–12Deadline: 1/1/20 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Jenny Boully, CM Burroughs, Lisa Fishman, Tony Trigilio, David Trinidad
Fiction: Don DeGrazia, Garnett Kilberg-Cohen, Patricia Ann McNair, Joseph Meno, Alexis Pride, Sam Weller
Nonfiction: Jenny Boully, Aviya Kushner, David Lazar, Patricia Ann McNair, Sam WellerGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 36Deadline: 1/15/20 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Timothy Donnelly, Dorothea Lasky, Shane McCrae, Deborah Paredez
Fiction: Paul Beatty, Anelise Chen, Nicholas Christopher, Deborah Eisenberg, Richard Ford, Joshua Furst (through Spring 2020), Rivka Galchen, Heidi Julavits, Binnie Kirshenbaum, Victor LaValle, Sam Lipsyte, Ben Marcus, Ben Metcalf (through Spring 2020), Orhan Pamuk, Gary Shteyngart, Alan Ziegler
Nonfiction: Hilton Als, Lis Harris, Leslie Jamison, Margo Jefferson, Richard Locke, Phillip Lopate, Wendy Walters
Translation: Susan BernofskyGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 110Deadline: 1/7/20 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Fiction: Brittany Fonte, Sharon Hinck, John Jodzio, Christopher Klim, Taylor Larsen, and Matt Ryan
Genre: FictionResidency: OnlineIncoming Class Size: 20-30Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Suzanne Cleary, Denise Duhamel, Rick Mulkey, Richard Tillinghast
Fiction: Marlin Barton, Tommy Hays (YA fiction), Cary Holladay, Sheila O’Connor (YA Fiction), Robert Olmstead, Leslie Pietrzyk, Susan Tekulve
Nonfiction: Jim Minick, Leslie Pietrzyk, Susan Tekulve, Richard TillinghastGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 12-15Deadline: 10/1/19 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Alice Fulton, Ishion Hutchinson, Valzhyna Mort Hutchinson, Joanie Mackowski, Robert Ray Morgan, Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon
Fiction: Emily Fridlund, Michael Koch, John Robert Lennon, Ernesto Quiñonez, Nafissa Thompson-Spires, Stephanie Vaughn, Helena Maria ViramontesGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 8Deadline: 12/15/19 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Richard Jones
Fiction: Dan Stolar, Rebecca Johns Trissler
Nonfiction: Ted Anton, Barrie Jean Borich, Miles Harvey, Michele MoranoGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 15-20Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Joan Baranow, Judy Halebsky
Fiction: Thomas Burke, Marianne Rogoff
Nonfiction: Perry GuevaraGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 5-10Deadline: 12/2/19 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: David Axelrod, Jennifer Boyden, James Crews, Christopher Howell
Fiction: Barry Kitterman, Megan Kruse, James Stolen
Nonfiction: Justin Hocking, Jodi Varon
Wilderness Writing: David Axelrod, Justin Hocking, James StolenGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 12Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Christopher Howell, Jonathan Johnson
Fiction: Samuel Ligon, Gregory Spatz
Nonfiction: Natalie Kusz, Rachel ToorGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 20-24Deadline: 2/17/20 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Fiction: David Bishop, Laura Lam, Daniel Shand
Young Adult: Laura Lam
Graphic Novels: David Bishop
Screenwriting: James Mavor
Interactive Media: Brian BaglowGenre: Fiction, Cross-GenreResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 24Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Writing: Kim McLarin, Jon Papernick, Jessica Treadway
Literature: William Donoghue, Roy Kamada, William Orem
Publishing: Lisa Diercks, Gian Lombardo, John RodzvillaGenre: FictionResidency: OnlineIncoming Class Size: 12–18Deadline: 11/1/19 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Christine Casson, Rajiv Mohabir, Daniel Tobin
Fiction: Ben Brooks, Maria Flook, Julia Glass, Lise Haines, Kim McLarin, William Orem, Pamela Painter, Jon Papernick, Ladette Randolph, Frederick Reiken, Steve Yarbrough, Mako Yoshikawa
Nonfiction: Jabari Asim, Richard Hoffman, Megan Marshall, Jerald WalkerGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 32–55Deadline: 2/1/20