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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: Chris Forhan, Alessandra Lynch
Fiction: Dan Barden, Michael Dahlie
Nonfiction: Hilene Flanzbaum, Andrew Levy, Natalie Lima2021-2022 Booth Tarkington Writer-in-Residence: Hanif Abdurraqib.
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 15Deadline: 3/1/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Faith Adiele, Tom Barbash, Rita Bullwinkel, Jasmin Darznik, Joseph Lease, Denise Newman, Aimee Phan, Leslie Carol Roberts, Judith Serin, Noah Stern
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 15Deadline: 1/10/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Carolyn Cooke and Cindy Shearer (Dept. Chair)
Associated Faculty: Alex Burger, Nupu Press, George Reyes, as well as guest artists each year.
Genre: Cross-GenreResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 8-10Deadline: 2/15/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Tisa Bryant, Gabrielle Civil, Brian Evenson, Anthony McCann, Janet Sarbanes, Matias Viegener
Genre: Not Genre-SpecificResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 14–20Deadline: 1/4/23 -
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: 6Deadline: 2/15/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Richard Blanco, Gerry LaFemina, Lee Ann Roripaugh, Judith Vollmer (U.S. faculty) Jean O'Brien, Enda Wyley (Ireland faculty)
Fiction: Joseph Bathanti, Karin Lin-Greenberg, Geeta Kothari (U.S. faculty) Evelyn Conlon, Niall Williams (Ireland faculty)
Nonfiction: Diane Glancy, Gerry LaFemina (U.S. faculty); Brian Leyden (Ireland faculty)
Visiting Writers in the U.S. and Ireland: Dilruba Ahmed, Kevin Barry, Jo Ann Beard, Claire-Louise Bennett, Colette Bryce, Sandra Cisneros, Toi Derricotte, Anne Enright, Aracelis Girmay, Sinéad Gleeson, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Seán Hewitt, Elizabeth Kadetsky, Claire Keegan, Yusef Komunyakaa, Nick Laird, Ada Limón, Paula Meehan, Rebecca Morgan Frank, Annemarie Ni Churreain, Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Mark O’Connell, Glenn Patterson, Deesha Philyaw, Francine Prose, Sam Quinones, Sapphire, Sejal Shah, Clint Smith, Patricia Smith, Nick White, Kate Wisel
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 20-30 per yearDeadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Megan Fernandes, Heather Green, Jeffrey Greene, Gwyneth Lewis, Alice Miller, David St. John, Peter Streckfus
Fiction: Robert Antoni, David Bezmozgis, Aleksandar Hemon, Dinaw Mengestu, Keija Parssinen, Kate Racculia, Diana Spechler, David Heska Wambli Weiden
Nonfiction: Jeffrey Greene, Aleksandar Hemon, Gwyneth Lewis, Diana SpechlerGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 10-12 per yearDeadline: 8/1/22 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Anna Leahy, Brian Glaser, 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: 15–25Deadline: 2/1/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Heather McNaugher, Sheila Squillante, Leia Wilson
Fiction: Sherrie Flick, Marc Nieson
Nonfiction: Marc Nieson, Sheila SquillanteGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 15Deadline: 2/1/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Dilruba Ahmed, Heather McNaugher, Rachel Mennies, Sheila Squillante
Fiction: Kathy Ayres, Karen Bender, Sherrie Flick, Derek Green, Marc Nieson
Nonfiction: Mel Fox, Paul Hertneky, Suzanne Roberts, Sheila SquillanteRecent/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: 5–7Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Kelly Norman Ellis
Fiction: Cole Lavalais
Film/Television: Christine List
Publishing: Brenda E. Aghahowa, Arthur AmakerGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 5–10Deadline: 7/15/22 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Cynthia Cruz, David Groff, Nathalie Handel, Nicole Sealey, Michelle Valladares
Fiction: Salar Abdoh, Lyn Di Iorio, Keith Gandal, Mark Mirsky, Emily Raboteau, Nelly Rosario, Dalia Sofer, Shay Youngblood
Nonfiction: Amir Ahmadi Arian, Mikhal Dekel, David Groff, Yahdon Israel, Emily Raboteau, Irvin Weathersby, Jr.
Translation: David Unger
YA Fiction: Pam Laskin
Screenwriting / Drama: Robert Barron, Marc PalmieriGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 125Deadline: 2/15/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Gary Jackson, Emily Rosko
Fiction: Bret Lott, T Kira Mahealani Madden, Malinda McCollum, Anthony Varallo
Creative Nonfiction: Bret Lott, T Kira Mahealani MaddenGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 18Deadline: 1/15/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Dan Beachy-Quick, Matthew Cooperman, Camille Dungy, Sasha Steensen
Fiction: Andrew Altschul, Ramona Ausubel, Nina McConigley
Nonfiction: Harrison Candelaria Fletcher, Jaquira DíazGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 12-15Deadline: 1/1/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
CM Burroughs, Don DeGrazia, Lisa Fishman, Ames Hawkins, Garnett Kilberg-Cohen, Aviya Kushner, Joseph Meno, Alexis Pride, Tony Trigilio, David Trinidad
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 20-25Deadline: 1/13/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Timothy Donnelly, Dorothea Lasky, Shane McCrae, Deborah Paredez, Lynn Xu
Fiction: Diksha Basu, Paul Beatty, Anelise Chen, Nicholas Christopher, Deborah Eisenberg, Richard Ford, Rivka Galchen, Heidi Julavits, Binnie Kirshenbaum, Victor LaValle, Sam Lipsyte, Ben Marcus, Orhan Pamuk, Matthew Salesses, Gary Shteyngart, Alan Ziegler
Nonfiction: Hilton Als, Lis Harris, Leslie Jamison, Margo Jefferson, Richard Locke, Phillip Lopate, Wendy S. Walters
Translation: Susan Bernofsky
Recent Adjunct Faculty: Gila Ashtor, Hannah Assadi, Corinna Barsan, Cris Beam, Keri Bertino, Matthew Burgess, James Cañón, Bonnie Chau, CAConrad, Lilly Dancyger, Carina del Valle Schorske, Jay Deshpande, Katrina Dodson, Thom Donovan, Joshua Edwards, Monica Ferrell, BK Fischer, Ruth Franklin, Josh Furst, Alan Gilbert, Eli Gottlieb, Yardenne Greenspan, Benjamin Hale, Joanna Hershon, Briallen Hopper, Nailini Jones, Madhu Kaza, Nicole Krauss, Daniel Magariel, Erroll McDonald, Lynn Melnick, Lincoln Michel, Alicia Mountain, Michelle Orange, Joseph Osmundson, Nadia Owusu, Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, Leonard Schwartz, Rachel Sherman, Lee Siegel, Ira Silverberg, Hasanthika Sirisena, Emily Skillings, Lynn Steger Strong, Benjamin Taylor, Edwin Torres, Lara Vapnyar, Asiya Wadud, Brenda Wineapple, Mark Wunderlich, Matvei Yankelevich, Kate Zambreno
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 110Deadline: 1/4/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Sarah Ahiers, Sheldon Lee Compton, Brittany Fonte, John Jodzio, Christopher Klim, and Matt Ryan
Genre: FictionResidency: OnlineIncoming Class Size: 15-25Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Suzanne Cleary, Tyree Daye, Denise Duhamel, Rick Mulkey, Ashley M. Jones, Richard Tillinghast
Fiction: Marlin Barton, Geoff Herbah (YA fiction), Sheila O’Connor (YA Fiction), Robert Olmstead, Leslie Pietrzyk, Susan Tekulve
Nonfiction: Denise Duhamel, Robert Olmstead, Leslie Pietrzyk, Susan Tekulve, Richard TillinghastGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 20Deadline: 10/1/22 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Ishion Hutchinson, Valzhyna Mort, Joanie Mackowski, Robert Ray Morgan, Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon
Fiction: Emily Fridlund, Michael Koch, John Robert Lennon, Ernesto Quiñonez, Nafissa Thompson-Spires, Helena Maria ViramontesGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 8Deadline: 12/15/22 -
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: Full, OnlineIncoming Class Size: 15-20Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Stephen Myers
Fiction: Juilene Osborne-McKnight
Nonfiction: Stephen MyersGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 6-10Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Joan Baranow, Judy Halebsky
Fiction: Kim Culbertson, Claudia Morales
Nonfiction: Thomas Burke, Marianne RogoffGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 5-10Deadline: 12/1/22 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Nomi Eve, Tim Bascom, Denny S. Bryce, Erin Celello, Julie Cantrell, Heather Christie, Brenda Copeland, Kelly Creagh, Paula Marantz Cohen, Sonali Dev, Andrew Eisenman, Tina Ann Forkner, Ann Garvin, Brandi Megan Granett, Katie Rose Guest, Pryal Cassandra Hirsch, Ravi Howard, Amy Impellizzeri, Kosoko Jackson, Evan James, Sadeqa Johnson, Caleb Johnson, Karen Karbo, Jon McGoran, Tif Marcelo, Courtney Maum, Sandra Novak, Teresa Messineo, Harriet Levin Millan, Rachel Pastan, Megan Poland, Aimie K. Runyan, Hank Philippi Ryan, Scott Stein, Belinda Huijuan Tang, Kelly Simmons, Heather Webb, Allison Whittenberg
Genre: FictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 24Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: David Axelrod, Christopher Howell, Christopher Kondrich
Fiction: Claire Boyles, Megan Kruse, Molly Reid, Eliot Treichel, Joe Wilkins
Nonfiction: Melissa Matthewson, Kathryn Miles, Nick Neely, Jodi Varon
Environmental Writing: David Axelrod, Claire Boyles, Christopher Kondrich, Melissa Matthewson, Kathryn Miles, Nick Neely, Molly Reid, Eliot Treichel, Joe WilkinsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 12Deadline: 2/1/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Christopher Howell, Jonathan Johnson
Fiction: Samuel Ligon, Gregory Spatz
Nonfiction: Natalie Kusz, Rachel ToorGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 20-24Deadline: 2/17/23