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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:
Kris Brandenburger, Carolyn Cooke, Cindy Shearer, and Pireeni Sundaralingam
Genre: Cross-GenreResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 10-12 each semesterDeadline: 12/2/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Tisa Bryant, Gabrielle Civil, Brian Evenson, Janet Sarbanes, Matias Viegener, Jon Wagner
Genre: Not Genre-SpecificResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 15–20Deadline: 12/1/18 -
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: 1/15/19 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Richard Blanco, 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)Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 30 per yearDeadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Jeffrey Greene, Gwyneth Lewis, Peter Streckfus, Kathryn Rhett
Fiction: Keija Parssinen, Robert Antoni, Aleksandar Hemon, Karan Mahajan, Jake Lamar, Diana Spechler, Dinaw Mengestu, David Bezmozgis
Nonfiction: Kathryn Rhett, Jason Wilson, Gwyneth Lewis, Jeffrey GreeneGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 10-12 per yearDeadline: 12/1/18 -
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: 2/1/19 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Heather McNaugher, Sheila Squillante, Sheryl St. Germain
Fiction: Sherrie Flick, Marc Nieson, Sarah Shotland
Nonfiction: Marc Nieson, Sheryl St. GermainGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 15Deadline: 1/15/19 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Dilruba Ahmed, Heather McNaugher, Sheila Squillante
Fiction: Karen Bender, Sherrie Flick, Derek Green, Elise Levine, Marc Nieson
Nonfiction: Mel Fox, Suzanne Roberts, Sheila Squillante, Sheryl St. GermainRecent/Visiting Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Camille Dungy, Julia Spicher Kasdorf, Jeff Oaks
Fiction: Christopher Barzak, Wiley Cash, Sherrie Flick, Tim Parrish
Nonfiction: Lori Jakiela, BK Loren, Kathryn Miles, Dinty W. MooreGenre: 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: 10/15/18 -
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 LaskinGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 102Deadline: 2/15/19 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Gary Jackson, Emily Rosko
Fiction: Lindsey Drager, Bret Lott, Anthony VaralloGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 12Deadline: 2/1/19 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Fiction: Nancy Hightower, Steven Hobbs, Mitchell Jackson, Sophie McManus, Bushra Rehman
Nonfiction: Amy Bass, David Goewey, Nancy Hightower, Nereida Seguro Rico, Safiya Sinclair, Nick Smart, Daniel SmithGenre: Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 16Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Dan Beachy-Quick, Matthew Cooperman, Camille Dungy, Sasha Steensen
Fiction: Andrew Altschul, Leslee Becker, Judy Doenges, E. J. Levy
Nonfiction: Harrison Candelaria Fletcher, E. J. Levy, Sarah Sloane, Deborah ThompsonGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 8–12Deadline: 1/1/19 -
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: 1/15/19 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Timothy Donnelly, Dorothea Lasky, Shane McCrae, Deborah Paredez
Fiction: Paul Beatty, Nicholas Christopher, Deborah Eisenberg, Richard Ford, Joshua Furst, Heidi Julavits, Binnie Kirshenbaum, Alexandra Kleeman, Victor LaValle, Sam Lipsyte, Ben Marcus, Ben Metcalf, Orhan Pamuk, Elissa Schappell, Gary Shteyngart, Alan Ziegler
Nonfiction: Hilton Als, Lis Harris, Leslie Jamison, Margo Jefferson, Richard Locke, Phillip Lopate
Translation: Susan BernofskyGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 120Deadline: 1/5/19 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Fiction: Brittany Fonte, John Jodzio, Christopher Klim, Matt Ryan
Creative Nonfiction: Debra Beilke, Eric Dregni, Rachel MoritzGenre: Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: OnlineIncoming Class Size: 20-30Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Suzanne Cleary, Denise Duhamel, Rick Mulkey, Richard Tillinghast
Fiction: Marlin Barton, C. Michael Curtis, Tommy Hays (YA fiction), Cary Holladay, Robert Olmstead, Sheila O’Connor (YA Fiction) Leslie Pietrzyk, Susan Tekulve
Nonfiction: C. Michael Curtis, Jim Minick, Susan Tekulve, Richard TillinghastGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 12-15Deadline: 10/1/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Alice Fulton, Ishion Hutchinson, Joanie Mackowski, Robert Ray Morgan, Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon
Fiction: John Robert Lennon, Ernesto Quiñonez, Stephanie Vaughn, Helena Maria ViramontesGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 8Deadline: 12/15/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Trey Moody
Fiction: David Philip Mullins, Brent Spencer
Nonfiction: Brent SpencerGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 12Deadline: 3/15/19 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Richard Jones
Fiction: Dan Stolar, Rebecca Johns
Nonfiction: Ted Anton, Barrie Jean Borich, Miles Harvey, Michele MoranoGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 20-30Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Joan Baranow, Judy Halebsky
Fiction: Thomas Burke
Nonfiction: Perry GuevaraGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 5-10Deadline: 11/30/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Aracelis Girmay, Alicia Ostriker, Sean Nevin, Mihaela Moscaliuc, Sarah Vap, Judith Vollmer, Michael Waters, Ellen Doré Watson, Afaa Michael Weaver
Genre: PoetryResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 15 each yearDeadline: 10/15/18 -
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: -
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: 30Deadline: 2/15/19 -
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