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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.

  • Western Michigan University

    PhD Program
    Kalamazoo, MI
    Core Faculty Includes:

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

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 4-10
    Deadline: 1/15/26

  • Western Michigan University

    MFA Program
    Kalamazoo, MI
    Core Faculty Includes:

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

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 4-10
    Deadline: 1/15/26

  • Western Washington University

    MFA Program
    Bellingham, WA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Katherine Anderson, Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi, Nicole Brown, Anthony Celaya, Felicia Cosey, Jeremy Cushman, Noam Dorr, Jenny Forsythe, Marc Geisler, Allison Giffen, Carol Guess, Stefania Heim, Laura Laffrado, Jean Lee, Christopher Loar, Andrew Lucchesi, William Lyne, Kelly Magee, Eren Odabasi, Lysa Rivera, José Roach-Orduña, Ely Shipley, Kathryn Trueblood, Steven VanderStaay, Kathryn Vulic, Theresa Warburton, Cori Winrock, Christopher Wise, Jane Wong, Greg Youmans

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 7-9
    Deadline: 1/15/25

  • 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: 2/1/25

  • Wilkes University

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

    Poetry: Phil Brady, Christine Gelineau, Shanta Lee, Angelique Palmer
    Fiction: Ru Freeman, Kaylie Jones, Traci L. Jones, Ken Liu, Nancy McKinley, Robert Mooney, Taylor Polites, Nisha Sharma, Marisa de los Santos, Jeff Talarigo, Rachel Weaver
    Creative Nonfiction: Beverly Donofrio, Jessica Goudeau, J. Michael Lennon, Robin Micah McCrary, Alexis Paige
    Playwriting: Bonnie Culver, Gregory Fletcher, Christine Renee Miller, Nicole Pandolfo, Dania Ramos
    Screenwriting: Susan Cartsonis, 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: 39
    Deadline: 12/1/25

  • William Paterson University

    MFA Program
    Wayne, NJ
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Christopher Salerno
    Fiction: John Parras, Martha Witt
    Nonfiction: David Borkowski, Judith Broome

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

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