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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.

  • Emerson College

    MFA Program
    Boston, MA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Writing: Kim McLarin, Jon Papernick, Jessica Treadway
    Literature: William Donoghue, Roy Kamada, William Orem
    Publishing: Lisa Diercks, Gian Lombardo, John Rodzvilla

    Genre: Fiction
    Residency: Online
    Incoming Class Size: 12–18
    Deadline: 12/1/18

  • Emerson College

    MFA Program
    Boston, MA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Christine Casson, Pablo Medina, John Skoyles, 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 Walker

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 32–55
    Deadline: 2/1/19

  • Fairfield University

    MFA Program
    Fairfield, CT
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Carol Ann Davis, Bill Patrick, Baron Wormser
    Fiction: Rachel Basch, Alan Davis, Susan Muaddi Darraj, Eugenia Kim, Karen Osborn, Hollis Seamon, Michael C. White
    Nonfiction: Sonya Huber, Dinty W. Moore, Adriana Páramo, Bill Patrick
    Screenwriting: Jennifer Vanderbees

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 13 per cohort
    Deadline: 10/15/18

  • Fairleigh Dickinson University

    MFA Program
    Madison, NJ
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Renée Ashley, David Daniel, H. L. Hix

    Fiction: Jeffery Renard Allen, Rebecca Chace, Walter Cummins, David Grand, Rene Steinke, Rachel Sherman

    Nonfiction: Rebecca Chace, Minna Proctor, Rosie Schaap

    Writing for Young Adults and Children: Coe Booth, Donna Freitas, Eliot Schrefer

    Literary Translation: Coe Booth, Idra Novey, Minna Proctor

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 25
    Deadline: 10/15/18

  • Florida Atlantic University

    MFA Program
    Boca Raton, FL
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Becka Mara McKay, Susan Mitchell
    Fiction: Ayşe Papatya Bucak, Jason Schwartz
    Nonfiction: Andrew Furman, Kate Schmitt

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 12
    Deadline: 1/15/19

  • Florida International University

    MFA Program
    Miami, FL
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Denise Duhamel, Campbell McGrath
    Fiction: Lynne Barrett, Debra Dean, John Dufresne, Les Standiford
    Nonfiction: Julie Marie Wade

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 8–12
    Deadline: 1/8/19

  • Florida State University

    PhD Program
    Tallahassee, FL
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Erin Belieu, Barbara Hamby, James Kimbrell, David Kirby, Virgil Suarez
    Fiction: Robert Olen Butler, Ravi Howard, Bob Shacochis, Elizabeth Stuckey-French, Mark Winegardner
    Nonfiction: Skip Horack, Ravi Howard, Diane Roberts, Bob Shacochis, Mark Winegardner

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 8–12
    Deadline: 12/15/18

  • Florida State University

    MFA Program
    Tallahassee, FL
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Erin Belieu, Barbara Hamby, James Kimbrell, David Kirby, Virgil Suarez
    Fiction: R. M. Berry, Robert Olen Butler, Ravi Howard, Bob Shacochis, Elizabeth Stuckey-French, Mark Winegardner
    Nonfiction: Skip Horack, Ravi Howard, Diane Roberts, Bob Shacochis, Mark Winegardner

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 8–12
    Deadline: 12/15/18

  • Fresno State

    MFA Program
    Fresno, CA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Corrinne Clegg Hales, Brynn Saito, Tim Skeen, Mai Der Vang
    Fiction: Venita Blackburn, Joseph Cassara, Randa Jarrar
    Nonfiction: Steven Church, John Hales

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 12–15
    Deadline: 3/1/19

  • George Mason University

    MFA Program
    Fairfax, VA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Jennifer Atkinson, Sally Keith, Eric Pankey, Peter Streckfus, Susan Tichy
    Fiction: Courtney Brkic, Stephen Goodwin, Tania James, Helon Habila Ngalabak, Susan Richards Shreve
    Nonfiction: Timothy Denevi, Kyoko Mori

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 25–30
    Deadline: 1/10/19

  • Georgia College & State University

    MFA Program
    Milledgeville, GA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Laura Newbern
    Fiction & Nonfiction: Kerry Neville, Peter Selgin, John Sirmans

    Visiting Poets: Hali Sofala-Jones, Cecilia Woloch

    Poet in Residence: Martin Lammon

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 7–10
    Deadline: 2/1/19

  • Georgia State University

    MA Program
    Atlanta, GA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: David Bottoms, Beth Gylys
    Fiction: John Holman, Sheri Joseph, Josh Russell

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 10–15 (MFA, MA, PhD combined)
    Deadline: 2/5/19

  • Georgia State University

    PhD Program
    Atlanta, GA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: David Bottoms, Beth Gylys
    Fiction: John Holman, Sheri Joseph, Josh Russell

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 10–15 (MFA, MA, PhD combined)
    Deadline: 2/5/19

  • Georgia State University

    MFA Program
    Atlanta, GA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: David Bottoms, Beth Gylys
    Fiction: John Holman, Sheri Joseph, Josh Russell

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 10–15 (MFA, MA, PhD combined)
    Deadline: 2/5/19

  • Goddard College in Vermont

    MFA Program
    Plainfield, VT
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Rebecca Brown, Jan Clausen, Darrah Cloud, Kenny Fries, Beatrix Gates, Elena Georgiou, Bhanu Kapil, Michael Klein, Douglas A. Martin
    Fiction: Kyle Bass, Rebecca Brown, Jan Clausen, Darrah Cloud, Beatrix Gates, Elena Georgiou, Susan Kim, Aimee Liu, Micheline Aharonian Marcom, Douglas A. Martin, Rogelio Martinez, John McManus, Victoria Nelson, Keenan Norris, Richard Panek, Rahna Reiko Rizzuto, Sherri L. Smith
    Nonfiction: Rebecca Brown, Jan Clausen, Darrah Cloud, Kenny Fries, Beatrix Gates, Bhanu Kapil, Michael Klein, Aimee Liu, Micheline Aharonian Marcom, Douglas A. Martin, John McManus, Victoria Nelson, Keenan Norris, Richard Panek, Rahna Reiko Rizzuto
    Hybrid: Rebecca Brown, Jan Clausen, Beatrix Gates, Elena Georgiou, Bhanu Kapil, Douglas A. Martin, Keenan Norris
    Cross-Genre: Rebecca Brown, Jan Clausen, Beatrix Gates, Bhanu Kapil, Douglas A. Martin, Keenan Norris
    Graphic Novel: Darrah Cloud, Susan Kim, Sherri L. Smith
    Dramatic Writing: Kyle Bass, Deborah Brevoort, Darrah Cloud, Kenny Fries, Susan Kim, Rogelio Martinez, Victoria Nelson
    TV Writing: Susan Kim, Rogelio Martinez
    Libretto: Deborah Brevoort, Darrah Cloud, Kenny Fries, Beatrix Gates

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 30 each year
    Deadline: 10/15/18

  • Goddard College in Washington

    MFA Program
    Port Townsend, WA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Rebecca Brown, Jan Clausen, Darrah Cloud, Kenny Fries, Beatrix Gates, Elena Georgiou, Bhanu Kapil, Michael Klein, Douglas A. Martin
    Fiction: Kyle Bass, Rebecca Brown, Jan Clausen, Darrah Cloud, Beatrix Gates, Elena Georgiou, Susan Kim, Aimee Liu, Micheline Aharonian Marcom, Douglas A. Martin, Rogelio Martinez, John McManus, Victoria Nelson, Keenan Norris, Richard Panek, Rahna Reiko Rizzuto, Sherri L. Smith
    Nonfiction: Rebecca Brown, Jan Clausen, Darrah Cloud, Kenny Fries, Beatrix Gates, Bhanu Kapil, Michael Klein, Aimee Liu, Micheline Aharonian Marcom, Douglas A. Martin, John McManus, Victoria Nelson, Keenan Norris, Richard Panek, Rahna Reiko Rizzuto
    Hybrid: Rebecca Brown, Jan Clausen, Beatrix Gates, Elena Georgiou, Bhanu Kapil, Douglas A. Martin, Keenan Norris
    Cross-Genre: Rebecca Brown, Jan Clausen, Beatrix Gates, Bhanu Kapil, Douglas A. Martin, Keenan Norris
    Graphic Novel: Darrah Cloud, Susan Kim, Sherri L. Smith
    Dramatic Writing: Kyle Bass, Deborah Brevoort, Darrah Cloud, Kenny Fries, Susan Kim, Rogelio Martinez, Victoria Nelson
    TV Writing: Susan Kim, Rogelio Martinez
    Libretto: Deborah Brevoort, Darrah Cloud, Kenny Fries, Beatrix Gates

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 15 each year
    Deadline: 11/15/18

  • Goucher College

    MFA Program
    Baltimore, MD
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Madeleine Blais, Diana Hume George, Jesse Holland, Wil S. Hylton, Suzannah Lessard, Jacob Levenson, Maggie Messitt, Michelle Orange, and Meline Toumani

    Genre: Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 25-30 per year
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions

  • Hamline University

    MFA Program
    St. Paul, MN
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Katrina Vandenberg
    Fiction: John Brandon, Sheila O'Connor, Mary François Rockcastle
    Nonfiction: Patricia Weaver Francisco, Angela Pelster-Wiebe

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 30
    Deadline: 11/1/18

  • Hamline University, MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults

    MFA Program
    St. Paul, MN
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Swati Avasthi, Coe Booth, Marsha Wilson Chall, Emily Jenkins (e. lockhart), Ron Koertge, Nina LaCour, Mary Logue, Jacqueline Briggs Martin, Claire Rudolf Murphy, Matt de la Pena, Phyllis Root, Laura Ruby, Gary Schmidt, Sherri L. Smith, Laurel Snyder, Anne Ursu, Gene Luen Yang

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 20
    Deadline: 10/1/18

  • Hofstra University

    MFA Program
    Hempstead, NY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Phillis Levin, Miguel-Angel Zapata
    Fiction: Álvaro Enrigue, Valeria Luiselli, Julia Markus, Martha McPhee
    Nonfiction: Julia Markus, Kelly McMasters

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 8
    Deadline: 1/1/19

  • Hollins University

    MFA Program
    Roanoke, VA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: R. H. W. Dillard, Cathryn Hankla, Jeanne Larsen, Thorpe Moeckel
    Fiction: Karen Bender, R. H. W. Dillard, Cathryn Hankla, Jeanne Larsen, Elizabeth Poliner, Robert Siegel
    Nonfiction: Karen Bender, Cathryn Hankla, Jeanne Larsen, Thorpe Moeckel, Robert Siegel

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 12
    Deadline: 1/6/19

  • Hunter College

    MFA Program
    New York, NY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Catherine Barnett, Donna Masini, Tom Sleigh
    Fiction: Peter Carey, Colum McCann, Téa Obreht
    Nonfiction: Kathryn Harrison, Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, Alexandra Styron

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 18
    Deadline: 2/1/19

  • Indiana University

    MFA Program
    Bloomington, IN
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Catherine Bowman, Stacey Lynn Brown, Ross Gay, Adrian Matejka
    Fiction: Brando Skyhorse, Samrat Upadhyay

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 8
    Deadline: 1/2/19

  • Institute of American Indian Arts

    MFA Program
    Santa Fe, NM
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Sherwin Bitsui, Jennifer Elise Foerster, Santee Frazier, Joan Naviyuk Kane, James Thomas Stevens, Ken White

    Fiction: Ramona Ausubel, Marie-Helene Bertino, Kimberly Blaeser, Cherie Dimaline, Pam Houston, Toni Jensen, Stephen Graham Jones, Kristiana Kahakauwila, Chip Livingston, Tommy Orange, Derek Palacio, Ismet Prcic, Eden Robinson

    Nonfiction: Kimberly Blaeser, Pam Houston, Toni Jensen, Joan Naviyuk Kane, Chip Livingston, Terese Mailhot, Lidia Yuknavitch

    Screenwriting: Sydney Freeland, Geoff Harris, Migizi Pensoneau, Ken White

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 30
    Deadline: 12/15/18

  • Iowa State University

    MFA Program
    Ames, IA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Debra Marquart, Charissa Menefee
    Fiction: K. L. Cook, Barbara Haas, Christiana Langenberg, David Zimmerman
    Nonfiction: K. L. Cook, Barbara Haas, Debra Marquart
    Playwriting: Charissa Menefee
    Screenwriting: David Zimmerman

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 10
    Deadline: 1/5/19

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