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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: 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: 2/1/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Carol Ann Davis, Bill Patrick, Baron Wormser
Fiction: Rachel Basch, Susan Muaddi Darraj, Alan Davis, Eugenia Kim, Karen Osborn, Hollis Seamon
Nonfiction: Sonya Huber, Dinty W. Moore, Adriana Páramo, Bill Patrick
Screenwriting: Sharbari Ahmed, Shelley Evans, Jennifer VanderbesGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 13 per cohortDeadline: 10/15/20 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Renée Ashley, David Daniel, H. L. Hix
Fiction: Rebecca Chace, Walter Cummins, David Grand, Rene Steinke
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 ProctorGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 25Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Becka Mara McKay, Susan Mitchell
Fiction: Ayşe Papatya Bucak, Jason Schwartz
Nonfiction: Andrew Furman, Kate SchmittGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 12Deadline: 1/15/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Richard Blanco, Denise Duhamel, Campbell McGrath
Fiction: Lynne Barrett, Debra Dean, John Dufresne, Les Standiford
Nonfiction: Julie Marie WadeGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 8–12Deadline: 1/12/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Barbara Hamby, James Kimbrell, David Kirby, Virgil Suarez, L. Lamar Wilson
Fiction: Robert Olen Butler, Barbara Hamby, Skip Horack, Ravi Howard, Bob Shacochis, Elizabeth Stuckey-French, Mark Winegardner
Nonfiction: Skip Horack, Ravi Howard, Diane Roberts, Bob Shacochis, Mark WinegardnerGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 8–12 (MFA & PhD combined)Deadline: 1/15/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Barbara Hamby, James Kimbrell, David Kirby, Virgil Suarez, L. Lamar Wilson
Fiction: Robert Olen Butler, Barbara Hamby, Skip Horack, Ravi Howard, Bob Shacochis, Elizabeth Stuckey-French, Mark Winegardner
Nonfiction: Skip Horack, Ravi Howard, Diane Roberts, Bob Shacochis, Mark WinegardnerGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 8–12 (MFA & PhD combined)Deadline: 1/15/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Brynn Saito, Tim Skeen, Mai Der Vang
Fiction: Venita Blackburn, Randa Jarrar
Nonfiction: Steven Church, John HalesGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 12–15Deadline: 3/1/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Jennifer Atkinson, Sally Keith, Eric Pankey, Peter Streckfus
Fiction: Courtney Brkic, Stephen Goodwin, Tania James, Helon Habila Ngalabak
Nonfiction: Timothy Denevi, Kyoko MoriGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 24-28Deadline: 1/15/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Kerry James Evans, Laura Newbern
Fiction and Nonfiction: Kerry Neville, Peter Selgin, Chika UnigweGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 7–8Deadline: 2/1/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Danielle Cadena Deulen, Beth Gylys
Fiction: John Holman, Sheri Joseph, Josh Russell
Nonfiction: Danielle Cadena DeulenGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 10-15 (MFA & PhD combined)Deadline: 2/5/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Danielle Cadena Deulen, Beth Gylys
Fiction: John Holman, Sheri Joseph, Josh Russell
Nonfiction: Danielle Cadena DeulenGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 10-15 (MFA & PhD combined)Deadline: 2/5/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Jan Clausen, Darrah Cloud, Kenny Fries, Beatrix Gates, Bhanu Kapil, Douglas A. Martin
Fiction: Jan Clausen, Darrah Cloud, Beatrix Gates, Elena Georgiou, Susan Kim, Aimee Liu, Douglas A. Martin, Rogelio Martinez, John McManus, Victoria Nelson, Keenan Norris, Richard Panek, Rahna Reiko Rizzuto, Sherri L. Smith
Nonfiction: Jan Clausen, Darrah Cloud, Kenny Fries, Beatrix Gates, Bhanu Kapil, Aimee Liu, Douglas A. Martin, John McManus, Victoria Nelson, Keenan Norris, Richard Panek, Rahna Reiko Rizzuto
Hybrid: Jan Clausen, Beatrix Gates, Elena Georgiou, Bhanu Kapil, Douglas A. Martin, Keenan Norris
Cross-Genre: Jan Clausen, Beatrix Gates, Bhanu Kapil, Douglas A. Martin, Keenan Norris
Graphic Novel: Susan Kim, Sherri L. Smith
Dramatic Writing: 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 GatesGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 20 each yearDeadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Jan Clausen, Darrah Cloud, Kenny Fries, Beatrix Gates, Bhanu Kapil, Douglas A. Martin
Fiction: Jan Clausen, Darrah Cloud, Beatrix Gates, Elena Georgiou, Susan Kim, Aimee Liu, Douglas A. Martin, Rogelio Martinez, John McManus, Victoria Nelson, Keenan Norris, Richard Panek, Rahna Reiko Rizzuto, Sherri L. Smith
Nonfiction: Jan Clausen, Darrah Cloud, Kenny Fries, Beatrix Gates, Bhanu Kapil, Aimee Liu, Douglas A. Martin, John McManus, Victoria Nelson, Keenan Norris, Richard Panek, Rahna Reiko Rizzuto
Hybrid: Jan Clausen, Beatrix Gates, Elena Georgiou, Bhanu Kapil, Douglas A. Martin, Keenan Norris
Cross-Genre: Jan Clausen, Beatrix Gates, Bhanu Kapil, Douglas A. Martin, Keenan Norris
Graphic Novel: Susan Kim, Sherri L. Smith
Dramatic Writing: 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 GatesGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 10 each yearDeadline: Rolling Admissions -
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 NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 25-30 per yearDeadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Katrina Vandenberg
Fiction: John Brandon, Sheila O'Connor
Nonfiction: Angela Pelster-Wiebe
Screenwriting and Multi-Genre: Richard Pelster-WiebeGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 15-20Deadline: 11/1/20 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Elana K. Arnold, Swati Avasthi, Kelly Barnhill, Coe Booth, Marsha Wilson Chall, Lisa Jahn Clough, Brandy Colbert, Erin Entrada Kelly, Nina LaCour, Jacqueline Briggs Martin, Meg Medina, Claire Rudolf Murphy, Phyllis Root, Laura Ruby, Eliot Schrefer, Sherri L. Smith, Laurel Snyder, Anne Ursu, Gene Luen Yang
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 20Deadline: 10/1/20 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Phillis Levin, Miguel-Angel Zapata
Fiction: Álvaro Enrigue, Julia Markus, Martha McPhee
Nonfiction: Julia Markus, Kelly McMastersGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 8Deadline: 1/1/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: R. H. W. Dillard, Cathryn Hankla, Thorpe Moeckel
Fiction: Karen Bender, Matthew Burnside, R. H. W. Dillard, Cathryn Hankla, Elizabeth Poliner, Jessie van Eerden
Nonfiction: Karen Bender, Matthew Burnside, Cathryn Hankla, Thorpe Moeckel, Jessie van EerdenGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 12Deadline: 1/6/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Catherine Barnett, Donna Masini, Tom Sleigh
Fiction: Peter Carey, ZZ Packer, Adam Haslett
Nonfiction: Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, Mychal Denzel SmithGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 15Deadline: 2/1/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Catherine Bowman, Stacey Lynn Brown, Ross Gay, Adrian Matejka
Fiction: Brando Skyhorse, Samrat UpadhyayGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 8Deadline: 1/2/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Esther Belin, Sherwin Bitsui, Jennifer Elise Foerster, Santee Frazier, Joan Naviyuk Kane, Cedar Sigo, Ken White
Fiction: Ramona Ausubel, Marie-Helene Bertino, Brandon Hobson, Pam Houston, Toni Jensen, Stephen Graham Jones, Kristiana Kahakauwila, Chip Livingston, Tommy Orange, David Treuer
Nonfiction: Kimberly Blaeser, Pam Houston, Toni Jensen, Chip Livingston
Screenwriting: Sydney Freeland, Geoff Harris, Migizi Pensoneau, Brooke Swaney Pepion, Ken WhiteGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 30Deadline: 2/1/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Debra Marquart, Charissa Menefee, K. L. Cook
Fiction: K. L. Cook, David Zimmerman, Barbara Haas, Christiana Langenberg, Debra Marquart
Nonfiction: Barbara Haas, Debra Marquart, K. L. Cook
Playwriting: Charissa Menefee
Screenwriting: David Zimmerman, Charissa MenefeeGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 10Deadline: 1/4/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Catherine Taylor, Tonya Foster
Fiction: Lucy Ives
Nonfiction: Nicholas Muellner, Catherine Taylor
Photography: Bruno Ceschel, Matthew Connors, Nicholas Mueller,Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 6-10Deadline: 2/1/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: James Arthur, Dora Malech, Andrew Motion, Mary Jo Salter, David Yezzi
Fiction: Danielle Evans, Brad Leithauser, Jean McGarry, Eric PuchnerGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 8Deadline: 12/15/20