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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: Traci Brimhall, Elizabeth Dodd
Fiction: Daniel A. Hoyt, Katherine Karlin
Creative Nonfiction: Traci Brimhall, Elizabeth DoddGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 5-15Deadline: 8/1/22 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Steven J. Fowler
Fiction: Diran Adebayo, Adam Baron, Meg Jensen, James Miller, Wendy Vaizey
Nonfiction: Meg Jensen, Wendy VaizeyGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: Full, LowIncoming Class Size: 12Deadline: 8/31/22 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Steven J. Fowler
Fiction: Diran Adebayo, Adam Baron, Meg Jensen, James Miller, Wendy Vaizey
Nonfiction: Meg Jensen, Wendy VaizeyGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: Full, LowIncoming Class Size: 5-15Deadline: 8/31/22 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Sarah Corbett, Jane Draycott, Paul Farley, Conor O’Callaghan, Eoghan Walls, Michelene Wandor
Prose: Jenn Ashworth, Elen Caldecott, Zoe Lambert, Sara Maitland, Okey Nzelu, Michelene Wandor
Scriptwriting: Tajinder Singh HayerGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: Full, OnlineIncoming Class Size: 20Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Sarah Corbett, Jane Draycott, Paul Farley, Conor O’Callaghan, Eoghan Walls, Michelene Wandor
Prose: Jenn Ashworth, Elen Caldecott, Zoe Lambert, Okey Nzelu, Michelene Wandor
Scriptwriting: Tajinder Singh HayerGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: Full, OnlineIncoming Class Size: 10-35Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Kathleen Aguero, Jose Angel Araguz, Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Nicole Terez Dutton, Iain Haley Pollock
Fiction: Venise Berry, Steven Huff, Sandra Scofield, Sterling Watson
Creative Nonfiction: Amy Hoffman, Randall Horton, Anne-Marie Oomen
Writing for Young People: Brendan Kiely, Laura Williams McCaffrey, David Yoo
Comics & Graphic Narratives: Josh NeufeldGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 5-10Deadline: 11/7/22 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Luke Hankins, Laura Hope-Gill
Fiction: Dale Bailey, Dale Neal, Jamieson Ridenhour, Jacinda Townsend
Nonfiction: Laura Hope-Gill, Jasmin Pittman Morrell
Narrative Healthcare: Laura Hope-GillGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: Full, OnlineIncoming Class Size: 7Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Erin Belieu, Sharon Bryan, Steven Cramer, Danielle Legros Georges, Joan Houlihan, Adrian Matejka, Kevin Prufer
Fiction: Tony Eprile, Laurie Foos, Rachel Kadish, Hester Kaplan, Michael Lowenthal, A. J. Verdelle
Nonfiction: Jane Brox, Rachel Manley, Kyoko Mori, Pamela Petro, Janet Pocorobba
Stage and Screen: Jami Brandli, Barry Brodsky, Thato Mwosa, Cassie Seinuk, Kate Snodgrass, Sinan Unel
Young People Writing: Tracey Baptiste, Sara Farizan, David Elliott, Susan Goodman, Michelle Knudsen, Chris Lynch, Cynthia Platt, Jason Reynolds, Sara ZarrGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 14Deadline: 11/15/22 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Tony D’Souza, Anothai Kaewkaen, Lisa Haag Kang, Nicole McInnes, Beth Mead, Gillian Parrish, Kali VanBaale, Zachary Tyler Vickers, Shana Youngdahl
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: Full, OnlineIncoming Class Size: 40Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Chris Abani, Reginald Gibbons, Daisy Hernández, Juan Martinez, Sarah Schulman, Charif Shanahan, Natasha Trethewey
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 3-6Deadline: 12/15/22 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Rita Banerjee, Kristina Marie Darling
Fiction: Zaina Arafat, Thomas Fahy, Tavia Gilbert, Robin Hemley, Chantelle Aimée Osman, Erin Stalcup
Nonfiction: Zaina Arafat, Rita Banerjee, Robin Hemley, Caitlin Leffel, Deborah Mutnick, Rob Spillman
Translation: Rita Banerjee, Gregory Racz
Publishing: Rita Banerjee, Kristina Marie Darling, Robin Hemley, Caitlin Leffel, Chantelle Aimée Osma, Wendy Ryden, Rob Spillman, Erin StalcupGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation, Cross-GenreResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 20Deadline: 2/1/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Lara Glenum, Ariel Francisco
Fiction: Jennifer S. Davis, Maurice Ruffin
Nonfiction: Joshua Wheeler
Screenwriting and New Media: Jason Buch, Zachary Godshall, Mari KornhauserGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 6–8Deadline: 1/15/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Jennifer Franklin, Mark Nowak, Suzanne Parker, Iain Haley Pollock
Fiction: Jeff Bens, Jeffrey Rotter
Nonfiction: Lorraine Fontanes
Dramatic Writing: Sharbari AhmedGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 8–10Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Amy Fleury, Keagan LeJeune
Fiction: Michael Horner, Allie MarianoGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 7–8Deadline: 2/21/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Keith Tuma, Cathy Wagner, Lizzie Hutton
Fiction and Creative Nonfiction: TaraShea Nesbitt, Daisy Hernandez, Brian Roley, Joseph Bates, Margaret LuongoGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 14Deadline: 1/2/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Michael Torres, Gwen Westermen
Fiction: Robin Becker, Geoff Herbach, Chris McCormick
Nonfiction: Rachael Hanel, Michael TorresGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 14Deadline: 2/1/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Kendall Dunkelberg, T. K. Lee, L. Lamar Wilson
Fiction: Paulette Boudreaux, Suzanne Jamir, Mary Miller, Iheoma Nwachukwu, Brandy T. Wilson
Nonfiction: Ellen Ann Fentress, Suzanne Jamir, Mary Miller, Brandy T. Wilson
Translation: Kendall Dunkelberg
Playwriting: T. K. LeeGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation, Cross-GenreResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 10-15 per yearDeadline: 3/1/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Mihaela Moscaliuc
Fiction: Alex Gilvarry, Alena Graedon, Kenneth Womack
Nonfiction: Mary Kate AzcuyGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 8Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Thomas Cook, JoAnna Novak, Johnny Payne
Fiction: Juana Moriel, JoAnna Novak, Johnny Payne
Nonfiction: Juana Moriel
Screenwriting: Brian McAuley, Alaric Rocha
Writing for Media: Jehnovah Carlisle, Brian McAuley, Bradley Minnick, Alaric RochaGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: Low, OnlineIncoming Class Size: 20Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Fiction: Marcus Burke, Rachel B. Glaser, Hermione Hoby, Johanna Knowles, Andrew Martin, Benjamin Nugent, Tracy O’Neill, Lydia Peelle, Rebecca Schiff, Katherine Towler, Adam Wilson
Nonfiction: Amy Irvine, Nadia Owusu, Justin TaylorGenre: Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 15 per cohortDeadline: 10/30/22 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Mairead Case, Valerie Hsiung, Jeffrey Pethybridge, Michelle Naka Pierce, Chris Pusateri, Sarah Elizabeth Schantz, Andrew Schelling, and Anne Waldman.
Brandon Shimoda will serve as guest faculty in fall 2022.
Genre: Not Genre-SpecificResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 5-15 each yearDeadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Valier Hsiung, Jeffrey Pethybridge, Michelle Naka Pierce, Andrew Schelling, Anne Waldman
Guest Faculty Includes: Anne Boyer, Cecilia Vicuña, Lisa Robertson, Tracie Morris, Eleni Sikelianos, CAConrad, Tongo-Eisen Martin, Selah Saterstrom, Hoa Nguyen, Dawn Lundy Martin, Eileen Myles, Fred Moten, Layli Long Soldier, Thurston Moore, Margaret Randall, Simone White, Laird Hunt, Renee Gladman, TC Tolbert, Jos Charles
Genre: Not Genre-SpecificResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 12-18Deadline: 1/17/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Paige Ackerson-Kiely, Chen Chen, Anaïs Duplan, Jennifer Militello, Andrew Morgan, Allison Titus
Fiction: Tara Ison, Leah Johnson, Anna Qu, David Ryan, Allison Titus
Nonfiction: Anaïs Duplan, Tara Ison, Jennifer Militello, Anna Qu, David Ryan
Writing for Stage and Screen: Tara Ison, David RyanRecent visiting writers include Alysia Abbott, Rosebud Ben-Oni, Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, Jericho Brown, Andre Dubus III, Vievee Francis, Linda Gregerson, Vijay Seshadri, and Ocean Vuong.
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 10-15 each yearDeadline: 12/1/22 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Aldo Amparán (Visiting), Richard Greenfield, Connie Voisine
Fiction: Rus Bradburd, Brandon Hobson, Phillip Hurst (Visiting)Genre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 6-8Deadline: 2/1/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Catherine Barnett, Alex Dimitrov, Terrance Hayes, Deborah Landau, Sharon Olds, Rowan Ricardo Phillips, Claudia Rankine, Matthew Rohrer, Sally Wen Mao, Phillip B. Williams, Ocean Vuong
Fiction: Nathan Englander, Jeffrey Eugenides, Jonathan Safran Foer, Uzodinma Iweala, Katie Kitamura, Hari Kunzru, Leigh Newman, Joyce Carol Oates, Zadie Smith, Darin Strauss, Brandon Taylor
Creative Nonfiction: Uzodinma Iweala, Hari Kunzru, Meghan O’Rourke, Leigh Newman, Parul Sehgal, Darin Strauss
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 40-60Deadline: 12/18/22