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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.

  • Kingston University

    MA Program
    London, England
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Siobhan Campbell, Paul Perry, Jane Yeh
    Fiction: Adam Baron, Paul Bailey, Jonathan Barnes, Norma Clarke, Rachel Cusk, Meg Jensen, James Miller, Elif Şhafak, Wendy Vaizey
    Nonfiction: Rachel Cusk, Vesna Goldworthy, Eva Hoffman, Jane Jordan, Alexander Masters, Elif Şhafak, Wendy Vaizey
    Playwriting: Winsome Pinnock

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full, Low
    Incoming Class Size: 75-100 (MFA and MA students combined)
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions

  • Kingston University

    MA Program
    London, England
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Siobhan Campbell, Paul Perry, Jane Yeh
    Fiction: Adam Baron, Paul Bailey, Jonathan Barnes, Norma Clarke, Rachel Cusk, Meg Jensen, James Miller, Elif Şhafak, Wendy Vaizey
    Nonfiction: Rachel Cusk, Vesna Goldworthy, Eva Hoffman, Jane Jordan, Alexander Masters, Elif Şhafak, Wendy Vaizey
    Playwriting: Winsome Pinnock

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full, Low
    Incoming Class Size: 75-100 (MFA and MA students combined)
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions

  • Kingston University

    MFA Program
    London, England
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Oli Hazzard, Hannah Lowe
    Fiction: Diran Adebayo, Adam Baron, Meg Jensen, James Miller, Wendy Vaizey
    Nonfiction: Meg Jensen, Wendy Vaizey

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size:
    Deadline: 8/31/17

  • Kingston University

    MFA Program
    London, England
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Oli Hazzard, Hannah Lowe
    Fiction: Diran Adebayo, Adam Baron, Meg Jensen, James Miller, Wendy Vaizey
    Nonfiction: Meg Jensen, Wendy Vaizey

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 75-100 (MFA and MA students combined)
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions

  • Lancaster University

    PhD Program
    Lancaster, England
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Sarah Corbett, Jane Draycott, Paul Farley, Brian McCabe, Graham Mort, Conor O'Callaghan, Tom Pow, Eoghan Walls, Michelene Wandor
    Fiction: Jenn Ashworth, George Green, Zoe Lambert, Sara Maitland, Brian McCabe, Graham Mort, Tom Pow, Michelene Wandor

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full, Online
    Incoming Class Size: 20
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions

  • Lancaster University

    PhD Program
    Lancaster, England
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Sarah Corbett, Jane Draycott, Paul Farley, Brian McCabe, Graham Mort, Conor O'Callaghan, Tom Pow, Eoghan Walls, Michelene Wandor
    Fiction: Jenn Ashworth, George Green, Zoe Lambert, Sara Maitland, Brian McCabe, Graham Mort, Tom Pow, Michelene Wandor

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full, Online
    Incoming Class Size: 20
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions

  • Lancaster University

    MA Program
    Lancaster, England
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Sarah Corbett, Jane Draycott, Paul Farley, Brian McCabe, Graham Mort, Conor O'Callaghan, Tom Pow, Eoghan Walls, Michelene Wandor
    Fiction: Jenn Ashworth, George Green, Zoe Lambert, Sara Maitland, Brian McCabe, Graham Mort, Tom Pow, Michelene Wandor

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full, Online
    Incoming Class Size: 20
    Deadline: 3/31/17

  • Lancaster University

    MA Program
    Lancaster, England
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Sarah Corbett, Jane Draycott, Paul Farley, Brian McCabe, Graham Mort, Conor O'Callaghan, Tom Pow, Eoghan Walls, Michelene Wandor
    Fiction: Jenn Ashworth, George Green, Zoe Lambert, Sara Maitland, Brian McCabe, Graham Mort, Tom Pow, Michelene Wandor

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full, Online
    Incoming Class Size: 20
    Deadline: 3/31/17

  • Lesley University

    MFA Program
    Cambridge, MA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Erin Belieu, Sharon Bryan, Teresa Cader, Rafael Campo, Steven Cramer, Stephen Haven, Adrian Matejka, Joan Houlihan, Cate Marvin, Kevin Prufer
    Fiction: Tony Eprile, Laurie Foos, Rachel Kadish, Hester Kaplan, Michael Lowenthal, William Lychack, Kyoko Mori, Christine Shea, A. J. Verdelle
    Nonfiction: Jane Brox, Rachel Manley, Roland Merullo, Kyoko Mori, Pamela Petro, Janet Pocorobba
    Stage and Screen: Jami Brandli, Barry Brodsky, Ronan Noone, Kate Snodgrass, Sinan Unel
    Young People Writing: Tracey Baptiste, David Elliott, Susan Goodman, Michelle Knudsen, Chris Lynch, Jason Reynolds, Sara Zarr

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 95
    Deadline: 3/1/17

  • Lindenwood University

    MFA Program
    St. Charles, MO
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Kelli Allen, Eve Jones
    Fiction: Wm. Anthony Connolly, Tony D'Souza, Zachary Tyler Vickers
    Nonfiction: Catherine Rankovic

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full, Online
    Incoming Class Size:
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions

  • Lindenwood University

    MFA Program
    St. Charles, MO
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Kelli Allen, Eve Jones
    Fiction: Wm. Anthony Connolly, Tony D'Souza, Zachary Tyler Vickers
    Nonfiction: Catherine Rankovic

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full, Online
    Incoming Class Size:
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions

  • London Metropolitan University

    MA Program
    London, England
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Sarah Law, Niall O'Sullivan
    Fiction: Carolyn Hart, Sunny Singh
    Nonfiction: Anne Karpf

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

  • Long Island University

    MFA Program
    Brooklyn, NY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: John High, Erica Hunt, Lewis Warsh
    Fiction: Lewis Warsh
    Cross-Genre: John High, Lewis Warsh

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size:
    Deadline: 2/15/17

  • Louisiana State University

    MFA Program
    Baton Rouge, LA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Lara Glenum, Laura Mullen
    Fiction: Jennifer S. Davis, James Wilcox
    Nonfiction: Joshua Wheeler

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 6–8
    Deadline: 1/15/18

  • Manhattanville College

    MFA Program
    Purchase, NY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Mark Nowak
    Fiction: Fatin Abbas, Jeff Bens, Neela Vaswani
    Nonfiction: Joanna Clapps Herman, Lori Soderlind

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 8–10
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions

  • McNeese State University

    MA Program
    Lake Charles, LA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Fiction: Michael Horner, Christopher Lowe

    Genre: Fiction
    Residency: Online
    Incoming Class Size: 3–6
    Deadline: 5/1/18

  • McNeese State University

    MFA Program
    Lake Charles, LA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Amy Fleury, Keagan Lejeune
    Fiction: John Griswold, Christopher Lowe

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 7–8
    Deadline: 2/21/18

  • Miami University

    MFA Program
    Oxford, OH
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Jim Heynen, Hoa Nguyen, Dana Ward
    Fiction: Eric Goodman, Jim Heynen, Porochista Khakpour, Jacquelyn Mitchard, Josip Novakovich, Alissa Nutting, Peter Orner, Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Hugh Sheehy
    Nonfiction: Scott Berg, Porochista Khakpour, Josip Novakovich, Emily Rapp

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size:
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions

  • Miami University

    MFA Program
    Oxford, OH
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: cris cheek, Keith Tuma, Cathy Wagner
    Fiction: Joseph Bates, Margaret Luongo, Brian Roley
    Nonfiction: Daisy Hernández, TaraShea Nesbit

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 25
    Deadline: 1/1/17

  • Mills College

    MFA Program
    Oakland, CA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Stephen Ratcliffe, Juliana Spahr, Truong Tran, Stephanie Young
    Prose: Elmaz Abinader, Micheline Aharonian Marcom, Achy Obejas, Patricia Powell, Kathryn Reiss

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full, Low
    Incoming Class Size: Approximately 60
    Deadline: 1/15/18

  • Mills College

    MFA Program
    Oakland, CA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Stephen Ratcliffe, Juliana Spahr, Truong Tran, Stephanie Young
    Prose: Elmaz Abinader, Micheline Aharonian Marcom, Achy Obejas, Patricia Powell, Kathryn Reiss

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full, Low
    Incoming Class Size: Approximately 60
    Deadline: 1/15/18

  • Minnesota State University, Mankato

    MFA Program
    Mankato, MN
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Candace Black, Richard Robbins
    Fiction: Robin Becker, Geoff Herbach, Chris McCormick
    Nonfiction: Diana Joseph

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

  • Mississippi University for Women

    MFA Program
    Columbus, MS
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Kendall Dunkelberg
    Fiction: Mary Miller
    Nonfiction: Mary Miller
    Translation: Kendall Dunkelberg

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 10-15/year
    Deadline: 3/1/17

  • Mount St. Mary's University

    MFA Program
    Los Angeles, CA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: JoAnna Novak, Johnny Payne
    Fiction: Margarita Borrero, Johnny Payne, JoAnna Novak
    Nonfiction: Lisa Fetchko, Nathan Deuel, Ana V. Thorne

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 30
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions

  • Murray State University

    MFA Program
    Murray, KY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Nickole Brown, Blas Falconer, Gary Jackson, Jeff Skinner
    Fiction: Tommy Hays, Dale Ray Phillips, Lynn Pruett, Allen Wier
    Nonfiction: Riley Hanick, Karen Salyer McElmurray, Elena Passarello

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 50
    Deadline: 10/1/16

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