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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: Steven J. Fowler, Helen Palmer
Fiction: Diran Adebayo, Adam Baron, Paul Bailey, Meg Jensen, James Miller, Helen Palmer, Wendy Vaizey
Nonfiction: Meg Jensen, Wendy VaizeyGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: Full, LowIncoming Class Size: 12Deadline: 8/31/20 -
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: 25Deadline: 8/31/20 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Sarah Corbett, Jane Draycott, Paul Farley, Brian McCabe, Graham Mort, Conor O’Callaghan, Tom Pow, Eoghan Walls, Michelene Wandor
Prose: Jenn Ashworth, George Green, Zoe Lambert, Sara Maitland, Brian McCabe, Graham Mort, 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, Zoe Lambert, Michelene Wandor
Scriptwriting: Tajinder Singh HayerGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: Full, OnlineIncoming Class Size: 10-40Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Luke Hankins, Laura Hope-Gill
Fiction: Dale Neal, Jamieson Ridenhour
Nonfiction: Laura Hope-Gill, Sara KohrtGenre: 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, 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, Kate Snodgrass, Sinan Unel
Young People Writing: Tracey Baptiste, David Elliott, Susan Goodman, Michelle Knudsen, Chris Lynch, Jason ReynoldsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 30 each yearDeadline: 11/15/20 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Ron Austin, Tony D'Souza, Lisa Haag Kang, Anothai Kaewkaen, Eve Jones, Nicole McInnes, Beth Mead, Gillian Parrish, Kali VanBaale, William Anthony Connolly, Zachary Tyler Vickers
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: Full, OnlineIncoming Class Size: 40Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Lara Glenum, Laura Mullen
Fiction: Jennifer S. Davis, Maurice Ruffin
Nonfiction: Joshua Wheeler
Screenwriting and New Media: Jason Buch, Zachary Godshall, Mari KornhauserVisiting Assistant Professor in Fiction: Brenna Womer
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 6–8Deadline: 1/15/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Jennifer Franklin, Mark Nowak, Suzanne Parker
Fiction: Jeff Bens, Jeffrey Rotter
Nonfiction: Lori Soderlind
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: Christopher LoweGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 7–8Deadline: 2/21/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: cris cheek, Keith Tuma, Cathy Wagner
Fiction: Joseph Bates, Margaret Luongo, Brian Roley
Nonfiction: Daisy Hernández, TaraShea NesbitGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 9–12Deadline: 1/2/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Juliana Spahr, Truong Tran, Stephanie Young
Prose: Elmaz Abinader, Patricia Powell, Kathryn ReissGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: Full, LowIncoming Class Size: Approximately 30Deadline: 1/15/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Candace Black, Richard Robbins, Michael Torres
Fiction: Robin Becker, Geoff Herbach, Chris McCormick
Nonfiction: Diana JosephGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 18Deadline: 2/1/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Kendall Dunkelberg, T. K. Lee
Fiction: Mary Miller, Brandy T. Wilson
Nonfiction: Ellen Ann Fentress, 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: 3/1/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Thomas Cook, JoAnna Novak, Johnny Payne
Fiction: Juana Moriel, JoAnna Novak, Johnny Payne
Nonfiction: Juana Moriel
Screenwriting: Jo Carlisle, Andrew RuizGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: Low, OnlineIncoming Class Size: 20Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Fiction: Marcus Burke, Rachel B. Glaser, Jo Knowles, Benjamin Nugent, Tracy O’Neill, Lydia Peelle, Rebecca Schiff, Katherine Towler, Robin Wasserman, Adam Wilson
Nonfiction: Amy Irvine, Nadia Owusu, Mark Sundeen
Genre: Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 15-16 per cohortDeadline: 10/1/20 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Reed Bye, Mairead Case, J’Lyn Chapman, Gabrielle Civil, Jeffrey Pethybridge, Michelle Naka Pierce, Laura Pritchett, Chris Pusateri, Christopher Rosales, Sun Yung Shin, Sara Veglahn, and Anne Waldman.
Caren Beilin will serve as guest faculty in fall 2020.
Genre: Not Genre-SpecificResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 5-15 each yearDeadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
J’Lyn Chapman, Jeffrey Pethybridge, Michelle Naka Pierce, Andrew Schelling, Anne Waldman
Guest Faculty Includes: Anne Boyer, Cecilia Vicuña, Lisa Robertson, Tracie Morris, Mariko Ngaio, 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
Genre: Not Genre-SpecificResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 12-24Deadline: 2/3/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Paige Ackerson-Kiely, Chen Chen, Jennifer Militello, Andrew Morgan, Allison Titus
Fiction: Tim Horvarth, Leah Johnson, David Ryan, Allison Titus
Nonfiction: Jennifer Militello, David Ryan
Writing for Stage and Screen: Buzz McLaughlinRecent visiting writers include Alysia Abbott, Rosebud Ben-Oni, Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, Linda Gregerson, Andre Dubus III, Leah Johnson, Vijay Seshadri, and Ocean Vuong.
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 10-15 each yearDeadline: 12/1/20 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Richard Greenfield, Connie Voisine
Fiction: Brandon Hobson, Rus Bradburd, Dana Kroos (Visiting)Genre: Not Genre-Specific, Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 3–4Deadline: 1/15/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Richard Greenfield, Connie Voisine
Fiction: Rus Bradburd, Brandon Hobson, Dana Kroos (Visiting)Genre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 8–10Deadline: 1/15/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Catherine Barnett, Anne Carson, Terrance Hayes, Edward Hirsch, Yusef Komunyakaa, Nick Laird, Deborah Landau, Sharon Olds, Matthew Rohrer
Fiction: Nathan Englander, Jeffrey Eugenides, Jonathan Safran Foer, Katie Kitamura, Hari Kunzru, Joyce Carol Oates, Zadie Smith, Darin Strauss
Creative Nonfiction: Hari Kunzru, Darin StraussGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 40-60Deadline: 12/18/20 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Catherine Barnett, Ishion Hutchinson, Nick Laird, Deborah Landau, Robin Coste Lewis, Meghan O’Rourke, Matthew Rohrer.
Fiction: Nathan Englander, John Freeman, Katie Kitamura, Hari Kunzru, Zadie Smith, Darin Strauss
Creative Nonfiction: John Freeman, Hari Kunzru, Meghan O’Rourke, Darin Strauss
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 10-20Deadline: 9/1/20 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Edgar Kunz
Fiction: Charles Coe, Alden Jones, Allen Kurzweil, Taylor Polites, Danielle Trussoni, Tim Weed
Nonfiction: Alden Jones, Danielle TrussoniGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 15 each yearDeadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Dorianne Laux, Eduardo C. Corral
Fiction: Wilton Barnhardt, Belle Boggs, Cadwell TurnbullGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 12–13Deadline: 2/1/21