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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.

  • Kansas State University

    MA Program
    Manhattan, KS
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Traci Brimhall, Elizabeth Dodd
    Fiction: Daniel A. Hoyt, Katherine Karlin, Chris Nelson
    Creative Nonfiction: Elizabeth Dodd

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 5-15
    Deadline: 8/1/19

  • Kingston University

    MA Program
    London, England
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Steven J. Fowler, Helen Palmer
    Fiction: Diran Adebayo, Adam Baron, Paul Bailey, Norma Clarke, Meg Jensen, James Miller, Helen Palmer, Wendy Vaizey
    Nonfiction: Tina Chanter, Meg Jensen, Wendy Vaizey
    Playwriting: Winsome Pinnock

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full, Low
    Incoming Class Size: 12
    Deadline: 7/31/19

  • Kingston University

    MFA Program
    London, England
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Steven J. Fowler
    Fiction: Diran Adebayo, Adam Baron, Meg Jensen, James Miller, Wendy Vaizey
    Nonfiction: Meg Jensen, Wendy Vaizey

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full, Low
    Incoming Class Size: 25
    Deadline: 7/31/19

  • 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, 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, Michelene Wandor

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full, Online
    Incoming Class Size: 10-40
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions

  • Lenoir-Rhyne University

    MFA Program, MA Program
    Asheville, NC
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Luke Hankins, Laura Hope-Gill
    Fiction: Dale Neal, Jamieson Ridenhour
    Nonfiction: Laura Hope-Gill, Sara Kohrt

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full, Online
    Incoming Class Size: 7
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions

  • Lesley University

    MFA Program
    Cambridge, MA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Erin Belieu, Sharon Bryan, Steven Cramer, Danielle Legros Georges, Stephen Haven, Adrian Matejka, Joan Houlihan, Kevin Prufer
    Fiction: Tony Eprile, Laurie Foos, Rachel Kadish, Hester Kaplan, Michael Lowenthal, Christina Shea, A. J. Verdelle
    Nonfiction: Jane Brox, Rachel Manley, 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

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 44 each year
    Deadline: 11/15/19

  • Lindenwood University

    MFA Program
    St. Charles, MO
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Eve Jones, Anothai Kaewkaen, Gillian Parrish
    Fiction: Wm. Anthony Connolly, Tony D'Souza, Zachary Tyler Vickers, Nicole McInnes
    Nonfiction: Kali VanBaale, Lisa Haag, Beth Mead

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full, Online
    Incoming Class Size: 40
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions

  • Long Island University

    MFA Program
    Brooklyn, NY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Lewis Warsh

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 2
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions

  • Louisiana State University

    MFA Program
    Baton Rouge, LA
    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 Kornhauser

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 6–8
    Deadline: 1/15/20

  • Manhattanville College

    MFA Program
    Purchase, NY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Mark Nowak, Suzanne Parker
    Fiction: Jeff Bens, Jeffrey Rotter
    Nonfiction: Lori Soderlind
    Dramatic Writing: Sharbari Ahmed

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

  • McNeese State University

    MFA Program
    Lake Charles, LA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Amy Fleury, Keagan Lejeune
    Fiction: Christopher Lowe

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 7–8
    Deadline: 2/21/20

  • Miami University

    MFA Program
    Oxford, OH
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Hoa Nguyen, Laura Van Prooyen
    Fiction: Jacquelyn Mitchard, Alissa Nutting, Hugh Sheehy
    Nonfiction: Eric Goodman, Jacquelyn Mitchard

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 8-10 per semester
    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: 7-10
    Deadline: 1/2/20

  • Mills College

    MFA Program
    Oakland, CA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Juliana Spahr, Truong Tran, Stephanie Young
    Prose: Elmaz Abinader, Patricia Powell, Kathryn Reiss, Shanthi Sekaran

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: Approximately 30
    Deadline: 1/15/20

  • 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: 2/1/20

  • Mississippi University for Women

    MFA Program
    Columbus, MS
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Kendall Dunkelberg, T. K. Lee
    Fiction: Mary Miller, Brandy T. Wilson
    Nonfiction: Mary Miller, Brandy T. Wilson
    Translation: Kendall Dunkelberg
    Playwriting: T. K. Lee

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 10-15 per year
    Deadline: 12/1/19

  • Mount St. Mary’s University

    MFA Program
    Los Angeles, CA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Thomas Cook, JoAnna Novak, Johnny Payne
    Fiction: Margarita Borrero, Juana Moriel, JoAnna Novak, Johnny Payne
    Nonfiction: Juana Moriel
    Screenwriting: Jo Carlisle, Andrew Ruiz, and Sarah Louise Wilson

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low, Online
    Incoming Class Size: 20
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions

  • Mountainview Low-Residency MFA in Fiction and Nonfiction at Southern New Hampshire University

    MFA Program
    Whitefield, NH
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Fiction: Marcus Burke, Wiley Cash, Rachel B. Glaser, Jo Knowles, Benjamin Nugent, Tracy O’Neill, Lydia Peelle, Rebecca Schiff, Justin Taylor, Katherine Towler, Mitch Wieland, Adam Wilson

    Nonfiction: Richard Adams Carey, Amy Irvine, Nadia Owusu, Mark Sundeen

    Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 15-16 per cohort
    Deadline: 10/15/19

  • Naropa University

    MFA Program
    Boulder, CO
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Reed Bye, Mairead Case, J’Lyn Chapman, Jeffrey Pethybridge, Michelle Naka Pierce, Laura Pritchett, Chris Pusateri, Sara Veglahn, Christopher Rosales, Gabrielle Civil, and Anne Waldman.

    The guest faculty for the 2019–2020 academic year includes Amina Cain and Sun Yung Shin.

    Genre: Not Genre-Specific
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 5-15 each year
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions

  • Naropa University, Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics

    MFA Program
    Boulder, CO
    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-Specific
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 12-24
    Deadline: 2/3/20

  • National University

    MFA Program
    San Diego, CA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Frank Montesonti
    Fiction: Amina Cain
    Nonfiction: Colin Dickey
    Screenwriting: Michael Zimmer

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Online
    Incoming Class Size: 40
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions

  • New England College

    MFA Program
    Henniker, NH
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Paige Ackerson-Kiely, Sarah Manguso, Jennifer Militello, Andrew Morgan, Allison Titus
    Fiction: Jensen Beach, David Ryan, Allison Titus
    Nonfiction: Sarah Manguso, David Ryan

    Recent visiting writers include Alysia Abbott, Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, Linda Gregerson, Andre Dubus III, and Vijay Seshadri.

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 10-15 each year
    Deadline: 12/1/19

  • New Hampshire Institute of Art

    MFA Program
    Manchester, NH
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: MRB Chelko, Ryan Flaherty
    Prose: Joni B. Cole, Tim Horvath, Mark Sleiter
    Narrative Theory: Monica Bilson
     

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

  • New Mexico State University

    MA Program
    Las Cruces, NM
    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-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 3–4
    Deadline: 1/15/20

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