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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.

  • Mississippi University for Women

    MFA Program
    Columbus, MS
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Kendall Dunkelberg, Kris Lee
    Fiction: Mary Miller
    Nonfiction: Mary Miller
    Translation: Kendall Dunkelberg
    Playwriting Kris Lee

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 10-15 per year
    Deadline: 12/1/17

  • 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, David Shook

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

  • 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, David Shook

    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, Jo Knowles, Benjamin Nugent, Lydia Peelle, Justin Taylor, Katherine Towler, Robin Wasserman, Mitch Wieland
    Nonfiction: Richard Adams Carey, Craig Childs, Amy Irvine, Mark Sundeen

    The visiting faculty for 2017-2018 includes Zia Haider Rahman and Leslie Jamison.

    Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 15-16 per cohort
    Deadline: 3/15/18

  • Murray State University

    MFA Program
    Murray, KY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Nickole Brown, Blas Falconer, Gary Jackson, Jeff Skinner
    Fiction: Lynn Pruett, Dale Ray Phillips, Julia Watts, Allen Wier
    Creative Nonfiction: Karen Salyer McElmurray, Christina Olson

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 10-15
    Deadline: 4/1/18

  • Naropa University

    MFA Program
    Boulder, CO
    Core Faculty Includes:

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

    The guest faculty for the 2017–2018 academic year includes Laird Hunt and Mei-mei Berssenbruge.

    Genre: Not Genre-Specific
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 5-15
    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, Christopher David Rosales, Andrew Schelling, Anne Waldman

    Guest Faculty Includes:
    Erik Anderson, Jennifer K. Dick, Janice Lee, Fred Moten, Cecilia Vicuna, Simone White

    Genre: Not Genre-Specific
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 12-24
    Deadline: 1/16/18

  • National University

    MFA Program
    Los Angeles, 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-Kelly, Jennifer Militello, Allison Titus
    Fiction: Lily Hoang, Andrew Morgan, David Ryan
    Nonfiction: Lily Hoang

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 10-15
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions

  • New Hampshire Institute of Art

    MFA Program
    Manchester, NH
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: MRB Chelko, Ryan Flaherty
    Prose: Charlotte Bacon, Joni B. Cole, Tim Horvath, Eric Pinder, Mark Sleiter, Justin Taylor
    Narrative Theory: Monica Bilson

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 6
    Deadline: 12/1/17

  • New Mexico State University

    MA Program
    Las Cruces, NM
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Carmen Giménez Smith, Richard Greenfield, Connie Voisine
    Fiction: Lee K. Abbott (Distinguished Visiting Writer), Rus Bradburd, Casey Gray, Lily Hoang, Evan Lavender-Smith

    Genre: Not Genre-Specific, Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 3–4
    Deadline: 2/1/18

  • New Mexico State University

    MFA Program
    Las Cruces, NM
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Carmen Giménez Smith, Richard Greenfield, Connie Voisine
    Fiction: Lee K. Abbott (Distinguished Visiting Writer), Rus Bradburd, Casey Gray, Lily Hoang, Evan Lavender-Smith

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 8–10
    Deadline: 1/15/18

  • New York University

    MFA Program
    New York, NY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Catherine Barnett, Anne Carson, Yusef Komunyakaa, Deborah Landau, Sharon Olds, Matthew Rohrer
    Fiction: Nathan Englander, Jonathan Safran Foer, Zadie Smith, Darin Strauss

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 40-60
    Deadline: 12/18/17

  • New York University in Paris

    MFA Program
    New York, NY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Catherine Barnett, Mark Doty, Nick Laird, Meghan O'Rourke, Matthew Rohrer
    Fiction: Chris Adrian, Geoff Dyer, Nathan Englander, John Freeman, Myla Goldberg, Aleksander Hemon, Katie Kitamura, Helen Schulman, Darin Strauss, Matthew Thomas

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 10-20
    Deadline: 3/15/18

  • Newport MFA at Salve Regina University

    MFA Program
    Newport, RI
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Edgar Kunz
    Fiction: Alden Jones, Allen Kurzweil, Taylor Polites, Danielle Trussoni, Tim Weed
    Nonfiction: Alden Jones, Danielle Trussoni

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 20 each year
    Deadline: 3/15/18

  • North Carolina State University

    MFA Program
    Raleigh, NC
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Dorianne Laux, Eduardo C. Corral
    Fiction: Wilton Barnhardt, Belle Boggs, John Kessel

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 12–13
    Deadline: 2/1/18

  • Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts (NEOMFA)

    MFA Program
    Akron, Cleveland, Kent, Youngstown, OH
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Mary Biddinger, Phil Brady, Caryl Pagel, Craig Paulenich, Steven Reese, Catherine Wing
    Fiction: Chris Barzak, Robert Miltner, Varley O’Connor, Imad Rahman, Eric Wasserman
    Nonfiction: Phil Brady, David Giffels, Robert Miltner, Varley O’Connor

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 20
    Deadline: 1/15/18

  • Northern Arizona University

    MFA Program
    Flagstaff, AZ
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Justin Bigos, Nicole Walker
    Fiction: Jane Armstrong, Justin Bigos, Ann Cummins, Lawrence Lenhart, Erin Stalcup
    Nonfiction: Jane Armstrong, Justin Bigos, Lawrence Lenhart, Erin Stalcup, Nicole Walker

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 12
    Deadline: 2/1/18

  • Northern Michigan University

    MFA Program
    Marquette, MI
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Austin Hummell, Patricia Killelea
    Fiction: Jon Billman, Jennifer A. Howard, Monica McFawn
    Nonfiction: Matthew Gavin Frank, Rachel May
     

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 6
    Deadline: 2/1/18

  • Northwestern University

    MFA Program, MA Program
    Evanston, IL
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Reginald Gibbons, Simone Muench, Ed Roberson
    Fiction: Chris Abani, Stuart Dybek, Rebecca Makkai, Juan Martinez, Shauna Seliy, Christine Sneed
    Nonfiction: Eula Biss, Steve Bogira, Audrey Petty, Peggy Shinner

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 10-15
    Deadline: 1/15/18

  • Northwestern University

    MFA Program
    Evanston, IL
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Reginald Gibbons, Simone Muench, Ed Roberson
    Fiction: Chris Abani, Stuart Dybek, Rebecca Makkai, Juan Martinez, Shauna Seliy, Christine Sneed
    Nonfiction: Eula Biss, Steve Bogira, Audrey Petty, Peggy Shinner

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 10-15
    Deadline: 1/15/18

  • Nottingham Trent University

    MA Program
    Nottingham, England
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Sarah Jackson, Andrew Taylor, Rory Waterman
    Fiction: David Belbin
    Screenwriting: Georgina Lock

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 10-20
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions

  • Ohio State University

    MFA Program
    Columbus, OH
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Kathy Fagan, Marcus Jackson
    Fiction: Michelle Herman, Lee Martin, Nick White
    Nonfiction: Michelle Herman, Lee Martin, Elissa Washuta

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 12–16
    Deadline: 12/8/17

  • Ohio University

    PhD Program
    Athens, OH
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Mark Halliday, J. Allyn Rosser, Bianca Lynne Spriggs
    Fiction: Joan Connor, Patrick O’Keeffe
    Nonfiction: Eric LeMay, Dinty W. Moore

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 30
    Deadline: 1/15/18

  • Ohio University

    MA Program
    Athens, OH
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Mark Halliday, J. Allyn Rosser, Bianca Lynne Spriggs
    Fiction: Joan Connor, Patrick O’Keeffe
    Nonfiction: Eric LeMay, Dinty W. Moore

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 30
    Deadline: 1/15/18

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