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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.

  • Newport, RI
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Charles Coe, Edgar Kunz
    Fiction: Allen Kurzweil, Bill Roorbach, Danielle Trussoni, Tim Weed
    Nonfiction: Alden Jones, Kate Moulton, Bernadette Murphy
    Guest writers include: Erin Almond, Steve Almond, Jennifer DeLeon

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 15 each year
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions
  • Raleigh, NC
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Sumita Chakraborty, Eduardo C. Corral, Meg Day
    Fiction: Belle Boggs, Carter Sickels, LaTanya McQueen

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 13
    Deadline: 2/1/24
  • Akron, Cleveland, Kent, Youngstown, OH
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Mary Biddinger, Phil Brady, Caryl Pagel, Catherine Wing
    Fiction: Chris Barzak, Hilary Plum, Imad Rahman
    Nonfiction: David Giffels, Caryl Pagel, Hilary Plum
    Playwriting: Michael Geither

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 20
    Deadline: 1/15/24
  • Flagstaff, AZ
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Sherwin Bitsui, Nicole Walker
    Fiction: Geetha Iyer, Chelsey Johnson, Oscar Mancinas
    Nonfiction: Lawrence Lenhart, KT Thompson, Nicole Walker

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 14
    Deadline: 2/1/24
  • Marquette, MI
    Core Faculty Includes:

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

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 7
    Deadline: 2/1/24
  • Nottingham, England
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Andrew Taylor, Rory Waterman
    Fiction: David Belbin, Eve Makis
    Screenwriting: Anthony Cropper, William Ivory

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 15-25
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions
  • Columbus, OH
    Core Faculty Includes:

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

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 12–16
    Deadline: 12/4/23
  • Athens, OH
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Mark Halliday
    Fiction: Patrick O’Keeffe
    Nonfiction: Eric LeMay

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 3
    Deadline: 2/1/24
  • Athens, OH
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Mark Halliday
    Fiction: Patrick O’Keeffe
    Nonfiction: Eric LeMay

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 3-4
    Deadline: 2/1/24
  • Oklahoma City, OK
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Jeanetta Calhoun Mish
    Fiction: Allison Amend, Lou Berney
    Nonfiction: Kerry Cohen
    Screenwriting: Lou Berney

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low, Online
    Incoming Class Size: 6-8 per semester
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions
  • Stillwater, OK
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Lisa Lewis
    Fiction: Dinah Cox, Aimee Parkison
    Nonfiction: Sarah Beth Childers

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 15
    Deadline: 1/5/24
  • Stillwater, OK
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Lisa Lewis
    Fiction: Dinah Cox, Aimee Parkison
    Nonfiction: Sarah Beth Childers

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 15
    Deadline: 1/5/24
  • Norfolk, VA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Marianne Chan, Luisa A. Igloria

    Fiction: Jane Alberdeston, John McManus, Kent Wascom

    Nonfiction: Luisa A. Igloria, Marianne Chan

    Hybrid: Luisa A. Igloria

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 6
    Deadline: 4/1/24
  • Corvallis, OR
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: David Biespiel, Karen Holmberg, Jennifer Richter
    Fiction: Sindya Bhanoo, Nick Dybek, Susan Jackson Rodgers, Keith Scribner
    Nonfiction: Elena Passarello, Justin St. Germain

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 10-14
    Deadline: 1/3/24
  • Bend, OR
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Program Lead: Jennifer Reimer, PhD

    Poetry: Irene Cooper, Raquel Gutiérrez, Joy Manesiotis

    Fiction: Beth Alvarado, Christopher Boucher, Irene Cooper, T. Geronimo Johnson, Joshua Mohr

    Nonfiction: Beth Alvarado, Christopher Boucher, Joshua Mohr, Ellen Waterston

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: Varies - Maximum program enrollment: 27 students
    Deadline: 3/1/24
  • Tacoma, WA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Kelli Russell Agodon, Rick Barot, Geffrey Davis, Oliver de la Paz, Jennifer Foerster, torrin a. greathouse, Jenny Johnson, Brian Teare

    Fiction: April Ayers Lawson, Scott Nadelson, Sequoia Nagamatsu, Marjorie Sandor, Renee Simms

    Nonfiction: Barrie Jean Borich, Wendy Call, Rebecca McClanahan, Brenda Miller, Justin St. Germain

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 15-20
    Deadline: 11/30/23
  • Portland, OR
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Lead Faculty: Alison C Rollins

    Core Faculty: Alejandro de Acosta, Jess Arndt, Matt Hart, Sara Jaffe, LaTanya McQueen, Poupeh Missaghi, Vi Khi Nao, Brandon Shimoda, Dao Strom, Asiya Wadud, Tyrone Williams

    Past guest artists: Venita Blackburn, Jenny Boully, K-Ming Chang, Renee Gladman, Cedar Sigo

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 7
    Deadline: 10/1/23
  • Forest Grove, OR
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Ellen Bass, Eduardo C. Corral, Kwame Dawes, Danusha Laméris, Dorianne Laux, Shara McCallum, Joseph Millar, Mahtem Shiferraw

    Fiction: Claire Davis, Siddhartha Deb, Jack Driscoll, Pete Fromm, Frank X. Gaspar, Molly Gloss, Cate Kennedy, Valerie Laken, Mary Helen Stefaniak, Willy Vlautin, Kellie Wells

    Nonfiction: Chris Abani (multi-genre), Sanjiv Bhattacharya, Claire Dederer, W. Ralph Eubanks, Mike Magnuson, Kao Kalia Yang

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 15
    Deadline: 12/1/23
  • Portland, OR
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: John Beer
    Fiction: Janice Lee, Gabriel Urza, Leni Zumas
    Nonfiction: Paul Collins, Justin Hocking

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 16
    Deadline: 1/15/24
  • Brooklyn, NY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Mirene Arsanios, Hannah Assadi, Youmna Chlala, Claire Donato, Laura Elrick, Jackie Ess, James Hannaham, Christian Hawkey, Rachel Levitsky, Anna Moschovakis, Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts, Christopher Rey Pérez, Ellery Washington

    Genre: Not Genre-Specific
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 6
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions
  • Flushing, NY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Nicole Cooley, Kimiko Hahn, Roger Sedarat
    Fiction: Eugene Lim, John Weir
    Nonfiction: Briallen Hopper, Jason Tougaw
    Translation: Ammiel Alcalay, Annmarie Drury, Roger Sedarat

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 19
    Deadline: 2/15/24
  • Charlotte, NC
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Faculty for the U.S. track of the program:

    Poetry: Cathy Smith Bowers, Morri Creech, Bob Hicok, Marcus Jackson, Ada Limón, Rebecca Lindenberg, James McKean, Orlando Menes, Jon Pineda, Robert Polito, Claudia Rankine, Jeffrey Thomson
    Fiction: Ann Cummins, Jonathan Dee, Elizabeth Evans, Elizabeth Gaffney, Myla Goldberg, Zachary Lazar, Fred Leebron, Daniel Mueller, Naeem Murr, Jenny Offill, David Payne, Susan Perabo, Patricia Powell, Steven Rinehart, Elias Rodriques, Elissa Schappell, Dana Spiotta, Maxine Swann, Ashley Warlick
    Nonfiction: Kristin Dombek, Emily Fox Gordon, Suzannah Lessard, James McKean, Jon Pineda, Robert Polito, Emily White
    Writing for Stage and Screen: Hal Ackerman, Khris Baxter, Peter Behrens, Nandi Bowe, David Christensen, Trish Harnetiaux, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Brighde Mullins, Daniel Pinchbeck
    Young Adult: Laura Ruby

    Faculty for the Latin American track of the program:

    Poetry: Ada Limón, Orlando Menes, Jon Pineda
    Fiction: Carolina De Robertis, Mary Gaitskill, Cristina Garcia, Francisco Goldman, Manuel Gonzalez, Fred Leebron, Chris Offutt, Nelly Rosario, Maxine Swann, Héctor Tobar
    Nonfiction: Francisco Goldman, Chris Offutt, Maxine Swann, Héctor Tobar
    Writing for Stage and Screen: Khris Baxter, Chris Offutt
    Young Adult: Cristina Garcia, Laura Ruby

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 15 per cohort each semester
    Deadline: 10/1/23
  • Lynchburg, VA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Kaveh Akbar, Eloisa Amezcua, Jos Charles, Anthony Cody, Rigoberto González, Paige Lewis, Angel Nafis, Diana Khoi Nguyen, Chet'la Sebree, Danez Smith, R. A. Villanueva, Phillip B. Williams 

    Fiction: Clare Beams, Maurice Carlos Ruffin, Jaquira Diaz, Mira Jacob, Sabrina Orah Mark, Julia Phillips, Anjali Sachdeva, John Vercher

    Nonfiction: Clare Beams, Maurice Carlos Ruffin, Jaquira Diaz, Mira Jacob, Aviya Kushner, Sabrina Orah Mark, Julia Phillips, Anjali Sachdeva, Chet'la Sebree

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: up to 15
    Deadline: 9/1/23
  • Denver, CO
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Carolina Ebeid, Khadijah Queen, Suzi Q. Smith

    Fiction: Olivia Abtahi, Steven Dunn, Traci L. Jones, Lori Ostlund, Mathangi Subramanian, Denise Vega, Rachel Weaver, Erika T. Wurth

    Creative Nonfiction: Erika Krouse, TaraShea Nesbit, Jenny Shank, Addie Tsai, David Heska Wanbli Weiden

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 10 per cohort
    Deadline: 11/1/23
  • Waleska, GA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Donna Coffey Little, Laura Newbern, William Walsh, Will Wright
    Fiction: Anne Corbitt, Soniah Kamal, Gray Stewart, John Williams
    Nonfiction: Anjali Enjeti
    Scriptwriting/Playwriting: Michael Lucker, Scott Wilkerson

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

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