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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: Mary Biddinger, Phil Brady, Caryl Pagel, Steven Reese, Catherine Wing
Fiction: Chris Barzak, Imad Rahman, Eric Wasserman
Nonfiction: Phil Brady, David GiffelsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 20Deadline: 1/15/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Sherwin Bitsui, Andrea Francis, Nicole Walker
Fiction: Ann Cummins, Chelsey Johnson, Lawrence Lenhart
Nonfiction: Lawrence Lenhart, Kara Thompson, Nicole WalkerGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 16Deadline: 2/1/21 -
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 NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 6Deadline: 2/1/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Averill Curdy, Reginald Gibbons, Natasha Trethewey, Rachel Jamison Webster
Fiction: Chris Abani, Brian Bouldrey, Sheila Donohue, Stuart Dybek, Juan Martinez, Shauna Seliy
Nonfiction: Eula Biss, John BreslandGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 4Deadline: 12/15/20 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Andrew Taylor, Rory Waterman
Fiction: David Belbin, Eve Makis
Screenwriting: Anthony CropperGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 15-25Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Kathy Fagan, Marcus Jackson
Fiction: Michelle Herman, Lee Martin, Nick White
Nonfiction: Michelle Herman, Lee Martin, Elissa WashutaGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 12–16Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Mark Halliday, Bianca Lynne Spriggs
Fiction: Patrick O’Keeffe
Nonfiction: Eric LeMayGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 3Deadline: 1/15/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Mark Halliday, Bianca Lynne Spriggs
Fiction: Patrick O’Keeffe
Nonfiction: Eric LeMayGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 3-4Deadline: 1/15/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Timothy Bradford, Todd Fuller, Jeanetta Calhoun Mish
Fiction: Allison Amend, Lou Berney, Rob Roensch
Nonfiction: Kerry Cohen, Liz BloodGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: Low, OnlineIncoming Class Size: 6-8 per semesterDeadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Janine Joseph, Lisa Lewis
Fiction: Dinah Cox, Nahal Suzanne Jamir, Aimee Parkison
Nonfiction: Sarah Beth ChildersGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 10Deadline: 1/5/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Janine Joseph, Lisa Lewis
Fiction: Dinah Cox, Nahal Suzanne Jamir, Aimee Parkison
Nonfiction: Sarah Beth ChildersGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 10Deadline: 1/5/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Luisa A. Igloria, Benjamin Naka-Hasebe Kingsley
Fiction: John McManus, Sheri Reynolds, Kent Wascom
Nonfiction: Michael PearsonGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 12Deadline: 3/1/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: David Biespiel, Karen Holmberg, Jennifer Richter
Fiction: Nick Dybek, Susan Jackson Rodgers, Marjorie Sandor, Keith Scribner
Nonfiction: Elena Passarello, Justin St. GermainGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 10-14Deadline: 12/28/20 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Ru Freeman and Raquel Gutiérrez
Fiction: Beth Alvarado, Christopher Boucher, Ru Freeman, T. Geronimo Johnson
Nonfiction: Beth Alvarado, Christopher Boucher, Ru FreemanGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: Varies - Maximum program enrollment: 27 studentsDeadline: 12/1/20 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Rick Barot, David Biespiel, Kevin Clark, Geffrey Davis, Oliver de la Paz, Jennifer Foerster, Greg Glazner, Jenny Johnson, Peggy Shumaker
Fiction: Suzanne Berne, Kent Meyers, Scott Nadelson, Marjorie Sandor, Renee Simms, Jason Skipper
Nonfiction: Barrie Jean Borich, Wendy Call, Rebecca McClanahan, Brenda Miller, Marie Mutsuki Mockett, Sejal Shah, Justin St. Germain
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 15-20Deadline: 11/30/20 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Ellen Bass, Marvin Bell, Eduardo C. Corral, Kwame Dawes, Dorianne Laux, Shara McCallum, Joseph Millar, Mahtem Shiferraw
Fiction: Chris Abani, Claire Davis, Jack Driscoll, Pete Fromm, Frank Gaspar, Molly Gloss, Cate Kennedy, Valerie Laken, Mary Helen Stefaniak, Willy Vlautin, Kellie Wells
Nonfiction: Sanjiv Bhattacharya, Judy Blunt, Claire Dederer, Debra Gwartney, Mike Magnuson
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 20-25 per semesterDeadline: 9/1/20 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: John Beer, Michele Glazer
Fiction: Janice Lee, Gabriel Urza, Leni Zumas
Nonfiction: Paul CollinsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 16Deadline: 1/15/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Youmna Chlala, Laura Elrick, James Hannaham, Christian Hawkey, Samantha Hunt, Rachel Levitsky, Mendi Lewis Obadike, Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts
Writing Department Chair: Beth Loffreda
Genre: Not Genre-SpecificResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 10Deadline: 1/5/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Kaveh Akbar, Don Platt
Fiction: Brian Leung, Terese Mailhot, Sharon SolwitzGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 8Deadline: 12/31/20 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Nicole Cooley, Kimiko Hahn, Roger Sedarat
Fiction: Maaza Mengiste, John Weir
Nonfiction: Briallen Hopper, Jason Tougaw
Translation: Ammiel Alcalay, Roger Sedarat
Graphic Nonfiction/Comix: Josh Neufeld (Visiting)Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 12Deadline: 2/15/21 -
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Faculty for the U.S. track of the program:
Poetry: Cathy Smith Bowers, Morri Creech, Bob Hicok, Marcus Jackson, Nick Lantz, Ada Limón, Rebecca Lindenberg, James McKean, Jon Pineda, Robert Polito, Claudia Rankine, and Kathryn Rhett
Fiction: Pinckney Benedict, Ann Cummins, Jonathan Dee, Elizabeth Evans, Elizabeth Gaffney, Myla Goldberg, Zachary Lazar, Fred Leebron, Naeem Murr, Jenny Offill, David Payne, Susan Perabo, Patricia Powell, Steven Rinehart, Elissa Schappell, Dana Spiotta, and Ashley Warlick
Nonfiction: Krisitin Dombek, Emily Fox Gordon, Natalie Kusz, Suzannah Lessard, Jim McKean, Jon Pineda, and Kathryn Rhett
Writing for Stage and Screen: Hal Ackerman, Khris Baxter, Peter Behrens, Trish Harnetiaux, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Winter Miller, Brighde Mullins, and Daniel PinchbeckFaculty for the Latin American track of the program:
Poetry: Ada Limón and Orlando Menes
Fiction: Carolina De Robertis, Mary Gaitskill, Cristina Garcia, Francisco Goldman, Manuel Gonzalez, Fred Leebron, Chris Offutt, Nelly Rosario, Maxine Swann, and Héctor Tobar
Nonfiction: Francisco Goldman, Chris Offutt, Maxine Swann, and Héctor Tobar
Writing for Stage and Screen: Chris Offutt
Young Adult: Cristina GarciaGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 15 per cohort each semesterDeadline: 11/1/20 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Kaveh Akbar, Rigoberto González, Ilya Kaminsky, Paige Lewis, Layli Long Soldier, Diana Khoi Nguyen, Erika L. Sánchez, Phillip B. Williams
Fiction: Rigoberto González, Mira Jacob, Aviya Kushner, Erika L. Sánchez
Nonfiction: Rigoberto González, Mira Jacob, Aviya Kushner, Anjali Sachdeva, Erika L. SánchezGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: up to 15Deadline: 9/1/20 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Eric Baus, Carolina Ebeid, Adrianne Kalfopoulou, Khadijah Queen, Andrea Rexilius
Fiction: Mario Acevedo, Steven Dunn, Kathy Fish, David Hicks, Traci L. Jones, Lori Ostlund, Jenny Shank, Denise Vega
Creative Nonfiction: Kristen Iversen, TaraShea Nesbit, Helen Thorpe, Kathryn WinogradGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 10 per cohortDeadline: 10/15/20 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Donna Coffey Little, Laura Newbern, William Walsh, Will Wright
Fiction: Ray Atkins, Anne Corbitt, Soniah Kamal, Gray Stewart, John Williams
Nonfiction: Anjali Enjeti
Scriptwriting/Playwriting: Michael Lucker, Scott WilkersonGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 15Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Fiction: Kyle Beachy, Christian TeBordo
Nonfiction: Regina BuccolaGenre: Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 8–12Deadline: Rolling Admissions