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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: 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 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Courtney Bambrick, Grant Clauser, Christine Salvatore
Fiction: Erin Kelly, Carla (C.J.) Spataro, Randall Brown, Jennifer Fenn
Nonfiction: Jennifer Steil
Dramatic Writing: Roman ColomboGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 10Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Gregory Pardlo, Patrick Rosal
Fiction & Nonfiction: Lauren Grodstein, Paul Lisicky, Lisa ZeidnerGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 10–12Deadline: 1/17/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Rigoberto González, Rachel Hadas, Cathy Park Hong, Brenda Shaughnessy
Fiction: Alice Elliott Dark, John Keene, Akil Kumarasamy, Naomi Jackson
Nonfiction: James Goodman, Salamishah TilletGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 16Deadline: 12/15/20 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Brenda Hillman, Matthew Zapruder
Fiction: Lysley Tenorio
Nonfiction: Marilyn AbildskovGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 24Deadline: 12/10/20 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Ginger Ko, Nick Lantz
Fiction: Scott Kaukonen, Katie Jean Shinkle
Nonfiction: Scott Kaukonen, Katie Jean ShinkleGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 5–6Deadline: 10/15/20 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Sandra Alcosser, Blas Falconer
Fiction: Harold Jaffe, Stephen-Paul Martin, April Wilder
Genre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 20Deadline: 2/1/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Maxine Chernoff, Paul Hoover, Andrew Joron
Fiction: Michelle Carter, Nona Caspers, Joseph Cassara, May-lee Chai, Maxine Chernoff, Carolina De Robertis, Andrew Joron, Michael David Lukas, Chanan Tigay
Translation: Maxine Chernoff, Carolina De Robertis, Paul Hoover, Andrew Joron
Playwriting: Michelle CarterGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 20Deadline: 2/1/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Joseph Cassara, Maxine Chernoff, Paul Hoover, Andrew Joron
Fiction: Michelle Carter, Nona Caspers, May-lee Chai, Maxine Chernoff, Carolina De Robertis, Tonya Foster, Andrew Joron, Michael David Lukas, Chanan Tigay
Creative Nonfiction: Tonya Foster, Chanan Tigay
Literary Translation: Maxine Chernoff, Carolina De Robertis, Paul Hoover, Andrew Joron
Playwriting: Michelle CarterGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 30Deadline: 2/1/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Sally Ashton (Visitng Faculty), Alan Soldofsky
Fiction: Selena Anderson, Keenen Norris, Nick Taylor
Nonfiction: Thomas Moriarty, Keenan Norris
Playwriting/Screenwriting: Matthew SpanglerRecent Lurie Distinguished Authors-in-Residence include Cristina Garcia, Vendela Vida, Andrew Sean Greer, Don George, ZZ Packer, and Faith Adiele. In Spring 2021: Ellen Bass.
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 10Deadline: 2/1/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Anaïs Duplan, Suzanne Gardinier, Matthea Harvey, Marie Howe, Jeffrey McDaniel, Dennis Nurkse, Afaa Michael Weaver .
Fiction: Carolyn Ferrell, Myla Goldberg, Garth Risk Hallberg, David Hollander, Rattawut Lapcharoensap, Victoria Redel, Nelly Reifler, David Ryan .
Nonfiction: Jo Ann Beard, Vinson Cunningham, Heather Harpham, T Kira Madden, Vijay Seshadri, Jacob Slichter, Cliff Thompson, Kate Zambreno.
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 30–40Deadline: 1/10/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Atlanta: Christopher Bundy, Paige Gray, Catherine Ramsdell, Darby Sanders, Carlie Sorosiak
Savannah: Andrea Goto, Lee Griffith, James Lough, Chris Millis, Jonathan RabbGenre: Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: Full, OnlineIncoming Class Size: Atlanta: 20; Savannah: 20; Online: 20Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Ruth Margraff, James McManus
Fiction: Jesse Ball, Janet Desaulniers, Sara Levine, James McManus, Beth Nugent
Nonfiction: Sara Levine, James McManus
Cross-Genre: Sally Alatalo, Mark Booth, Janet Desaulniers, Ruth Margraff, Beth NugentGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 20-25Deadline: 1/10/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Mischa Willet, Jennifer Maier
Fiction: Robert Clark, Gine Ochsner
Nonfiction: Susanne Antonetta, Lauren F. Winner
Young Adult Fiction: Bryan Bliss, Sara ZarrGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 9-12 per residencyDeadline: 11/1/20 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Michael Arnzen, Lee McClain, Nicole Peeler, Albert Wendland
Genre: FictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 10-20 per residencyDeadline: 3/22/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Nickole Brown, Tiana Clark, Charles Martin
Fiction: Chris Bachelder, Lee Conell, Michael Griffith, Adrianne Harun, Jamie Quatro
Nonfiction: Kelly Grey Carlisle, Neil Shea, Meera Subramanian, John Jeremiah SullivanGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: OtherIncoming Class Size: 12-24Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Carolyn Forché, Nathalie Handal, Lee Herrick, Laura McCullough, John Murillo, Gailmarie Pahmeier, June Saraceno, Patricia Smith, Brian Turner, Laura Wetherington
Fiction: Natalie Baszile, Alan Heathcock, Tim Hernandez, Patrick Hicks, Rebecca Makkai, Joanne Meschery, Peter Mountford, Sunil Yapa
Nonfiction: Gayle Brandeis, Benjamin Busch, Steven Church, Kelle Groom, Lacy M. Johnson, Suzanne Roberts, Kristal Sital, Brian Turner, Arianne ZwartjesGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 15 per residencyDeadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Jeff Mock, Vivian Shipley
Fiction: Rachel Furey, Tim Parrish
Creative Nonfiction: Rachel Furey, Tim ParrishGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 12Deadline: 3/1/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Judy Jordan, Allison Joseph
Fiction: Pinckney Benedict, Rebekah FrumkinGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 8-10Deadline: 2/1/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Tiana Clark, Joshua Kryah
Fiction: Geoff Schmidt, Valerie VogrinGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 5-10Deadline: 2/1/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Heather Demetrios, Kristen I.K. Flournoy, Yi Shuan Lai, Joan F. Smith, Paul Witcover.
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Genre: FictionResidency: OnlineIncoming Class Size: 50 per average cohort (12 students per course)Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Debra Kang Dean, Kathleen Driskell, Lynnell Edwards, Erin Keane, Douglas Manuel, Greg Pape, Maggie Smith, Jeanie Thompson, Keith S. Wilson
Fiction: Julie Brickman, K. L. Cook, Leslie Daniels, Pete Duval, Kirby Gann, Rachel M. Harper, Roy Hoffman, Silas House, Fenton Johnson, Robin Lippincott, Nancy McCabe, Eleanor Morse, Elaine Neil Orr, John Pipkin, Neela Vaswani
Nonfiction: Dianne Aprile, Roy Hoffman, Jason Kyle Howard, Fenton Johnson, Robin Lippincott, Nancy McCabe, Elaine Neil Orr, Neela Vaswani, Rebecca Walker
Writing for Children & Young Adults: Susan Campbell Bartoletti, Beth Bauman, Lamar Giles, Edith M. Hemingway, Leah Henderson, Lesléa Newman
Screenwriting: Larry Brenner, Helena Kriel, Bruce Marshall Romans, Sam Zalutsky
Playwriting: Gabriel Jason Dean, Kira Obolensky, Eric Schmiedl, Charlie Schulman
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 15-20 per residencyDeadline: 8/1/20 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Felice Belle, Mahogany Browne, Annie Finch
Fiction: Jamel Brinkley, Theo Gangi, Marlon James, Lincoln Michel, Jason Starr
Play/Screenwriting: Ben SnyderGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 8 each yearDeadline: 10/1/20 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs, Cyriaco Lopes, Urayoán Noel, Jena Osman, and Terri Witek.
Prose: Teresa Carmody, Sarah Gerard, Veronica Gonzalez-Peña, Stephanie SauerGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 20 each yearDeadline: Rolling Admissions