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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.

  • Chicago, IL
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Fiction: Josh Bohnsack, Jessica Anne Chiang
    Nonfiction: Kyle Beachy, Regina Buccola, Vince Francone

    Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 8–10
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions
  • Bryn Mawr, PA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Grant Clauser, Christine Salvatore
    Fiction: Jennifer Fenn, Trish Rodriguez, Carla (C.J.) Spataro
    Nonfiction: Jennifer Rieger

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 10
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions
  • Camden, NJ
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Stephanie Cawley, Airea Dee Matthews, Gregory Pardlo, Patrick Rosal
    Fiction: Lauren Grodstein, Tom McAllister, Lisa Zeidner
    Nonfiction: Lise Funderburg, Paul Lisicky

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 8
    Deadline: 1/19/24
  • Newark, NJ
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Rigoberto González (Director) and Brenda Shaughnessy
    Fiction: Alice Elliott Dark, John Keene, Akil Kumarasamy, Naomi Jackson, Simeon Marsalis
    Nonfiction: James Goodman, Salamishah Tillet

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 14
    Deadline: 12/15/23
  • Moraga, CA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Matthew Zapruder
    Fiction: Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
    Nonfiction: Marilyn Abildskov

    Visiting writers rotate every semester. 

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 18
    Deadline: 12/15/23
  • Huntsville, TX
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Ginger Ko, Nick Lantz
    Fiction: Scott Kaukonen, Katie Jean Shinkle
    Nonfiction: Scott Kaukonen, Katie Jean Shinkle​

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 5–6
    Deadline: 3/15/24
  • San Diego, CA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Sandra Alcosser, Blas Falconer

    Fiction: Lashon Daley, Matt de la Peña, Stephen-Paul Martin

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 20
    Deadline: 2/1/24
  • San Francisco, CA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Maxine Chernoff, Tonya Foster, 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
    Creative Nonfiction: Joseph Cassara, May-lee Chai, Chanan Tigay
    Translation: Maxine Chernoff, Carolina De Robertis, Paul Hoover, Andrew Joron
    Playwriting: Michelle Carter

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

    Poetry: Maxine Chernoff, Tonya Foster, Paul Hoover, Andrew Joron
    Fiction: Michelle Carter, Nona Caspers, Joseph Cassara, May-lee Chai, Maxine Chernoff, Carolina De Robertis, Tonya Foster, Andrew Joron, Michael David Lukas, Chanan Tigay
    Creative Nonfiction: Chanan Tigay, Joseph Cassara, May-lee Chai, Chanan Tigay
    Literary Translation: Maxine Chernoff, Carolina De Robertis, Paul Hoover, Andrew Joron
    Playwriting: Michelle Carter

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 30
    Deadline: 2/1/24
  • San Jose, CA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: J. Michael Martinez, Alan Soldofsky
    Fiction: Selena Anderson, Keenen Norris, Nick Taylor
    Nonfiction: Brook McClurg, Thomas Moriarty, Keenan Norris
    Playwriting/Screenwriting: Kirsten Brandt, Matthew Spangler

    Recent Lurie Distinguished Authors-in-Residence include Faith Adiele, Ellen Bass, Cristina Garcia, Don George, Andrew Sean Greer, Jean Guerrero, ZZ Packer, and Vendela Vida. In 2024: Marcelo Hernandez Castillo.

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 19
    Deadline: 2/1/24
  • Bronxville, NY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Hala Alyan, Jay Deshpande, Patricio Ferrari, Matthea Harvey, Marie Howe, Sally Wen Mao, Dennis Nurkse, R. A. Villanueva, Afaa Michael Weaver.

    Fiction and Speculative Fiction: Carolyn Ferrell, Myla Goldberg, Garth Risk Hallberg, David Hollander, R. F. Kuang, Violet Kupersmith, Rattawut Lapcharoensap, K. Lorrel Manning, Lincoln Michel, Julia Phillips, Victoria Redel, Nelly Reifler, David Ryan, Elvia Wilk.

    Nonfiction: Jo Ann Beard, Timothy Kreider, Heather Harpham, Domenica Ruta, Vijay Seshadri, Jacob Slichter, Meredith Talusan, Clifford Thompson, Kate Zambreno.

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 30–40
    Deadline: 1/10/24
  • Savannah, GA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Savannah: Shawn Kerivan, Tish Hamilton, Robert Griffith, Chris Millis, Jonathan Rabb, Andrea Goto, Lee Griffith

    Atlanta: Christopher Bundy, Paige Gray, Catherine Ramsdell, Darby Sanders, Carlie Sorosiak

    Genre: Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full, Online
    Incoming Class Size: Atlanta: 20; Savannah: 20; Online: 20
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions
  • Chicago, IL
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Elise Paschen, Nathan Hoks, Amy England, Calvin Forbes (Emeritus)

    Fiction: Jesse Ball, Sara Levine, James McManus, Beth Nugent

    Nonfiction: Sara Levine, James McManus

    Cross-Genre: Sally Alatalo, Mark Booth, Janet Desaulniers, Ruth Margraff

    Playwriting:  Ruth Margraff

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 18
    Deadline: 3/1/24
  • Seattle, WA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Mischa Willet, Jennifer Maier
    Fiction: Bryan Bliss, Gina Ochsner
    Nonfiction: Robert Clark, David McGlynn
    Spiritual Writing: Lauren Winner, Mark S. Burrows

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 9-10 per residency
    Deadline: 11/1/23
  • Louisville, KY
    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: Wiley Cash, K. L. Cook, Kirby Gann, Rachel M. Harper, Roy Hoffman, Silas House, Angela Jackson-Brown, Robin Lippincott, Lee Martin, Nancy McCabe, Elaine Neil Orr, John Pipkin, Karen Salyer McElmurray, Neela Vaswani

    Nonfiction: Dianne Aprile, Roy Hoffman, Jason Kyle Howard, Robin Lippincott, Lee Martin, Nancy McCabe, Elaine Neil Orr, Felicia Rose Chavez, Karen Salyer McElmurray, Neela Vaswani, Rebecca Walker

    Writing for Children & Young Adults: Beth Bauman, Lamar Giles, Ellen Hagan, Leah Henderson, Lesléa Newman

    Writing for TV, Screen, and Stage: Larry Brenner, Gabriel Jason Dean, Helena Kriel, Kira Obolensky, Bruce Marshall Romans, Charlie Schulman, Sam Zalutsky

    Translation: Jeremy Paden

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 10-20 per residency
    Deadline: 8/1/24
  • Greensburg, PA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Nicole Peeler, Michael Arnzen, Kosoko Jackson, Gwendolyn Kiste, Priscilla Oliveras, Valerie Burns, Victoria Thompson, Maria Snyder, Paul Goat Allen, Albert Wendland, Will Horner, Scott Johnson, Barbara Miller, Heidi Ruby Miller, Jason Jack Miller, Kathryn Miller Haines, Jaye Wells.

    Genre: Fiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 13-14 per residency
    Deadline: 10/5/23
  • Sewanee, TN
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Nickole Brown, Tiana Clark, Vievee Francis, Eric Smith

    Fiction: Chris Bachelder, Ryan Chapman, Lee Conell, Sidik Fofana, Adrianne Harun, Adam O'Fallon Price, Jamie Quatro

    Nonfiction: Kelly Grey Carlisle, Virginia Craighill, Jessica Goudeau, Neil Shea, Meera Subramanian, John Jeremiah Sullivan

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Other
    Incoming Class Size: 10-15
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions
  • New Haven, CT
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Jeff Mock
    Fiction: Rachel Furey, Tim Parrish
    Creative Nonfiction: Rachel Furey, Tim Parrish

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 12
    Deadline: 3/1/24
  • Carbondale, IL
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Judy Jordan, Allison Joseph
    Fiction: Pinckney Benedict, Rafael Frumkin

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 8-10
    Deadline: 2/1/24
  • Manchester, NH
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Melissa Marr, Gabino Iglesias, Lauren A. Forry, Beth Revis, Melissa Hart, L. Marie Wood

    For full list of faculty, please see the program’s website.

    Genre: Fiction
    Residency: Online
    Incoming Class Size: 44
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions
  • Brooklyn, NY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Felice Belle, Mahogany Browne, Annie Finch, Caroline Hagood, Jive Poetic
    Fiction: Hannah Assadi, Theo Gangi, Caroline Hagood, Marlon James, Lincoln Michel, Jason Starr
    Nonfiction: Chloe Cooper Jones, Caroline Hagood
    Playwriting/Screenwriting: Ben Snyder
    Graphic Writing for Comic Books: Jason Starr

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 8 each year
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions
  • DeLand, FL
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs, Cyriaco Lopes, Urayoán Noel, Jena Osman, Terri Witek
    Prose: Jennine Capó Crucet, Sarah Gerard, Veronica Gonzalez-Peña, Stephanie Sauer

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 7
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions
  • Portland, ME
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Chen Chen, Raina León, Debra Marquart, Cate Marvin

    Fiction: Rick Bass, Susan Conley, Ron Currie Jr., Aaron Hamburger, Elizabeth Searle, Morgan Talty

    Popular Fiction: JJ Amaworo Wilson, Tobias Bucknell, Tom Coash, David Anthony Durham, John Florio, Alex Jennings, Elizabeth Hand, Robert Levy, Elizabeth Searle

    Creative Nonfiction: Faith Adiele, Rick Bass, Susan Conley, John Florio, Aaron Hamburger, Raina León, Debra Marquart, Morgan Talty

    Scriptwriting: Tom Coash, Ron Currie Jr., David Anthony Durham, Jeni Mahoney, Elizabeth Searle

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 12-18 per residency
    Deadline: 9/1/23
  • Southampton and New York, NY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Billy Collins, Genevieve Sly Crane, Neal Gabler, Molly Gaudry, Paul Harding, Amy Hempel, Kaylie Jones, Christine Kitano, Matthew Klam, Robert Lopez, Patricia Marx, Susan Scarf Merrell, Susan Minot, Robert Reeves, Julie Sheehan, Frederic Tuten, Lou Ann Walker, Emma Walton Hamilton, Meg Wolitzer

    Each semester noted authors are invited to teach a special class. Recent authors have included Karen Bender, Brit Bennett, Casey Plett, Hugh Ryan, Dawnie Walton, De’Shawn Winslow.

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 15-25
    Deadline: 1/8/24
  • Syracuse, NY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Brooks Haxton, Mary Karr, Christopher Kennedy, Bruce Smith
    Fiction: Mona Awad, Chanelle Benz, Jonathan Dee, George Saunders, Dana Spiotta

    Teaching Faculty: Matthew Grzecki, Sarah Harwell

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 12
    Deadline: 12/15/23

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