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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: Billy Collins, Molly Gaudry, Julie Sheehan
Fiction: Melissa Bank, Genevieve Sly Crane, Paul Harding, Amy Hempel, Kaylie Jones, Matthew Klam, Robert Lopez, Susan Scarf Merrell, Susan Minot, Robert Reeves, Frederic Tuten, Emma Walton Hamilton, Meg Waltzer
Nonfiction and Memoir: Neal Gabler, Robert Lopez, Patricia McCormick, Patricia Marx, Roger Rosenblatt, Lou Ann Walker
Screenwriting: Annette Handley ChandlerEach semester noted authors are invited to teach a special class. Recent authors have included Brit Bennett, Hugh Ryan, Dawnie Walton, De’Shawn Winslow.
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 15-25Deadline: 1/7/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Brooks Haxton, Mary Karr, Christopher Kennedy, Bruce Smith
Fiction: Mona Awad, Chanelle Benz, Jonathan Dee, George Saunders, Dana SpiottaTeaching Faculty: Matthew Grzecki, Sarah Harwell
Genre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 12Deadline: 12/15/22 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Jena Osman, Pattie McCarthy
Fiction: Don Lee, Liz Moore, Marie-Helene BertinoGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 8Deadline: 2/15/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Cyrus Cassells, Roger Jones, Naomi Shihab Nye, Cecily Parks, Kathleen Peirce, Steve Wilson
Fiction: Doug Dorst, Jennifer duBois, Tom Grimes, James Han Mattson, Kali Fajardjo-Anstine, Debra Monroe, and Tim O’BrienGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 20Deadline: 1/31/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: J. Mae Barizo, Mark Bibbins, Elaine Equi, Robert Polito, Laurie Sheck
Fiction: Ann Hood, Shelley Jackson, Mira Jacob, Luis Jaramillo, Alexandra Kleeman, James Lasdun, Dale Peck, John Reed, Helen Schulman, Darcey Steinke, Stephen Wright
Nonfiction: Susan Cheever, Zia Jaffrey, Suzannah Lessard, Honor Moore, Brenda Wineapple
Writing for Children and Young Adults: Coe Booth, Caron Levis, Emily X.R. Pan, Andrea Pinkney
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 90Deadline: 1/15/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Randall Horton, Carly Joy Miller, Alicia Mountain
Fiction: David Gates, Steven Hobbs, Lee Clay Johnson, Andrew Martin, Cleyvis NateraPast master lecturers have included Amy Hempel, Major Jackson, Mary Gaitskill, Nathan McClain, Francine Prose, and Ocean Vuong.
Genre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 15Deadline: 3/1/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Fiction: Aashish Kaul, Edward Schwarzschild, Lynne Tillman
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Cross-GenreResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 10-20Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Fiction: Aashish Kaul, Edward Schwarzschild, Lynne Tillman
Genre: Fiction, Cross-GenreResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 6-8Deadline: 1/15/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Robin Behn, John Estes, Kwoya Fagin Maples, Joel Brouwer
Fiction: Nana Nkweti, Wendy Rawlings, Kellie Wells
Nonfiction: Wendy RawlingsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 16-20Deadline: 12/1/22 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Sara Eliza Johnson
Fiction: Gerri Brightwell, Joseph Holt
Nonfiction: Daryl FarmerGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 5-8Deadline: 1/15/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Susan Briante, Bojan Louis, Farid Matuk
Fiction: Kate Bernheimer, Manuel Muñoz, Aurelie Sheehan, Johanna Skibsrud
Nonfiction: Christopher Cokinos, Ander MonsonGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 9Deadline: 12/15/22 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Geoffrey Brock, Geffrey Davis, Rebecca Gayle Howell, Davis McCombs
Fiction: Bryan Hurt, Toni Jensen, Padma Viswanathan
Translation: Geoffrey Brock, Rebecca Gayle Howell, Padma ViswanathanGenre: Poetry, Fiction, TranslationResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 12Deadline: 12/31/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Sarah Bloom, Jessica Hylton
Fiction: Kelsey Englert, Mark Spencer
Nonfiction: Sheyene HellerGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: OnlineIncoming Class Size: 7Deadline: 8/1/22 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Steven Leyva
Fiction: Betsy Boyd, Jane Delury
Nonfiction: Marion Winik, D. WatkinsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 25Deadline: 2/15/22 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Keith Maillard, Sheryda Warrener, Bronwen Tate
Fiction: Anosh Irani, Nancy Lee, Annabel Lyon, Keith Maillard, Maureen Medved, Alix Ohlin, Emily Pohl-Weary, Linda Svendsen, Timothy Taylor, John Vigna
Nonfiction: Mandy Catron, Timothy Taylor
Writing for Children/YA: Emily Pohl-Weary, Jordan Scott, Tanya Kyi
Writing for Television: Linda Svendsen
Screenwriting: Sharon McGowan
Playwriting: Sara Graefe
Indigenous Writing: Billy-Ray Belcourt
Graphic Novel: Sarah Leavitt
Lyric & Libretto: Tariq Hussain
Speculative Fiction: Nalo HopkinsonGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 18Deadline: 1/7/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Susan Musgrave, Bronwen Tate
Fiction: Nancy Lee, Annabel Lyon, Maureen Medved, Alix Ohlin, Linda Svendsen, Timothy Taylor, John Vigna
Children/YA: Emily Pohl-Weary, Jordan Scott, Tanya Kyi
Nonfiction: Mandy Catron, Bronwen Tate
Graphic Novel: Sarah Leavitt
Screenwriting: Sara Graefe
Writing for Television: Zac Hug
Speculative Fiction: Nalo Hopkinson
Indigenous Writing: Billy-Ray BelcourtGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: OnlineIncoming Class Size: 25Deadline: 1/7/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Katie Peterson, Margaret Ronda, Joe Wenderoth
Fiction: Zinzi Clemmons, Lucy Corin, Pam Houston
Nonfiction: Zinzi Clemmons, Pam Houston
Hybrid: Lucy Corin, Katie PetersonGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 10-12Deadline: 1/5/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Amy Gerstler, Natalie Shapero, Monica Youn
Fiction: Michelle Latiolais, Claire Vaye WatkinsGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 6 (for Poetry course), 6 (for Fiction course)Deadline: 12/9/22 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Allison Hedge Coke, Katie Ford, Allison Benis White
Fiction: Charmaine Craig, Josh Emmons, Steve Erickson, Alex Espinoza, Michael Jayme, John Jennings, Laila Lalami, Goldberry Long, Susan Straight, Andrew Winer
Nonfiction: Reza Aslan, Emily Rapp Black, Tom Lutz
Playwriting/Screenwriting: Patricia Cardoso, Charles Evered, Kimberly Guerrero, Rickerby Hinds, Erith Jaffe-Berg, Stu Krieger, Robin RussinGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 18Deadline: 1/5/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Sara Borjas, Jill Alexander Essbaum
Fiction: Elizabeth Crane, Alex Espinoza, Jill Alexander Essbaum, Tod Goldberg, Stephen Graham Jones, Rob Roberge, Mark Haskell Smith
Nonfiction: Emily Rapp Black, David L. Ulin
Screenwriting: William Rabkin, Joshua Malkin, John Schimmel
Playwriting: Mickey BirnbaumCritic-in-Residence: Heather Scott Partington
Screenwriter-in-Residence: Jackie McKinley
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 15-20 per application periodDeadline: 2/1/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Kazim Ali, Amy Sara Carroll, Ben Doller, Camille Forbes, Lily Hoang, Jac Jemc, Casandra López, Brandon Som, Anna Joy Springer, Marco Wilkinson
Genre: Cross-GenreResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 4-8Deadline: 1/5/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Sandy Longhorn, Mark Spitzer
Fiction: M Shelly Conner, Mark Spitzer, John Vanderslice, Stephanie Vanderslice
Nonfiction: Jennie Case, M Shelley Conner, Mark Spitzer, Stephanie VandersliceGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 5-8Deadline: 2/1/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Rochelle Hurt, Obi Nwakanma, Terry Ann Thaxton
Fiction: Blake Sanz, Peter Kispert, Chrissy Kolaya, David James Poissant, Darlin’ Neal
Nonfiction: Jocelyn Bartkevicius, Lisa Roney, Laurie Rachkus UttichGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 12-14Deadline: 1/1/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Fiction: Constance Squires
Poetry: Toby Wray
Screenwriting: Milos AjdinovicGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 5-10Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Rebecca Lindenberg, Aditi Machado, Felicia Zamora
Fiction: Chris Bachelder, Michael Griffith, Leah Stewart
Nonfiction: Kristen IversenGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 7-9Deadline: 1/6/23