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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: John Drury, Rebecca Lindenberg, Aditi Machado, Felicia Zamora
Fiction: Chris Bachelder, Michael Griffith, Leah Stewart
Nonfiction: Kristen IversenGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 2-3Deadline: 1/15/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: John Drury, 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: 1/15/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Julie Carr, Noah Eli Gordon, Ruth Ellen Kocher, Khadijah Queen
Fiction: Jeffrey DeShell, Marcia Douglas, Stephen Graham Jones, Elisabeth SheffieldGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 6-10Deadline: 12/30/20 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Tiffany Atkinson, Denise Riley, Sophie Robinson
Fiction: Trezza Azzopardi, Amit Chaudhuri, Andrew Cowan, Giles Foden, Vesna Goldsworthy, Jean McNeil, Tessa McWatt, Henry Sutton, Naomi Wood
Nonfiction: Kathryn Hughes, Rebecca Scott, Ian Thomson
Crime Fiction: Nathan Ashman, Tom Benn, Julia Crouch, Henry Sutton
Scriptwriting: Ben Musgrave, Molly Naylor, Steve Waters, Timberlake WertenbakerGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 14-36Deadline: 6/30/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Michael Hofmann, William Logan, Ange Mlinko
Fiction: Uwem Akpan, Camille Bordas, David LeavittGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 12Deadline: 1/15/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Dionne Brand
Fiction: Catherine Bush
Drama: Judith ThompsonGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 12-13Deadline: 12/7/20 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Erin Belieu, Nick Flynn, francine j. harris, Kevin Prufer, Martha Serpas, Roberto Tejada
Fiction: Robert Boswell, Audrey Colombe, Chitra Divakaruni, Antonya Nelson, Alexander Parsons, Peter Turchi
Nonfiction: Nick Flynn, Peter TurchiGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 6-8Deadline: 1/15/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Erin Belieu, Nick Flynn, francine j. harris, Kevin Prufer, Martha Serpas, Roberto Tejada
Fiction: Robert Boswell, Audrey Colombe, Chitra Divakaruni, Antonya Nelson, Alexander Parsons, Peter Turchi
Nonfiction: Nick Flynn, Peter TurchiGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 6-8Deadline: 1/15/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Brian Blanchfield, Michael McGriff, Alexandra Teague
Fiction: Kim Barnes, Daniel Orozco
Nonfiction: Kim Barnes, Brian Blanchfield, Scott SlovicGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 9Deadline: 1/15/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Ángel García, Janice Harrington, Christopher Kemf, Corey Van Landingham,
Fiction: Amy Hassinger, Ted Sanders, Alex Shakar, David WrightGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 6Deadline: 12/1/20 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Daniel Borzutzky, Christina Pugh, Luis Urrea
Fiction: Christopher Grimes, Cris Mazza, Mary Anne Mohanraj, Luis Urrea
Nonfiction: Mary Anne Mohanraj, Luis UrreaGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 10-20Deadline: 2/1/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Daniel Borzutzky, Christina Pugh, Luis Urrea
Fiction: Christopher Grimes, Cris Mazza, Mary Anne Mohanraj, Luis Urrea
Nonfiction: Mary Anne Mohanraj, Luis UrreaGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 6-10Deadline: 12/15/20 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Nonfiction: John D’Agata, Melissa Febos, Kerry Howley, Bonnie Sunstein, Inara Verzemnieks
Visiting Faculty Includes: Hanif Abdurraqib, Susan Steinberg, Kiese Laymon, Vivian Gornick, Geoff Dyer, Meghan Daum, Richard Preston, Mary Ruefle, Bernard Cooper, Honor Moore, Lia Purpura, Xu Xi, Terry Tempest Williams, Steve Kuusisto, John Edgar Wideman
Genre: Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 10-12Deadline: 12/14/20 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: James Galvin, Mark Levine, Elizabeth Willis
Fiction: Ethan Canin, Lan Samantha Chang, Charles D’Ambrosio, Margot Livesey, Jamel Brinkley.The 2020-2021 visiting faculty includes poets Daniel Borzutzky, Tracie Morris, and Nikki Wallschlaeger, and fiction writers Alexia Arthurs, Tom Drury, Angela Flournoy, and Amy Parker.
Genre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 50Deadline: 12/15/20 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Joe Harrington, Megan Kaminski
Fiction: Kij Johnson, Laura Moriarty
Playwriting: Darren CanadyGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 4-9Deadline: 12/31/20 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Joseph Harrington, Megan Kaminski
Fiction: Kij Johnson, Laura Moriarty
Playwriting: Darren CanadyGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 2-8Deadline: 12/31/20 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Crystal Wilkinson, Andrew Milward, Julia Johnson, Frank X Walker, Gurney Norman, Erik Reece, Hannah Pittard, DaMaris Hill, Janet Eldred.
Genre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 10Deadline: 2/1/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Elizabeth Arnold, Michael Collier, Joshua Weiner
Fiction: Maud Casey, Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes, Emily Mitchell, Rion Amilcar ScottGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 8Deadline: 1/5/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Peter Gizzi, Ocean Vuong, Dara Wier
Prose: Noy Holland, Edie Meidav, Sabina Murray, Jeff ParkerGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 20Deadline: 12/15/20 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, Jill McDonough, Lloyd Schwartz
Fiction: John Fulton, Askold MelnyczukGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 10Deadline: 1/15/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Emily Skaja, Marcus Wicker
Fiction: Mark Mayer, Courtney Miller Santo, Eric Schlich
Nonfiction: Alice BolinGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 8Deadline: 2/19/21 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Jaswinder Bolina, Kei Miller, Maureen Seaton
Fiction: Chantel Acevedo, Patricia Engel, M. Evelina Galang, Amina GautierGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 5-6Deadline: 12/15/20 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Linda Gregerson, Tung-hui Hu, Van Jordan, Laura Kasischke, Khaled Mattawa
Fiction: Michael Byers, Peter Ho Davies, Douglas Trevor
Creative Nonfiction: Aisha Sabatini SlaonGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 22Deadline: 12/15/20 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Peter Campion, V. V. Ganeshananthan, Ray Gonzalez, Douglas Kearney, Kathryn Nuernberger, Julie Schumacher, Kim Todd
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 12Deadline: 12/1/20 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Beth Ann Fennelly, Ann Fisher-Wirth, Melissa Ginsburg, Derrick Harriell, Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Fiction: Matthew Bondurant, Tom Franklin, Melissa Ginsberg, Kiese Laymon, Chris OffuttThe Grisham Writer in Residence for 2020–2021 will be Maurice Carlos Ruffin.
Genre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 8Deadline: 12/15/20