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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.

  • University of British Columbia

    MFA Program
    Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Keith Maillard, Sheryda Warrener, Ian Williams
    Fiction: Nancy Lee, Annabel Lyon, Keith Maillard, Maureen Medved, Alix Ohlin, Emily Pohl-Weary, Linda Svendsen, Timothy Taylor, John Vigna
    Nonfiction: Deborah Campbell, Kevin Chong, Timothy Taylor
    Playwriting: Bryan Wade
    Graphic Novel: Sarah Leavitt
    Lyric & Libretto: Tariq Hussain

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 20-25
    Deadline: 1/8/18

  • University of British Columbia

    MFA Program
    Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Susan Musgrave, Ian Williams
    Fiction: Nancy Lee, Annabel Lyon, Maureen Medved, Alix Ohlin, Linda Svendsen, Timothy Taylor
    Nonfiction: Wayne Grady, Kevin Chong, Deborah Campbell
    Graphic Novel: Sarah Leavitt
    Screenwriting: Sara Graefe

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 25-30
    Deadline: 1/8/18

  • University of California, Davis

    MA Program
    Davis, CA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Joshua Clover, Jack Hicks, Katie Peterson, Joe Wenderoth
    Fiction: Lucy Corin, Jack Hicks, Pam Houston, Yiyun Li
    Nonfiction: Joshua Clover, Pam Houston, Katie Peterson, Joe Wenderoth

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 24
    Deadline: 1/5/17

  • University of California, Irvine

    MFA Program
    Irvine, CA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Amy Gerstler, Michael Ryan
    Fiction: Ron Carlson, Michelle Latiolais
     

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 12
    Deadline: 12/9/17

  • University of California, Riverside

    MFA Program
    Riverside, CA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Allison Hedge Coke, Katie Ford, Allison Benis White
    Fiction: Charmaine Craig, Josh Emmons, Steve Erickson, Nalo Hopkinson, Michael Jayme, John Jennings, Laila Lalami, Goldberry Long, Jane Smiley, Susan Straight, Andrew Winer
    Nonfiction: Reza Aslan, Emily Rapp Black, Tom Lutz
    Playwriting/Screenwriting: Erith Jaffe-Berg, Charles Evered, Rickerby Hinds, Stu Krieger, Robin Russin

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 18
    Deadline: 1/5/18

  • University of California, Riverside (Palm Desert)

    MFA Program
    Palm Desert, CA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Jill Alexander Essbaum, Anthony McCann
    Fiction: Elizabeth Crane, Gina Frangello, Tod Goldberg, Stephen Graham Jones, Mary Otis, Rob Roberge, Mark Haskell Smith, Mary Yukari Waters
    Nonfiction: Emily Rapp, Deanne Stillman, David L. Ulin
    Screenwriting: Joshua Malkin, William Rabkin, John Schimmel
    Playwriting: Mickey Birnbaum 

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 35 per year
    Deadline: 8/1/17

  • University of California, San Diego

    MFA Program
    La Jolla, CA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Ben Doller, Brandon Som
    Fiction: Camille Forbes, Lily Hoang, Anna Joy Springer

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 4-8
    Deadline: 12/1/17

  • University of Central Arkansas

    MFA Program
    Conway, AR
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Sandy Longhorn, Mark Spitzer
    Fiction: Mark Spitzer, John Vanderslice
    Nonfiction: Jennie Case, Mark Spitzer, Stephanie Vanderslice

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 5-8
    Deadline: 2/1/18

  • University of Central Florida

    MFA Program
    Orlando, FL
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Obi Nwakanma, Don Stap, Terry Ann Thaxton
    Fiction: Brenda Peynado, David James Poissant, Darlin' Neal, Cecilia Milanés
    Nonfiction: Jocelyn Bartkevicius, Lisa Roney, Laurie Rachkus Uttich

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 12-14
    Deadline: 1/5/18

  • University of Central Oklahoma

    MA Program
    Edmond, OK
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Tod Egerton, Matt Hollrah, Iliana Rocha
    Fiction: Adam Davies, Constance Squires
    Nonfiction: Adam Davies

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 22
    Deadline: 9/15/16

  • University of Cincinnati

    MA Program
    Cincinnati, OH
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Don Bogen, James Cummins, John Drury
    Fiction: Chris Bachelder, Michael Griffith, Leah Stewart.
    Nonfiction: Kristen Iversen

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 10-15
    Deadline: 1/15/17

  • University of Cincinnati

    PhD Program
    Cincinnati, OH
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Don Bogen, James Cummins, John Drury
    Fiction: Chris Bachelder, Michael Griffith, Leah Stewart
    Nonfiction: Kristen Iversen

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 25-30
    Deadline: 1/15/17

  • University of Colorado

    MFA Program
    Boulder, CO
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Julie Carr, Noah Eli Gordon, Ruth Ellen Kocher
    Fiction: Jeffrey DeShell, Marcia Douglas, Stephen Graham Jones, Elisabeth Sheffield

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 6-10
    Deadline: 1/10/18

  • University of Florida

    MFA Program
    Gainesville, FL
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Michael Hofmann, William Logan, Ange Mlinko
    Fiction: Jill Ciment, David Leavitt, Padgett Powell

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 12
    Deadline: 1/15/18

  • University of Georgia

    PhD Program
    Athens, GA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Miriam Jacobson, Ed Pavlić, Jed Rasula, Andrew Zawacki, Magdalena Zurawski
    Fiction: Reginald McKnight, Magdalena Zurawski
    Nonfiction: Christopher Pizzino

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 24
    Deadline: 12/2/16

  • University of Guelph

    MFA Program
    Toronto, Canada
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Dionne Brand
    Fiction: Catherine Bush
    Drama: Judith Thompson

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 12-13
    Deadline: 12/11/17

  • University of Houston

    PhD Program
    Houston, TX
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Nick Flynn, Tony Hoagland, Kevin Prufer, Martha Serpas, Roberto Tejada
    Fiction: Robert Boswell, Audrey Colombe, Chitra Divakaruni, Matthew Johnson, Antonya Nelson, Alexander Parsons, Peter Turchi
    Nonfiction: Audrey Colombe, Peter Turchi

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 6-8
    Deadline: 1/2/18

  • University of Houston

    MFA Program
    Houston, TX
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Nick Flynn, Tony Hoagland, Kevin Prufer, Martha Serpas, Roberto Tejada
    Fiction: Robert Boswell, Audrey Colombe, Chitra Divakaruni, Matthew Johnson, Antonya Nelson, Alexander Parsons, Peter Turchi
    Nonfiction: Audrey Colombe, Peter Turchi

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 6-8
    Deadline: 1/2/18

  • University of Idaho

    MFA Program
    Moscow, ID
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Brian Blanchfield, Ron McFarland, Michael McGriff, Alexandra Teague
    Fiction: Kim Barnes, Daniel Orozco
    Nonfiction: Kim Barnes, Brian Blanchfield, Scott Slovic

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 9
    Deadline: 2/1/18

  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    MFA Program
    Urbana, IL
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Janice Harrington, Michael Madonick
    Fiction: Ted Sanders, Alex Shakar

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 6
    Deadline: 12/1/17

  • University of Illinois, Chicago

    MA Program
    Chicago, IL
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Christina Pugh, Roger Reeves, Luis Urrea, Anne Winters
    Fiction: Christopher Grimes, Cris Mazza, Anne Mary Mohanraj, Luis Urrea, Eugene Wildman
    Nonfiction: Anne Mary Mohanraj, Luis Urrea

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 10
    Deadline: 2/1/17

  • University of Illinois, Chicago

    PhD Program
    Chicago, IL
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Christina Pugh, Roger Reeves, Luis Urrea, Anne Winters 
    Fiction: Christopher Grimes, Cris Mazza, Anne Mary Mohanraj, Luis Urrea, Eugene Wildman
    Nonfiction: Anne Mary Mohanraj, Luis Urrea

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 25
    Deadline: 12/15/16

  • University of Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program

    MFA Program
    Iowa City, IA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Nonfiction: John D’Agata, Kerry Howley, Jeff Porter, Bonnie Sunstein, Inara Verzemnieks

    Genre: Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 10-12
    Deadline: 12/29/17

  • University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop

    MFA Program
    Iowa City, IA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: James Galvin, Mark Levine, Elizabeth Willis
    Fiction: Ethan Canin, Lan Samantha Chang, Charles D’Ambrosio, Margot Livesey, Ayana Mathis

    The 2017–2018 visiting faculty includes poets D. A. Powell and Simone White; and fiction writers Chris Adrian, Amber Dermont, and Paul Harding.

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 50
    Deadline: 12/15/17

  • University of Kansas

    MFA Program
    Lawrence, KS
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Joseph Harrington, Megan Kaminski
    Fiction: Kij Johnson, Tom Lorenz, Laura Moriarty
    Playwriting: Darren Canady

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 2-8
    Deadline: 12/31/17

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