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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: Mark Bibbins, Elaine Equi, Hettie Jones, David Lehman, Robert Polito, Laurie Sheck
Fiction: Ann-Marie Hood, Shelley Jackson, Luis Jaramillo, Katie Kitamura, James Lasdun, Patrick McGrath, Sigrid Nunez, Dale Peck, John Reed, Helen Schulman, Darcey Steinke, Stephen Wright
Nonfiction: Susan Cheever, John Freeman, Zia Jaffrey, Suzannah Lessard-Soeiro, Honor Moore, Benjamin Taylor, Brenda WineappleGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 95Deadline: 1/15/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Grace Bonner, Nathan McClain
Prose: John Capouya, Lee Clay Johnson, Joel Whitney
Playwriting: Leah Nanako WinklerSpring 2018 thesis advisors: Lee Clay Johnson, Randall Horton, Safiya Sinclair, Joel Whitney, Leah Nanako Winkler
Fall 2018 Master Lecturers: Mary Gaitskill, Francine Prose, Ocean Vuong
Genre: Not Genre-SpecificResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 10Deadline: 4/15/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Robin Behn, Joel Brouwer, John Estes, Heidi Lynn Staples, L. Lamar Wilson
Fiction: Michael Martone, Wendy Rawlings, Kellie Wells
Nonfiction: Hali Felt, Michael Martone, Wendy RawlingsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 16-20Deadline: 12/20/17 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Anne Caston
Fiction: Jo-Ann Mapson
Nonfiction: Sherry SimpsonGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 15Deadline: 1/15/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: To be announced
Fiction: Gerri Brightwell, Kyle Mellen
Nonfiction: Daryl Farmer
Dramatic Writing: Leonard KamerlingGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 5-7Deadline: 1/15/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Susan Briante, Farid Matuk, Joshua Marie Wilkinson
Fiction: Kate Bernheimer, Julie Iromuanya, Manuel Muñoz, Aurelie Sheehan
Nonfiction: Christopher Cokinos, Alison Hawthorne Deming, Fenton Johnson, Ander MonsonGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 12Deadline: 12/15/17 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Geoffrey Brock, Geffrey Davis, Michael Heffernan, Davis McCombs
Fiction: Ellen Gilchrist, Toni Jensen, Padma Viswanathan
Translation: John DuValGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 14Deadline: 1/12/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Kristine Maria Darling, Sara Nicholson
Fiction: Lisa Borders, Diane Payne, Diana Spelcher, Mark Spencer
Nonfiction: Suzanne Cope, Josh MacIver-AndersonGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: OnlineIncoming Class Size: 7Deadline: 7/15/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Kendra Kopelke, Steve Matanle
Fiction: Betsy Boyd, Jane Delury
Nonfiction: Marion WinikGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 25Deadline: 2/15/18 -
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 HussainGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 20-25Deadline: 1/8/18 -
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 GraefeGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 25-30Deadline: 1/8/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Joshua Clover, Katie Peterson, Joe Wenderoth
Fiction: Lucy Corin, Pam Houston, Jacinda Townsend
Nonfiction: Joshua Clover, Pam Houston, Katie Peterson, Joe WenderothGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 12Deadline: 1/5/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Amy Gerstler, Michael Ryan
Fiction: Ron Carlson, Michelle Latiolais
Genre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 12Deadline: 1/15/18 -
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 RussinGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 18Deadline: 1/5/18 -
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 BirnbaumGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 35 per yearDeadline: 8/1/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Ben Doller, Brandon Som
Fiction: Camille Forbes, Lily Hoang, Anna Joy SpringerGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Cross-GenreResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 4-8Deadline: 12/14/17 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Sandy Longhorn, Mark Spitzer
Fiction: Mark Spitzer, John Vanderslice
Nonfiction: Jennie Case, Mark Spitzer, Stephanie VandersliceGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 5-8Deadline: 2/1/18 -
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 UttichGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 12-14Deadline: 1/5/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Matt Hollrah, Iliana Rocha
Fiction: Courtney Craggett, Constance Squires
Nonfiction: Courtney CraggettGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 10-15Deadline: 7/15/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: James Cummins, John Drury, Rebecca Lindenberg
Fiction: Chris Bachelder, Michael Griffith, Leah Stewart
Nonfiction: Kristen IversenGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 2-3Deadline: 1/15/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: James Cummins, John Drury, Rebecca Lindenberg
Fiction: Chris Bachelder, Michael Griffith, Leah Stewart
Nonfiction: Kristen IversenGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 7-9Deadline: 1/15/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Julie Carr, Noah Eli Gordon, Ruth Ellen Kocher
Fiction: Jeffrey DeShell, Marcia Douglas, Stephen Graham Jones, Elisabeth SheffieldGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 6-10Deadline: 1/10/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Trezza Azzopardi, Amit Chaudhuri, Andrew Cowan, Giles Foden, Philip Langeskov, Jean McNeil, Henry Sutton, Naomi Wood
Genre: FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 12Deadline: 5/1/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Tiffany Atkinson, Denise Riley, Sophie Robinson
Fiction: Trezza Azzopardi, Amit Chaudhuri, Andrew Cowan, Giles Foden, Philip Langeskov, Jean McNeil, Henry Sutton, Naomi Wood
Nonfiction: Kathryn Hughes, Helen Smith, Ian Thomson
Scriptwriting: Steve Waters, Timberlake Wertenbaker
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 42Deadline: 5/1/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Michael Hofmann, William Logan, Ange Mlinko
Fiction: Jill Ciment, David Leavitt, Padgett PowellGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 12Deadline: 1/15/18