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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.

  • The New School

    MFA Program
    New York, NY
    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 Wineapple

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 95
    Deadline: 1/15/18

  • The Writer’s Foundry at St. Joseph’s College

    MFA Program
    Brooklyn, NY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Grace Bonner, Nathan McClain
    Prose: John Capouya, Lee Clay Johnson, Joel Whitney
    Playwriting: Leah Nanako Winkler

    Spring 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-Specific
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 10
    Deadline: 4/15/18

  • University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa

    MFA Program
    Tuscaloosa, AL
    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 Rawlings

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 16-20
    Deadline: 12/20/17

  • University of Alaska Anchorage

    MFA Program
    Anchorage, AK
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Anne Caston
    Fiction: Jo-Ann Mapson
    Nonfiction: Sherry Simpson

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 15
    Deadline: 1/15/18

  • University of Alaska, Fairbanks

    MFA Program
    Fairbanks, AK
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: To be announced
    Fiction: Gerri Brightwell, Kyle Mellen
    Nonfiction: Daryl Farmer
    Dramatic Writing: Leonard Kamerling

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 5-7
    Deadline: 1/15/18

  • University of Arizona

    MFA Program
    Tucson, AZ
    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 Monson

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

  • University of Arkansas

    MFA Program
    Fayetteville, AR
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Geoffrey Brock, Geffrey Davis, Michael Heffernan, Davis McCombs
    Fiction: Ellen Gilchrist, Toni Jensen, Padma Viswanathan
    Translation: John DuVal

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

  • University of Arkansas Monticello

    MFA Program
    Monticello, AR
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Kristine Maria Darling, Sara Nicholson
    Fiction: Lisa Borders, Diane Payne, Diana Spelcher, Mark Spencer
    Nonfiction: Suzanne Cope, Josh MacIver-Anderson

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Online
    Incoming Class Size: 7
    Deadline: 7/15/18

  • University of Baltimore

    MFA Program
    Baltimore, MD
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Kendra Kopelke, Steve Matanle
    Fiction: Betsy Boyd, Jane Delury
    Nonfiction: Marion Winik

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 25
    Deadline: 2/15/18

  • 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, Katie Peterson, Joe Wenderoth
    Fiction: Lucy Corin, Pam Houston, Jacinda Townsend
    Nonfiction: Joshua Clover, Pam Houston, Katie Peterson, Joe Wenderoth

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

  • 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: 1/15/18

  • 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: 8/1/18

  • 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: 12/14/17

  • 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: Matt Hollrah, Iliana Rocha
    Fiction: Courtney Craggett, Constance Squires
    Nonfiction: Courtney Craggett

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 10-15
    Deadline: 7/15/18

  • University of Cincinnati

    MA Program
    Cincinnati, OH
    Core Faculty Includes:

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

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 2-3
    Deadline: 1/15/18

  • University of Cincinnati

    PhD Program
    Cincinnati, OH
    Core Faculty Includes:

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

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 7-9
    Deadline: 1/15/18

  • 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 East Anglia

    MFA Program
    Norwich, England
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Trezza Azzopardi, Amit Chaudhuri, Andrew Cowan, Giles Foden, Philip Langeskov, Jean McNeil, Henry Sutton, Naomi Wood

    Genre: Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 12
    Deadline: 5/1/18

  • University of East Anglia

    MA Program
    Norwich, England
    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 Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 42
    Deadline: 5/1/18

  • 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

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