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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: Brian Blanchfield, Ron McFarland, Michael McGriff, Alexandra Teague
Fiction: Kim Barnes, Daniel Orozco
Nonfiction: Kim Barnes, Brian Blanchfield, Scott SlovicGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 9Deadline: 1/15/19 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Janice Harrington, Michael Madonick
Fiction: Ted Sanders, Alex Shakar, Nafissa Thompson-Spires, David WrightGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 6Deadline: 12/1/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Daniel Borzutzky, Christina Pugh, Luis Urrea
Fiction: Christopher Grimes, Cris Mazza, Anne Mary Mohanraj, Luis Urrea
Nonfiction: Anne Mary Mohanraj, Luis UrreaGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 10-20Deadline: 2/1/19 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Daniel Borzutzky, Christina Pugh, Luis Urrea
Fiction: Christopher Grimes, Cris Mazza, Anne Mary Mohanraj, Luis Urrea
Nonfiction: Anne Mary Mohanraj, Luis UrreaGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 6-10Deadline: 12/15/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Nonfiction: John D’Agata, Kerry Howley, Jeff Porter, Bonnie Sunstein, Inara Verzemnieks
Genre: Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 10-12Deadline: 12/14/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: James Galvin, Mark Levine, Elizabeth Willis
Fiction: Ethan Canin, Lan Samantha Chang, Charles D’Ambrosio, Margot Livesey, Ayana MathisThe 2018–2019 visiting faculty includes poets Tracie Morris and Layli Long Soldier, and fiction writers Alexia Arthurs, Tom Drury, Adam Haslett, Frances de Pontes Peebles, and Jess Walter.
Genre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 50Deadline: 12/15/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Joseph Harrington, Megan Kaminski
Fiction: Kij Johnson, Tom Lorenz, Laura Moriarty
Playwriting: Darren CanadyGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 2-8Deadline: 12/31/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: DaMaris Hill, Julia Johnson, Frank X Walker
Fiction: Andrew Ewell, Andrew Milward, Gurney Norman, Hannah Pittard, Crystal Wilkinson
Nonfiction: Janet Eldred, Erik ReecePoet Ansel Elkins is a visiting writer from 2017–2018.
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 9Deadline: 3/1/19 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Elizabeth Arnold, Michael Collier, Stanley Plumly, Joshua Weiner
Fiction: Maud Casey, Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes, Emily Mitchell, Howard NormanGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 8Deadline: 1/3/19 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Peter Gizzi, Ocean Vuong, Dara Wier
Prose: Noy Holland, Edie Meidav, Sabina Murray, Jeff ParkerGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 20Deadline: 12/15/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, Jill McDonough, Lloyd Schwartz
Fiction: John Fulton, Askold MelnyczukGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 10Deadline: 1/15/19 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Alice Bolin, Marcus Wicker
Fiction: Cary Holladay, Courtney Miller Santo
Nonfiction: Alice BolinGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 8Deadline: 10/15/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Jaswinder Bolina, Maureen Seaton
Fiction: Chantel Acevedo, A. Manette Ansay, M. Evelina Galang, Amina GautierGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 5-6Deadline: 12/1/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Linda Gregerson, Tung-hui Hu, Van Jordan, Laura Kasischke, Khaled Mattawa
Fiction: Michael Byers, Peter Ho Davies, Fernanda Eberstadt, Akil Kumarasamy, Douglas Trevor
Creative Nonfiction: Aisha Sabatini SlaonGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 22Deadline: 12/15/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Peter Campion, Ray Gonzalez, Douglas Kearney
Fiction: Charles Baxter, M. J. Fitzgerald, Julie Schumacher, V. V. Ganeshananthan
Nonfiction: Patricia Hampl, Kathryn Nuernberger, Kim ToddGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 12Deadline: 12/1/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Beth Ann Fennelly, Ann Fisher-Wirth, Melissa Ginsburg, Derrick Harriell, Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Fiction: Matthew Bondurant, Tom Franklin, Kiese Laymon, Chris OffuttThe Grisham Writer in Residence for 2018–2019 will be Garth Greenwell.
Genre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 8Deadline: 12/15/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Aliki Barnstone, Gabriel Fried, Sw. Anand Prahlad
Fiction: Trudy Lewis, Speer Morgan, Phong Nguyen
Nonfiction: Julija ŠukysGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 39 (MA and PhD students combined)Deadline: 1/1/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Aliki Barnstone, Gabriel Fried, Sw. Anand Prahlad
Fiction: Trudy Lewis, Speer Morgan, Phong Nguyen
Nonfiction: Julija ŠukysGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 39 (MA and PhD students combined)Deadline: 1/1/19 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Hadara Bar-Nadav, Robert Stewart
Fiction: Christie Hodgen, Michael Pritchett, Whitney Terrell
Nonfiction: Christie Hodgen, Whitney TerrellGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 10-12Deadline: 1/15/19 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Steven Schreiner, Shane Seely
Fiction: John Dalton, Mary TroyGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 10Deadline: 3/1/19 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Joanna Klink, Prageeta Sharma, Karen Volkman
Fiction: Kevin Canty, Debra Magpie Earling, Deirdre McNamer
Nonfiction: Judy Blunt, David GatesThe Visiting Hugo Writer for Fall 2018 is Stacy Szymasek.
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 20Deadline: 1/6/19 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Grace Bauer, Stephen Behrendt, Kwame Dawes, Ted Kooser, Hope Wabuke, Stacey Waite
Fiction: Jonis Agee, Jennine Capó Crucet, Joy Castro, Amelia María de la Luz Montes, Chigozie Obioma, Timothy SchaffertGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 6-8Deadline: 12/5/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Grace Bauer, Stephen Behrendt, Kwame Dawes, Ted Kooser, Hope Wabuke, Stacey Waite
Fiction: Jonis Agee, Jennine Capó Crucet, Joy Castro, Amelia María de la Luz Montes, Chigozie Obioma, Timothy Schaffert
Genre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 6-8Deadline: 12/5/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Graham Foust, Kate Gale, Teri Youmans Grimm, Art Homer, Marya Hornbacher, Steve Langan, Jim Peterson, Elizabeth Powell, Lee Ann Roripaugh, William Trowbridge
Fiction and Creative Nonfiction: Pope Brock, Kevin Clouther, Richard Duggin, Kate Gale, Amy Hassinger, Marya Hornbacher, Patricia Lear, Kristen-Paige Madonia, Jessica Hendry Nelson, Tom Paine, Jim Peterson, Lee Ann Roripaugh, Karen Gettert Shoemaker, Catherine Texier, Charles Wyatt
Playwriting and Screenwriting: Charlene Donaghy, Michael Kinghorn, Michael Oatman, Jim Peterson, Samuel Brett Williams
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 6-12 per semesterDeadline: 11/15/18 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Claudia Keelan, Donald Revell
Fiction: Maile Chapman, Douglas Unger
Literary Nonfiction: David Morris, José OrduñaGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 6Deadline: 1/15/19