Genre: Poetry

Saint Mary’s College of California

MFA Program
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Moraga, CA
Application Deadline: 
Mon, 12/29/2025
Application Fee: 
$50 (fee waiver available upon request)
Affiliated Publications/Publishers: 

New Overland Review, Wave Books

Chapman University

MFA Program
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Orange, CA
Application Deadline: 
Sun, 02/01/2026
Application Fee: 
$60
Affiliated Publications/Publishers: 

Calliope, Mantissa, TAB: The Journal of Poetry & Poetics

Antioch University

MFA Program
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation, Cross-Genre
Los Angeles, CA
Application Deadline: 
Rolling Admissions
Application Fee: 
$50 (fee waivers available for those who attend an information session)
Affiliated Publications/Publishers: 

Lunch Ticket, a student-run online literary journal; LitCit: a student-run literary podcast

University of Alaska, Fairbanks

MFA Program
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Fairbanks, AK
Application Deadline: 
Fri, 01/15/2027
Application Fee: 
$75
Affiliated Publications/Publishers: 

Permafrost, which administers an annual book prize.

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