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Genre: Poetry
Oklahoma State University
MFA Program
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Stillwater, OK
Application Deadline:
Mon, 01/05/2026
Application Fee:
$50 for domestic and $75 for international
Affiliated Publications/Publishers:
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
MFA Program
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
Tuscaloosa, AL
Application Deadline:
Mon, 12/01/2025
Application Fee:
$65 ($85 for international applicants)
Affiliated Publications/Publishers:
Bath Spa University
MA Program
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Bath, England
Application Deadline:
Rolling Admissions
Application Fee:
$0
Nottingham Trent University
MA Program
Poetry, Fiction, Cross-Genre
Nottingham, England
Application Deadline:
Rolling Admissions
Application Fee:
$0
Affiliated Publications/Publishers:
Each year, the MA in Creative Writing students at Nottingham Trent University publish an annual anthology of creative writing. The program also has close links with the Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature, the TLS, and other literary organizations, publishers and agents, as well as publications and presses including the staff-run New Walk Editions and Erbacce. There are also prestigious work experience placements and writers' residencies available only to successful applicants from our program.
Lancaster University
MA Program
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Lancaster, England
Application Deadline:
Rolling Admissions
Application Fee:
$40 (pounds, not dollars)
Affiliated Publications/Publishers:
Kingston University
MFA Program
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
London, England
Application Deadline:
Sun, 08/31/2025
Application Fee:
$0
Affiliated Publications/Publishers:
Ripple, Kingston University Press
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
MA Program
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Lincoln, NE
Application Deadline:
Mon, 12/01/2025
Application Fee:
$50
Affiliated Publications/Publishers:
Prairie Schooner, Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Nebraska Press, Zero Street Fiction
Ohio University
PhD Program
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Athens, OH
Application Deadline:
Sun, 02/01/2026
Application Fee:
$50
Affiliated Publications/Publishers:
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
MFA Program
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Albuquerque, NM
Application Deadline:
Thu, 01/15/2026
Application Fee:
$60
Affiliated Publications/Publishers:
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