Genre: Fiction

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

California State University, Long Beach

MFA Program
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Long Beach, CA
Application Deadline: 
Sun, 02/15/2026
Application Fee: 
$70
Affiliated Publications/Publishers: 

RipRap Journal

California College of the Arts

MFA Program
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
San Francisco, CA
Application Deadline: 
Thu, 01/15/2026
Application Fee: 
$70

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

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