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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: David Hernandez, Bill Mohr, Patty Seyburn, Charles Webb
Prose: Lisa Glatt, Suzanne GreenbergGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 6Deadline: 2/15/25 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Richard Blanco, Gerry LaFemina, Lee Ann Roripaugh, Judith Vollmer (U.S. faculty); Jean O'Brien, Enda Wyley (Ireland faculty)
Fiction: Joseph Bathanti, Karin Lin-Greenberg, Geeta Kothari (U.S. faculty); Evelyn Conlon, Carlo Gébler, Niall Williams (Ireland faculty)
Nonfiction: Diane Glancy, Gerry LaFemina, Sarah Shotland (U.S. faculty); Brian Leyden (Ireland faculty)
Visiting Writers in the U.S. and Ireland: Dilruba Ahmed, Kevin Barry, Jo Ann Beard, Claire-Louise Bennett, Colette Bryce, Sandra Cisneros, Toi Derricotte, Anne Enright, Aracelis Girmay, Sinéad Gleeson, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Seán Hewitt, Elizabeth Kadetsky, Claire Keegan, Yusef Komunyakaa, Nick Laird, Ada Limón, Lisa McInerney, Paula Meehan, Rebecca Morgan Frank, Annemarie Ni Churreain, Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Mark O’Connell, Joseph, O’Connor, Glenn Patterson, Deesha Philyaw, Francine Prose, Sam Quinones, Donal Ryan, Sapphire, Sejal Shah, Clint Smith, Patricia Smith, Tracy K. Smith, Nick White, Kate Wisel, Kao Kalia Yang, Nidhi Zak
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 20-25 per yearDeadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Heather Green, Gwyneth Lewis, Alice Miller, Ruben Quesada, David St. John, Peter Streckfus
Fiction: Robert Antoni, David Bezmozgis, Aleksandar Hemon, Dinaw Mengestu, Kate Racculia, Diana Spechler, David Heska Wambli Weiden
Nonfiction: Anna Ciezadlo, Jeffrey Greene, Aleksandar Hemon, Gwyneth Lewis, Diana SpechlerGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 10-12 per yearDeadline: 8/1/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Anna Leahy, Brian Glaser, Martin Nakell
Fiction: Mark Axelrod, Richard Bausch, Liz Harmer, Alicia Kozameh, Martin Nakell
Nonfiction: Liz Harmer, Anna Leahy, Tom Zoellner
Screenwriting: Mark Axelrod, Mildred LewisGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 15–25Deadline: 2/1/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Heather McNaugher, Sheila Squillante
Fiction: Sherrie Flick, Marc Nieson, Anjali Sachdeva
Nonfiction: Marc Nieson, Sheila SquillanteGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 15Deadline: 2/1/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Dilruba Ahmed, Rachel Mennies, Sheila Squillante
Fiction: Kathy Ayres, Karen Bender, Sherrie Flick, Derek Green
Nonfiction: Melanie Fox, Paul Hertneky, Suzanne Roberts, Sheila SquillanteRecent/Visiting Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Camille Dungy, Julia Spicher Kasdorf, Philip Metres, Jeff Oaks
Fiction: Christopher Barzak, Wiley Cash, Sherrie Flick, Pam Houston, Tim Parrish
Nonfiction: Kathleen Fallon, Lori Jakiela, BK Loren, Kathryn Miles, Dinty W. Moore, Ira SukrungruangGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 5–7Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Kelly Norman Ellis
Fiction: Cole Lavalais
Film/Television: Christine List
Publishing: Brenda E. AghahowaGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 5–10Deadline: 7/15/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Cynthia Cruz, David Groff, Nathalie Handel, Nicole Sealey, Michelle Valladares
Fiction: Salar Abdoh, Lyn Di Iorio, Keith Gandal, Andrew Martin, Mark Mirsky, Emily Raboteau, Rahna Reiko Rizzuto, Nelly Rosario, Dalia Sofer, Shay Youngblood
Nonfiction: Mikhal Dekel; David Groff; Yahdon Israel; Emily Raboteau; Irvin Weathersby, Jr.
Translation: David Unger
YA Fiction: Mayra Cuevas, Pam Laskin
Screenwriting / Drama: Robert Barron, Marc PalmieriGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 15Deadline: 2/15/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Gary Jackson, Emily Rosko
Fiction: Bret Lott, Malinda McCollum, Anthony VaralloGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 12Deadline: 1/15/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Dan Beachy-Quick, Matthew Cooperman, Camille Dungy, Sasha Steensen
Fiction: Andrew Altschul, Ramona Ausubel, Nina McConigley
Nonfiction: Harrison Candelaria FletcherGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 12-15Deadline: 1/1/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
CM Burroughs, Don DeGrazia, Ames Hawkins, Aviya Kushner, Eric May, Joseph Meno, Alexis Pride, Shawn Shiflett, Tony Trigilio
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 10-15Deadline: 1/13/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Timothy Donnelly, Dorothea Lasky, Shane McCrae, Deborah Paredez, Lynn Xu
Fiction: Paul Beatty, Anelise Chen, Nicholas Christopher, Rivka Galchen, Heidi Julavits, Binnie Kirshenbaum, Victor LaValle, Sam Lipsyte, Ben Marcus, Orhan Pamuk, Matthew Salesses, Gary Shteyngart, Alan Ziegler
Nonfiction: Hilton Als, Jaquira Díaz, Lis Harris, Leslie Jamison, Margo Jefferson, Wendy S. Walters
Translation: Susan Bernofsky
Recent Adjunct Faculty: Mark Bibbins, CAConrad, Cynthia Cruz, Mark Doten, Joshua Furst, Alan Gilbert, Xiaolu Guo, Madhu Kaza, John Keene, Nicole Krauss, Gideon Lewis-Kraus, Lynn Melnick, Daphne Merkin, Ben Metcalf, Erroll McDonald, Jen Percy, Rowan Ricardo Phillips, Alice Quinn, Camille Rankine, Leanne Shapton, Benjamin Taylor, Jia Tolentino, Lara Vapnyar, Natasha Wimmer, Brenda Wineapple, Phillip B. Williams, James Wood, Monica Youn, Jenny Zhang
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 110Deadline: 1/3/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Sarah Ahiers, Sheldon Lee Compton, Brittany Fonte, John Jodzio, Christopher Klim, and Matt Ryan
Genre: FictionResidency: OnlineIncoming Class Size: 10-20Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Suzanne Cleary, Tyree Daye, Denise Duhamel, Rick Mulkey, Ashley M. Jones, Richard Tillinghast
Fiction: Marlin Barton, Geoff Herbach (YA fiction), Sheila O’Connor (YA Fiction), Robert Olmstead, Leslie Pietrzyk, Susan Tekulve
Nonfiction: Denise Duhamel, Robert Olmstead, Leslie Pietrzyk, Susan Tekulve, Richard TillinghastGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 22Deadline: 10/1/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Ishion Hutchinson, Valzhyna Mort, Joanie Mackowski, Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon
Fiction: Emily Fridlund, J. Robert Lennon, Ernesto Quiñonez, Nafissa Thompson-Spires, Helena Maria ViramontesGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 8Deadline: 12/15/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Richard Jones
Fiction: Dan Stolar, Rebecca Johns Trissler
Nonfiction: Barrie Jean Borich, Miles Harvey, Michele MoranoGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: Full, OnlineIncoming Class Size: 15-20Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Stephen Myers
Fiction: Patrick Crerand, Juilene Osborne-McKnight
Nonfiction: Stephen MyersGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 8-10Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Joan Baranow, Judy Halebsky
Fiction: Kim Culbertson, Claudia Morales
Nonfiction: Thomas Burke, Marianne RogoffGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 5-10Deadline: 12/1/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Nomi Eve, Tim Bascom, Eric Bell, Isaac Blum, Denny S. Bryce, Julie Cantrell, Kelly Creagh, J.R. Dawson, Sonali Dev, Richard Fellinger, Ted Flanagan, Tina Ann Forkner, Brandi Megan Granett, Katie Rose Guest Pryal, Ravi Howard, Amy Impellizzerri, Sadeqa Johnson, Karen Karbo, Tif Marcelo, Courtney Maum, Teresa Messineo, Jon McGoran, Adele Myers, Rachel Pastan, Maegan Poland, Jason Rekulak, Aimie K. Runyan, Hank Philippi Ryan, Kelly Simmons, Eric Smith, Scott Stein, Patrick Sylvain, Belinda Huijan Tang, John Vercher, Heather Webb, Alison Whittenberg
Genre: FictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 24Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: David Axelrod, Christopher Howell, Christopher Kondrich
Fiction: Claire Boyles, Megan Kruse, Molly Reid, Eliot Treichel, Joe Wilkins
Nonfiction: Melissa Matthewson, Kathryn Miles, Nick Neely, Jodi Varon
Environmental Writing: David Axelrod, Claire Boyles, Christopher Kondrich, Melissa Matthewson, Kathryn Miles, Nick Neely, Molly Reid, Eliot Treichel, Joe WilkinsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 12Deadline: 2/1/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Christopher Howell, Jonathan Johnson
Fiction: Samuel Ligon, Gregory Spatz
Nonfiction: Natalie Kusz, Rachel ToorGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 20-24Deadline: 2/17/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Christine Casson, Mary Kovaleski-Byrnes, Daniel Tobin
Fiction: Julia Glass, Lise Haines, Kim McLarin, William Orem, Jon Papernick, Frederick Reiken, Novuyo Tshuma, Katie Williams, Mako Yoshikawa
Nonfiction: Jabari Asim, Megan Marshall, Jerald WalkerGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 45Deadline: 2/1/25 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Writing: Katie Williams, Margot Douaihy, Kirsten Imani Kasai, Jon Papernick, Jessica Treadway
Literature: William Orem, Roy Kamada, Mary Kovaleski Byrnes, Adele Lee
Publishing: Lisa Diercks, Gian Lombardo, John RodzvillaGenre: FictionResidency: OnlineIncoming Class Size: 45Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Carol Ann Davis, Celeste Doaks, Bill Patrick
Fiction: Rachel Basch, Susan Muaddi Darraj, Eugenia Kim, Phil Klay, Karen Osborn
Nonfiction: Sonya Huber, Phil Klay, Dinty W. Moore, Adriana Páramo, Bill Patrick, Ana Maria Spagna
Screenwriting: Sharbari Ahmed, Kate Clark, Shelley Evans, Jennifer VanderbesGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 13Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: David Daniel, H. L. Hix
Fiction: Rebecca Chace, David Grand, Rene Steinke, Padma Viswanathan
Nonfiction: Rebecca Chace, Minna Proctor, Rosie Schaap
Writing for Young Adults and Children: Donna Freitas, Nicole Melleby Welch, Eliot Schrefer
Literary Translation: Harvey Hix, Idra Novey, Minna Proctor, Padma ViswanathanGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 15Deadline: Rolling Admissions