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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:
Melissa Marr, Gabino Iglesias, Lauren A. Forry, Beth Revis, Melissa Hart, L. Marie Wood
For full list of faculty, please see the program’s website.
Genre: FictionResidency: OnlineIncoming Class Size: 33Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Felice Belle, Mahogany Browne, Annie Finch, Caroline Hagood, Jive Poetic
Fiction: Hannah Assadi, Theo Gangi, Caroline Hagood, Marlon James, Lincoln Michel, Jason Starr
Nonfiction: Chloe Cooper Jones, Caroline Hagood
Playwriting/Screenwriting: Ben Snyder
Graphic Writing for Comic Books: Jason StarrGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 8 each yearDeadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs, Cyriaco Lopes, Urayoán Noel, Jena Osman, Terri Witek
Prose: Jennine Capó Crucet, Sarah Gerard, Veronica Gonzalez-Peña, Stephanie SauerGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 7Deadline: Rolling Admissions -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Chen Chen, Raina León, Debra Marquart, Cate Marvin
Fiction: Rick Bass, Susan Conley, Ron Currie Jr., Aaron Hamburger, Elizabeth Searle, Morgan Talty
Popular Fiction: JJ Amaworo Wilson, Tobias Bucknell, Tom Coash, David Anthony Durham, John Florio, Alex Jennings, Elizabeth Hand, Robert Levy, Elizabeth Searle
Creative Nonfiction: Faith Adiele, Rick Bass, Susan Conley, John Florio, Aaron Hamburger, Raina León, Debra Marquart, Morgan Talty
Scriptwriting: Tom Coash, Ron Currie Jr., David Anthony Durham, Jeni Mahoney, Elizabeth Searle
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 12-18 per residencyDeadline: 9/1/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Billy Collins, Genevieve Sly Crane, Neal Gabler, Molly Gaudry, Paul Harding, Amy Hempel, Kaylie Jones, Christine Kitano, Matthew Klam, Robert Lopez, Patricia Marx, Susan Scarf Merrell, Susan Minot, Robert Reeves, Julie Sheehan, Frederic Tuten, Lou Ann Walker, Emma Walton Hamilton, Meg Wolitzer
Each semester noted authors are invited to teach a special class. Recent authors have included Karen Bender, Brit Bennett, Casey Plett, Hugh Ryan, Dawnie Walton, De’Shawn Winslow.
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 15-25Deadline: 1/8/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Brooks Haxton, Mary Karr, Christopher Kennedy, Bruce Smith
Fiction: Mona Awad, Chanelle Benz, Jonathan Dee, George Saunders, Dana SpiottaTeaching Faculty: Matthew Grzecki, Sarah Harwell
Genre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 12Deadline: 12/15/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Jena Osman, Pattie McCarthy
Fiction: Cara Blue Adams, Liz MooreGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 14Deadline: 2/15/25 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Cyrus Cassells, Roger Jones, Naomi Shihab Nye, Cecily Parks, Kathleen Peirce, Steve Wilson
Fiction: Doug Dorst, Jennifer duBois, Tom Grimes, James Han Mattson, Kali Fajardjo-Anstine, Debra Monroe, and Tim O’BrienGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 21Deadline: 1/31/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: J. Mae Barizo, Laura Cronk, Mark Bibbins, Camonghne Felix, Uche Nduka, Robert Polito, Laurie Sheck
Fiction: Marie Helene Bertino, Ann-Marie Hood, Shelley Jackson, Mira Jacob, Luis Jaramillo, Sharon M Mesmer, Dale Peck, John Reed, Margaret Rhee, Helen Schulman
Nonfiction: Susan Cheever, Camonghne Felix, Zia Jaffrey, Suzannah Lessard, Honor Moore, Brenda Wineapple
Writing for Children and Young Adults: Coe Booth, Caron Levis, Emily X.R. Pan, Andrea Pinkney
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation, Cross-GenreResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 60 (all tracks)Deadline: 1/15/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Alicia Mountain, Christina Olivares, Megan Fernandes
Fiction: Maria Alejandra Barrios, David Gates, Lee Clay Johnson, Erinrose Mager, Andrew Martin, Cleyvis Natera
Past master lecturers have included Kali Fajardo Anstine, Amy Hempel, Major Jackson, Mitchell S. Jackson, Mary Gaitskill, Carmen Maria Machado, Nathan McClain, Francine Prose, Jim Shepard, Ocean Vuong, and many more.
Genre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 15Deadline: 3/1/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: John Estes, Kwoya Fagin Maples, Joel Brouwer
Fiction: Nana Nkweti, Wendy Rawlings, Kellie Wells
Nonfiction: Taylor Brorby, Brooke Champagne, Wendy RawlingsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 12-16Deadline: 12/1/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Sara Eliza Johnson
Fiction: Gerri Brightwell, Joseph Holt
Nonfiction: Daryl FarmerGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 5-8Deadline: 1/15/25 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Kate Bernheimer, Susan Briante, Francisco Cantú, Bojan Louis, Farid Matuk, Ander Monson, Manuel Muñoz, Sara Sams, Johanna Skibsrud
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 7Deadline: 12/15/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Geoffrey Brock, Geffrey Davis, Rebecca Gayle Howell, Davis McCombs
Fiction: Bryan Hurt, Toni Jensen, Padma Viswanathan
Translation: Geoffrey Brock, Rebecca Gayle Howell, Padma ViswanathanGenre: Poetry, Fiction, TranslationResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 12Deadline: 12/1/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Mary Meriam, Steve Heller, Mark Spencer, Sheyene Heller, Craig Olsen, Gregory Borse, Kate Stewart, Terry Nugent
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: OnlineIncoming Class Size: 8-10Deadline: 8/1/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Steven Leyva
Fiction: Betsy Boyd, Jane Delury
Nonfiction: Marion Winik, D. WatkinsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 25Deadline: 2/15/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Keith Maillard, Cecily Nicholson, Bronwen Tate, Sheryda Warrener
Fiction: Anosh Irani, Nancy Lee, Annabel Lyon, Keith Maillard, Maureen Medved, Alix Ohlin, A.E. Osworth, Emily Pohl-Weary, Linda Svendsen, Timothy Taylor, John Vigna
Nonfiction: Mandy Catron, Alex Marzano-Lesnevich, Timothy Taylor
Writing for Children/YA: Emily Pohl-Weary, Jordan Scott, Tanya Kyi
Writing for Television: Linda Svendsen
Screenwriting: Sharon McGowan
Playwriting: Sara Graefe, Frances Koncan
Indigenous Writing: Billy-Ray Belcourt
Graphic Novel: Sarah Leavitt
Lyric & Libretto: Tariq Hussain
Speculative Fiction: Nalo Hopkinson
New Media: Jen MossGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 18Deadline: 1/3/25 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Susan Musgrave, Cecily Nicholson, Bronwen Tate
Fiction: Anosh Irani, Nancy Lee, Annabel Lyon, Maureen Medved, Alix Ohlin, A. E. Osworth, Linda Svendsen, Timothy Taylor, John Vigna
Children/YA: Emily Pohl-Weary, Jordan Scott, Tanya Kyi
Nonfiction: Mandy Catron, Alex Marzano-Lesnevich
Graphic Novel: Sarah Leavitt
Screenwriting: Sara Graefe
Playwriting: Frances Koncan
Writing for Television: Zac Hug
Speculative Fiction: Nalo Hopkinson
Indigenous Writing: Billy-Ray Belcourt
New Media: Jen MossGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: OnlineIncoming Class Size: 18Deadline: 1/3/25 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Katie Peterson, Margaret Ronda, Joe Wenderoth
Fiction: Zinzi Clemmons, Lucy Corin, Pam Houston
Nonfiction: Zinzi Clemmons, Pam Houston
Hybrid: Lucy Corin, Katie PetersonGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-GenreResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 9-10Deadline: 1/5/25 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Natalie Shapero, Monica Youn
Fiction: Michelle Latiolais, Claire Vaye WatkinsGenre: Poetry, FictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 6 (for Poetry course), 6 (for Fiction course)Deadline: 12/13/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Allison Hedge Coke, Katie Ford, Allison Benis White, Juan Felipe Herrera
Fiction: Charmaine Craig, Josh Emmons, Steve Erickson, Alex Espinoza, Michael Jayme, John Jennings, Laila Lalami, Goldberry Long, Susan Straight, Andrew Winer
Nonfiction: Reza Aslan, Emily Rapp Black, Tom Lutz
Playwriting/Screenwriting: Charles Evered, Kimberly Guerrero, Rickerby Hinds, Erith Jaffe-Berg, Stu Krieger, Robin Russin, Annika Speer
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 17Deadline: 1/2/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Jill Alexander Essbaum
Fiction: Elizabeth Crane, Alex Espinoza, Jill Alexander Essbaum, Tod Goldberg, Rob Roberge, Mark Haskell Smith, Ivy Pochoda
Nonfiction: Emily Rapp Black, David L. Ulin
Screenwriting: William Rabkin, Joshua Malkin, John Schimmel
Playwriting: Mickey Birnbaum
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: LowIncoming Class Size: 15-20 per application periodDeadline: 8/1/23 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Kazim Ali , Amy Sara Carroll, Ben Doller, Camille F. Forbes, Lily Hoàng, Jac Jemc, Casandra López, Brandon Som, Anna Joy Springer, Marco Wilkinson
Genre: Cross-GenreResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 5Deadline: 1/5/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Sandy Longhorn
Fiction: M. Shelly Conner, John Vanderslice, Stephanie Vanderslice
Nonfiction: Jennie Case, M. Shelly Conner, Stephanie Vanderslice
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 5-8Deadline: 2/1/24 -
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Rochelle Hurt, Terry Ann Thaxton
Fiction: Blake Sanz, Peter Kispert, Chrissy Kolaya, David James Poissant
Nonfiction: Jocelyn Bartkevicius, Laurie Rachkus UttichGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionResidency: FullIncoming Class Size: 12-14Deadline: 1/1/24