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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.

  • University of Colorado Boulder

    MFA Program
    Boulder, CO
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Julie Carr, Ruth Ellen Kocher
    Fiction: Jeffrey DeShell, Marcia Douglas, Stephen Graham Jones, Elisabeth Sheffield

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 6-10
    Deadline: 12/15/23

  • University of Florida

    MFA Program
    Gainesville, FL
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Michael Hofmann, William Logan, Ange Mlinko
    Fiction: Uwem Akpan, David Leavitt

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 4-6
    Deadline: 1/15/25

  • University of Guelph

    MFA Program
    Toronto, Canada
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Catherine Bush, Kevin Connolly, Carrianne Leung, Canisia Lubrin, Kyo Maclear, Judith Thompson, Blain Watters, Michael Winter

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 12-13
    Deadline: 12/2/24

  • University of Houston

    MFA Program
    Houston, TX
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Erin Belieu, Nick Flynn, francine j. harris, Kevin Prufer, Martha Serpas, Roberto Tejada
    Fiction: Robert Boswell, Audrey Colombe, Chitra Divakaruni, Antonya Nelson, Alexander Parsons, Brenda Peynado, Peter Turchi
    Nonfiction: Nick Flynn, Peter Turchi

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 6-8
    Deadline: 1/15/25

  • University of Idaho

    MFA Program
    Moscow, ID
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Michael McGriff, Alexandra Teague
    Fiction: Chris Drangle, Leah Hampton
    Nonfiction: Thomas Dai

    Recent visiting faculty includes Brian Evenson, Dorianne Laux, Maggie Nelson, Roger Reeves, Luis Alberto Urrea, Aisha Sabatini Sloan, Mary Szybist, and Kate Zambreno.

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 9
    Deadline: 1/15/25

  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    MFA Program
    Urbana, IL
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Ángel García, Janice Harrington, Christopher Kempf, Corey Van Landingham
    Fiction: Amy Hassinger, Ted Sanders, Alex Shakar, David Wright Faladé

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 6
    Deadline: 12/1/24

  • University of Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program

    MFA Program
    Iowa City, IA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Nonfiction: Tisa Bryant, John D’Agata, Melissa Febos, Brooks Landon, Sarah Minor, Bonnie Sunstein, Inara Verzemnieks

    Visiting Faculty includes: Andre Perry, Hanif Abdurraqib, Susan Steinberg, Kiese Laymon, Vivian Gornick, Geoff Dyer, Meghan Daum, Richard Preston, Mary Ruefle, Bernard Cooper, Honor Moore, Lia Purpura, Xu Xi, Terry Tempest Williams, Steve Kuusisto, John Edgar Wideman

    Genre: Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 10
    Deadline: 12/14/23

  • University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop

    MFA Program
    Iowa City, IA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: James Galvin, Mark Levine, Tracie Morris, Elizabeth Willis

    Fiction: Jamel Brinkley, Ethan Canin, Samantha Chang, 

    The Fall of 2023 visiting faculty includes poet Cody-Rose Clevidence, and fiction writers Kate Christensen, Tom Drury, and Carmen Maria Machado.

    The Spring 2024 visiting faculty includes poet Wendy Xu, and fiction writers Sarah Mathews and Kevin Brockmeier.

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 50
    Deadline: 12/15/23

  • University of Kansas

    MFA Program
    Lawrence, KS
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Joseph Harrington, Megan Kaminski
    Fiction: Kij Johnson, Laura Moriarty, Silvia Park
    Playwriting: Darren Canady

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 2-6
    Deadline: 1/5/24

  • University of Kentucky

    MFA Program
    Lexington, KY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: DaMaris Hill, Julia Johnson, Shauna Morgan, Frank X Walker
    Fiction: DaMaris Hill, Andrew Milward, Hannah Pittard, Crystal Wilkinson
    Creative Nonfiction: Janet Eldred, Andrew Milward, Hannah Pittard, Erik Reece, Crystal Wilkinson

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 8
    Deadline: 1/15/24

  • University of Maryland

    MFA Program
    College Park, MD
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, Joshua Weiner
    Fiction: Maud Casey, Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes, Emily Mitchell, Rion Amilcar Scott

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 6
    Deadline: 12/17/24

  • University of Massachusetts, Amherst

    MFA Program
    Amherst, MA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Abigail Chabitnoy, Peter Gizzi
    Prose: Edie Meidav, Sabina Murray, Jeff Parker

    Visiting faculty for 2022-23 are CA Conrad and Hoa Nguyen.

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 20
    Deadline: 12/15/23

  • University of Massachusetts, Boston

    MFA Program
    Boston, MA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Shangyang Fang, Jill McDonough
    Fiction: John Fulton, Askold Melnyczuk

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 10
    Deadline: 1/15/25

  • University of Memphis

    MFA Program
    Memphis, TN
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Emily Skaja, Marcus Wicker
    Fiction: Mark Mayer, Courtney Miller Santo, Eric Schlich

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 8
    Deadline: 3/1/24

  • University of Miami

    MFA Program
    Coral Gables, FL
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Jaswinder Bolina, Kei Miller
    Fiction: Chantel Acevedo, Patricia Engel, M. Evelina Galang, Amina Gautier

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 5-6
    Deadline: 12/15/23

  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

    MFA Program
    Ann Arbor, MI
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Linda Gregerson, Tung-hui Hu, Khaled Mattawa

    Fiction: Julie Buntin, Gabe Habash, Peter Ho Davies, Kiley Reid

    Creative Nonfiction: Aisha Sabatini Sloan

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 18
    Deadline: 12/15/23

  • University of Minnesota

    MFA Program
    Minneapolis, MN
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Aamina Ahmad, Peter Campion, V. V. Ganeshananthan, Megan Giddings, Douglas Kearney, Kathryn Nuernberger, Julie Schumacher, Kim Todd

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 9
    Deadline: 12/1/23

  • University of Mississippi, Oxford

    MFA Program
    Oxford, MS
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Beth Ann Fennelly, Melissa Ginsburg, Derrick Harriell, Aimee Nezhukumatathil
    Fiction: Matthew Bondurant, Tom Franklin, Melissa Ginsberg, Sheila Sundar, Michael Wang

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 8
    Deadline: 12/15/23

  • University of Missouri, Kansas City

    MFA Program
    Kansas City, MO
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Hadara Bar-Nadav
    Fiction: Christie Hodgen, Michael Pritchett, Whitney Terrell
    Nonfiction: Christie Hodgen, Whitney Terrell
    Playwriting: Frank Higgins
    Screenwriting: Mitch Brian

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 17-20
    Deadline: 1/15/24

  • University of Missouri, St. Louis

    MFA Program
    St. Louis, MO
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Shane Seely
    Fiction: John Dalton

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 10
    Deadline: 3/1/24

  • University of Montana, Missoula

    MFA Program
    Missoula, MT
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Brian Blanchfield, Sean Hill
    Fiction: Emily Ruskovich
    Nonfiction: Chris Dombrowski

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 16
    Deadline: 1/6/24

  • University of Nebraska, Omaha

    MFA Program
    Omaha, NE
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Sandra Beasley, Graham Foust, Art Homer, Jim Peterson, Elizabeth Powell, Lee Ann Roripaugh, William Trowbridge, Miles Waggener, Teri Youmans

    Fiction and Creative Nonfiction: Sandra Beasley, Teresa Carmody, Kevin Clouther, John Copenhaver, Charlene Donaghy, Art Homer, Patricia Lear, Kristen-Paige Madonia, Jessica Hendry Nelson, Jim Peterson, Lee Ann Roripaugh, Catherine Texier, Teri Youmans

    Playwriting and Screenwriting: Charlene Donaghy, Michael Kinghorn, Christina Ham, Michael Oatman, Samuel Brett Williams

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 6-18 per semester
    Deadline: 11/1/24

  • University of Nevada, Las Vegas

    MFA Program
    Las Vegas, NV
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Wendy Chen, Claudia Keelan
    Fiction: Maile Chapman, Douglas Unger
    Literary Nonfiction: Roberto Lovato, David J. Morris

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 14
    Deadline: 1/15/24

  • University of Nevada, Reno

    MFA Program
    Reno, NV
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Steve Gehrke, Ann Keniston, Jared Stanley
    Fiction: Christopher Coake, Claire Stanford

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 6-10
    Deadline: 12/15/23

  • University of Nevada, Reno at Tahoe

    MFA Program
    Incline Village, NV
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Brian Turner, Lee Herrick, Laura McCullough, Gailmarie Pahmeier, Rick Campbell, Faylita Hicks, Brynn Saito

    Fiction: Alan Heathcock, Brendan Basham, Tim Hernandez, Patrick Hicks, Rebecca Makkai, Peter Mountford, Sunil Yapa, Lidia Yuknavitch

    Nonfiction: Gayle Brandeis, Gina Frangello, Leta McCollough, Suzanne Roberts, Kristal Sital, Lidia Yuknavitch, Arianne Zwartjes

    WCYA: Pablo Cartaya, Joe McGee, Jess Rinker, Traci Chee, Isabel Quintero, Kathryn Reiss, Lilliam Rivera

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 12
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions

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