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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.

  • Vanderbilt University

    MFA Program
    Nashville, TN
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Rick Hilles, Didi Jackson, Major Jackson
    Fiction: Lydia Conklin, Tony Earley, Lorrie Moore, ZZ Packer, Nancy Reisman

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

  • Vermont College of Fine Arts–Writing

    MFA Program
    Montpelier, VT
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Richard Jackson, Philip Metres, Tomás Q. Morín, Natasha Sajé, Betsy Sholl, Leslie Ullman, Nance Van Winckel, David Wojahn

    Fiction: Connie May Fowler, T. Geronimo Johnson, Ellen Lesser, Brian Leung, Bret Lott, Clint McCown, Adam McOmber, Hasanthika Sirisena, Nance Van Winckel

    Creative Nonfiction: Harrison Candelaria Fletcher, Connie May Fowler, Barbara Hurd, Bret Lott, Patrick Madden, Elena Passarello, Natasha Sajé, Sue William Silverman, Hasanthika Sirisena

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 25-30 per semester
    Deadline: 10/1/23

  • Vermont College of Fine Arts—Writing for Children & Young Adults

    MFA Program
    Montpelier, VT
    Core Faculty Includes:

    William Alexander, Martha Brockenbrough, Loree Griffin Burns, A. R. Capetta, Sheela Chari, Melanie Crowder, Alan Cumyn, David Macinnis Gill, Louise Hawes, Corey Ann Haydu, K. A. Holt, Varian Johnson, A. S. King, Uma Krishnaswami, Jane Kurtz, Martine Leavitt, Kekla Magoon, Deborah Marcero, Cory McCarthy, Anna-Marie McLemore, Anica Mrose Rissi, An Na, Mary Quattlebaum, Sara Ryan, Alex Sanchez, Liz Garton Scanlon, Laura Shovan, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Shelley Tanaka, Linda Urban, Jasmine Warga, Fran Wilde, Emily X. R. Pan, Jennifer Ziegler

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 18-25
    Deadline: 10/1/23

  • Virginia Commonwealth University

    MFA Program
    Richmond, VA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Geoff Bouvier, Gregory Donovan, Kathleen Graber, David Wojahn
    Fiction: Gretchen Comba, Clint McCown, SJ Sindu
    Nonfiction: Sonja Livingston, Jessica Nelson

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

  • Virginia Tech

    MFA Program
    Blacksburg, VA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Janine Joseph, Jeffrey Mann, Khadijah Queen, Soham Patel, Sophia Terazawa

    Fiction: Edward Falco, Evan Lavender-Smith, Lucinda Roy, Matthew Vollmer

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 9
    Deadline: 1/8/24

  • Warren Wilson College

    MFA Program
    Asheville, NC
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Kaveh Akbar, Debra Allbery, Sally Ball, Rita Banerjee, Oliver Baez Bendorf, Marianne Boruch, CM Burroughs, Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Daisy Fried, Brooks Haxton, Amaud Jamaul Johnson, A. Van Jordan, Sally Keith, Christine Kitano, Dana Levin, Sandra Lim, Maurice Manning, Airea D. Matthews, Matthew Olzmann, Martha Rhodes, Solmaz Sharif, Mary Szybist, Brian Teare, Dan Tobin, Connie Voisine, Alan Williamson, Yanyi, Monica Youn, C. Dale Young

    Fiction: Lesley Nneka Arimah, Dean Bakopoulos, Robert Boswell, Liam Callanan, Maud Casey, Christopher Castellani, Lan Samantha Chang, Sonya Chung, Angela Flournoy, Jeremy Gavron, Lauren Groff, David Haynes, Vanessa Hua, T. Geronimo Johnson, Akil Kumarasamy, Nina McConigley, Ana Menendez, Antonya Nelson, Alix Ohlin, Peter Orner, Michael Parker, Robin Romm, Jason Schneiderman, Joan Silber, Marisa Silver, Dominic Smith, Lysley Tenorio, Peter Turchi, Laura van den Berg

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 12-20
    Deadline: 9/1/23

  • Washington University

    MFA Program
    Saint Louis, MO
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Mary Jo Bang, Carl Phillips
    Fiction: Kathryn Davis, Danielle Dutton, Marshall Klimasewiski
    Nonfiction: G’Ra Asim, Kathleen Finneran, Edward McPherson

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 15
    Deadline: 12/4/23

  • West Virginia University

    MFA Program
    Morgantown, WV
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Jenny Johnson, Mary Ann Samyn
    Fiction: Mark Brazaitis, Glenn Taylor
    Nonfiction: Brian Broome, Christa Parravani

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 8-10
    Deadline: 1/15/24

  • West Virginia Wesleyan College

    MFA Program
    Buckhannon, WV
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Diane Gilliam, Devon McNamara, Doug Van Gundy

    Fiction: Ashleigh Bryant Phillips, Richard Schmitt, Robert Yune

    Nonfiction: Jessica Handler, Randon Billings Noble, Karen McElmurray

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 6
    Deadline: 10/15/23

  • Western Colorado University

    MFA Program
    Gunnison, CO
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: CMarie Fuhrman, Carol Guerrero-Murphy, Tyson Hausdoerffer, Julie Kane, Maya Jewell Zeller, Cameron McGill, Byron F. Aspaas, Derek Sheffield, Steve Coughlin

    Genre Fiction: Candace Nadon, Rick Wilbur, Johanna Parkhurst, E. Lily Yu, Julie Czerneda, Tenea Johnson, Laura Resau

    Nature Writing: Karen Auvinen, Steve Coughlin, CMarie Fuhrman, Laura Pritchett, Ana Maria Spagna, Laura Resau, Claire Boyles, Maya Jewell Zeller

    Publishing: Kevin J. Anderson, Gwyneth Gibby, Allyson Longueira

    Screenwriting: Mitali Jahagirdar, Emily Spivey, Ligiah Villalobos Rojas, Geoffrey Geib, Kimberlea Kressel, Liz Scudlo

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 45-55
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions

  • Western Connecticut State University

    MFA Program
    Danbury, CT
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Joe Ahearn, Brian Clements, Sean Thomas Dougherty, Kateri Kosek

    Fiction: Sandra Rodriguez Barron, Jane Cleland, Oscar De Los Santos, Gwen Jones, Sarah Darer Littman, David Rich, John Roche, Lindy Ryan, Don Snyder, Karen Romano Young,

    Nonfiction: Melanie Brooks, Anthony D’Aries, Leah Carroll, Josh Pahigian, Daniel Asa Rose, Mekita Rivas, Onnesha Roychoudhuri, Gina Troisi

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 10-15 per year
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions

  • Western Michigan University

    MFA Program
    Kalamazoo, MI
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Alen Hamza, Richard Katrovas
    Fiction: Richard Katrovas, Thisbe Nissen
    Playwriting: Steve Feffer

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 4-10
    Deadline: 1/10/24

  • Western Washington University

    MFA Program
    Bellingham, WA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Katherine Anderson, Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi, Nicole Brown, Anthony Celaya, Jeremy Cushman, Dawn Dietrich, Noam Dorr, Jenny Forsythe, Marc Geisler, Allison Giffen, Carol Guess, Stefania Heim, Laura Laffrado, Jean Lee, Christopher Loar, Andrew Lucchesi, William Lyne Kelly Magee, Brenda Miller, Eren Odabasi, Lysa Rivera, José Roach-Orduña, Caitlin Roach Orduña, Annmarie Sheahan, Ely Shipley, Kathryn Trueblood, Steven VanderStaay, Kathryn Vulic, Theresa Warburton, Cori Winrock, Christopher Wise, Jane Wong, Greg Youmans

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 7-9
    Deadline: 1/15/24

  • Wichita State University

    MFA Program
    Wichita, KS
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Sam Taylor
    Fiction: Jason Allen and Margaret Dawe

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 5-10
    Deadline: 2/1/24

  • Wilkes University

    MFA Program, MA Program
    Wilkes-Barre, PA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Rashidah Ismaili AbuBakr, Phil Brady, Christine Gelineau, Shanta Lee

    Fiction: Ru Freeman, Kaylie Jones, Ken Liu, Nancy McKinley, Robert Mooney, Taylor Polites, Nisha Sharma, Jeff Talarigo, Ursula Villarreal-Moura, Rachel Weaver

    Creative Nonfiction: Beverly Donofrio, Jessica Goudeau, Laurie Jean, J. Michael Lennon, Robin Micah McCrary, Alexis Paige, Kao Kalia Yang

    Playwriting: Bonnie Culver, Gregory Fletcher, Christine Renee Miller, Nicole Pandolfo, Dania Ramos

    Screenwriting: Susan Cartsonis, Ross Klavan, Jennifer Mayer, Richard Uhlig

    Spoken Word: Angelique Palmer

    Writing for Television: Alice O’Neill

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Spoken Word
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 37
    Deadline: 12/1/24

  • William Paterson University

    MFA Program
    Wayne, NJ
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Christopher Salerno
    Fiction: John Parras, Martha Witt
    Nonfiction: David Borkowski, Judith Broome

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 6
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions

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